138 THE BRITISH EMPIRE : — INDIA AND DEPENDENCIES

is separately assessed on each petty holding, and land revenue becomes pay- able at once (or after a short term of grace in the case of uncleared lands) on all extensions of cultivation. The rahjatwdri proprietor may throw up his holding, or any portion of it, at the beginning of any year after reasonable notice, whereas the zaminddr or large proprietor engages to pay the revenue assessed upon him throughout the term of the settlement.

The following table is for 1910-11 :—

Zamindarl and Village Communities

Raiyatwarl, Ac.

Upper Burma .

Lower Burma .

Assam

Eastern Bengal .

Bengal

Agra .

Oudh

Aimer-Merwara ,

Manpur

Panjab

N.-W. Frontier ,

Sind .

Bombay

Central Provinces

Berar

Madras

Coorg

Area 1 Surveyed. Acres 1

Population

of Surveyed

Area

Revenue

5,436,527 ; 28,715,024 1 74,091,522 53,074,315 15.342,035

1,770,921

(a)

24,666,878 49,874,070 34,864,102 12,812,670 501,395

63,483

837,859

1,940,527

3,153,956

1,169,717

24,117

62,215,355 8,437,639

19,974,956 2,088,594

2,127,254

172,978

3,770,202 40,65.5,546

(a)

9,135,788

(a)

652,095

29,178,904

10,993,018

518,680

Area Population |

Surveyed, of Surveyed

Acres Area !

53,804,895 54,98 8,200 25,869,047

4,321,585 6.417,676 0,712,749

Revenue £

947,108 1,967,636 432,588

—

—

—

31,383

6,609

1,030

30,249,981 44,850,493 12,303,8261 11,327,443 61,577,420 1,012,260

3,513,439 15,133,597

2,754.016

27,216,418

180,607

719,355

2,081,577

(b)

5fi9,102

3,745,164

22,120

(a) included under Raiyatwari. &c. (b) included under Zamlndari.

1 Includes 10,483,250 acres of Government Forest. The following table shows the total acreage under the chief crops and

the production

in three years : —

1909-10 1

1910-11

1911-12

Area

Yield

Area

Yield

Area

Yield

Acres

Cwts.

Acres

Cwts. ^

Acres

Cwts.

Rice

58,119,000

557,136,000 Tons

58,029,000

557.938,000 Tons

56,443,000

521,992,000 'i'ons

Wheat .

28,106,500

9,663,600

30,489,800

10.040,500

30,386,800

9,813,500

Bales

Bales

Bales

Cotton .

20,545,000

• 4,928,000

Tons

22,596,000

1 4,303,000 Tons

20,333,000

1 3.925,000 Tons

Linseed, pure . 2..591,100

307,800

3,101,300

421,600

4,199,400

501,200

„ mixed .

597,000

120,000

656,000

142,000

747,000

140,000

Rape and mustard

,, jnire

4,301,600

752,400

3,944,900

672,200

3,803,700

662,000

,, mixed

2,269,000

466,000

2,371,000

561,000

2,872,000

609,000

Sesamum, pure .

4,515,000

470,800

4,.306,000

421,800

3,726,200

301,400

„ mixed .

900,000

90,000

900,000

90,000

800,000

70,000

Groundnut .

1,048,700

459,300 Bales

951,900

503,200 Bales

1,200 900

542,200 Bales

Jute

2,776,600

7,206,600 Cwts.

2,937,800

7,932,000 Cwts.

3,106,400

S,£34,700 Cwts.

Indigo .

289,100

39,300

270,400

46,000

271,100

48,700

Tons

Tons

Tons

Sugarcane

2,112,800

2,127,100

2,114,600

2,217,800

2,331,700

2,390,400

1 The yield in bales represents the quantities exported from India and consumed in the country in and outside mills, as the reported estimates of yield fall short of the total of net exports and consumption.

N,jTE._The figures for 1911-12 are subject to revi.sion.

The total area cropped in 1910-11 was 253,432,000 acres, and the net

area (deducting areas cropped more than once) was 225,105,000,