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2 _ production per acre, namely 61 maunds, some 80,164,616 maunds or
3 2,863,022 tons may be produced annually. There are thirteen millions
4 of souls ; at an ordinary rate of consumption per annum of about 43
5 maunds or 360 Ibs. to each person, they would consume 59,000,000
6 maunds or 2,107,148 tons in a year, which deducted from the aggregate
7 produced leaves a surplus of 777,481 tons, which surplus, though attained
8 by a rough calculation, will give some idea of the actual state of the case.
9 _ What is to become of this surplus? If possible, it should not be allowed
10 to fill our granaries and glut our markets, causing derangement of prices
11 and embarrassment to the agriculturists, yet it cannot be exported to
12 Kurrachee unless the communication shall be improved by steam or rail,
13 or by both. That this can be effected, there is happily reason to suppose,
14 as will be seen in one of the following Sections (IV.) In this place,
15 therefore, it is sufficient to urge that the measure is of the very last
16 Urgent need of means importance to the agricultural interest and to the
17 for exportation. future prosperity of the Punjab, and that until
18 something of the kind be effected, there must always be some anxiety
19 regarding our Land Revenue. Let means of export, the grand desidera-
20 _ tum, be once supplied every thing will follow. There are known to he
21 nearly six millions of cultwrable acres yet. to be brought under the
22 plough. There is a population, prolific to increase, hardy and industrious
23 to labor. There are vast supplies of water in tbe rivers and facilities
24 for excavating canals. Then money will be abundant, pricesevill recover
25 their standard, and the Land Revenue will flourish. ,
26 47. In regard to the collection of the Land Revenue, it will be
27 remembered that for several years there used to remain heavy balances
28 uncollected. But these amounts were remitted and the demand for
29 future years was reduced. After that, the collections became steady and
30 did not further fall off. For the last three years the uncollected balances
31 have been slight, as follows :—
32 Per-centage
33 Collected. oer | Nominal. Real. a teal
34 alance on!
35 demand.
36 Yuars. || Demand.
37 1959-54 | £1,520,570| £1,391,910 £128,659| £74,780 | £53,879
38 ° { 1,52,05,700| 1,39,19,102} 12,86,598| 7,47,804 | 5,38,794| 3°54
39 1954-55 § | £1,470,088) £1,409,373| £60,715} £39,909 | £20,805
40 1,47,00,884] 1,40,93,731] 6,07,153| 3,99,099 | 2,08,054| 1°41
41 1855-56 § | £1462,425] £1,415,810] £16,615, £32,547 | £14,067
42 ; 1,46,24,259] 1,41,58,107| 4,66,152} 3,25,478 | 1,40,674| “09
43 eerste tena EER e,
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