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,
