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| Exports. | Imports. | |
| £ | £ | |
| 1836 to ’45 | 57,000 | 23,000 |
| ’46 to ’49 | 114,000 | 44,000 |
| ’50 to ’53 | 154,000 | 30,000 |
| ’54 to ’57 | 205,000 | 51,000 |
| ’58 to ’60 | 408,000 | 64,000 |
| ’61 to ’65 | ||
| ’66 to ’69 | 704,000 | 157,000 |
| ’70 | 896,000 | 207,000 |
| ’71 | ||
| ’72 | ||
| ’73 | 672,000 | 162,000 |
I have not the returns complete to the present time.
The Traffic on the Main Line of Canal is about 200,000 tons.
KISTNAH DISTRICT.
| £ | |
| Revenue ’46 | 220,000 |
| RevenueDo. ’74 | 550,000 |
| 330,000 | |
| Revenue ’46 Increase | 150 per cent. |
TANJORE DISTRICT.
| £ | Revenue in 1830 when the new works were begun | 420,000 | |
| RevenueDo. in 1874 | 745,000 | ||
| Revenue in 1830 when the Increase | 325,000 or 80 per cent. |
Thus these three districts are now yielding £1,850,000 in Revenue, or £600,000 each, while the average of all India is only about £250,000.
The total expenditure on Irrigation in these three Districts is under 1½ millions, while the increase in Revenue is one million a year, and the total additional sums paid into the Treasury is about 15 millions, by 150 part of the districts of India.
