5airia.—The following is the official account of the cost of

growing cotton in Berar : STATEMENT SHOWING THE EXPENSE OF CULTIVATING ONE BEEGAH OF NEW LAND WITH COTTON AND ITS YIELD ix BERAR.

Detail of Expenses.

r. a.

Government land-tax ... ... ...

2 0 Four ploughings at 2r. each ...

8 0 Digging up stumps ... Clodecrushing ... ... ...

5 0 1 8

Levelling the ground ... — One nomad of 10 seers cotton seed

1 0 0 8

Sowing the seed with the drill plough

2 0

Seven times weeding at lr. ...

7 0

Hoeing ... ... ... ...

2 0

Wages for gathering cotton

4 0

Carriage to local market ... ■ ••

1 0

Tield.—Half candy, or 30 maunds of cotton; price varies from 30r., 36r. 8a., to 45r.

That is only four shillings for eight pounds of cotton, which must be inaccurate. The real expense of this cotton,;on arrival at Mirza- pore is about 41d. a pound.