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334 NIVAR for the different qualities of land were returned as follows in 1883:Land suited for wheat, 5s.; for inferior grain, is. 6d.; for oil-seeds, 2s.; for rice, 75. ; for sugar-cane, 6s. ; for cotton, 3s. ; for tobacco, 2s. 6d. The ordinary prices of produce per cwt. were as follows:-Wheat, 6s. Id.; rice, 75. 6d. ; raw sugar (gúr), 18s. 5d.; cotton, 375. The wages per diem of a skilled labourer averaged is. 3d. ; of an unskilled labourer, 4 d. Commerce and Trade. The trade of the District is chiefly carried on by means of weekly bázárs, held in twenty-four of the principal towns, and by large fairs which take place every September at Singáji, and every October at Mandháta. The other yearly fairs are of less importance. At these gatherings, English piece and other goods, country cloth, copper vessels, and cattle form the chief articles of traffic. Wheat from Hoshangábád is the principal import. The exports consist almost entirely of the fine gold-embroidered cloth fabrics made at Burhanpur; the gum of the dháurá tree (Conocarpus latifolia), of which there are large forests north of the Narbadá, is also exported, to be converted into the gum-arabic of commerce. A considerable through traffic is carried on in Nimár. There were, in 1883, 40 miles of first class, 70 miles of second class, and 189 miles of third class roads in the District. The principal road connects Khandwa with Indore. It carries a very large traffic in opium, cotton, etc., and has travellers' bungalows and rest-houses at easy stages. The roadl towards Hoshangábád for Jabalpur (Jubbulpore) runs easterly up the valley from Khandwa. It was never metalled nor thoroughly bridged, and, except for local communication, is now superseded by the railway. The other lines are merely fair-weather tracks. The principal are a road passing cast and west through the northern part of the District by Ghisúr, Mundi, and Punása, to Barwái; another from Khandwa running south to the important town of Borgaon; and a third from Burhanpur penetrating the Upper Tápti valley as far as Gángrá in Berar, which is much used by Banjára carriers, and for the export of forest produce. The Great Indian Peninsula Railway traverses the District throughout for a length of 112 miles, with stations at Lalbagh for Burhanpur, Chándní for Asirgarh, Dongargaon for Pandháná, Khandwá, Jáwar, and Bír for Mundi. Administration. In 1864, Nimár was formed into a separate District of the British Government of the Central Provinces. It is administered by a Deputy Commissioner, with Assistants and talsildirs. To revenue in 1883-84, £48, 126, of which the land yielded 6,18,438. Cost of District officials and police of all kinds, £12,400. Number of civil and revenue judges of all sorts, 13 ; magistrates, 9. Maximum distance from any village to the nearest court, 40 miles ; average distance, 6 niiles. Number of regular District and town police, 421 men,