Provinces ; the Anil abla Division States and the Simla Hill States in the Punjab ; the Phulera and Upper Tanawal States in the North-West Frontier Province ; the Khaiipur State the Gujarat States (excluding Baroda) the Kohl an States the Deccan States the Satara Jagirs and the Southern Mahratta States in Bombay; and the Clihattisgar]i States in the Central Provinces. [...] Of the total forest area (87 224 000 acres in 1928-29) 23 per cent lies in Burma 19 per cent in the Central Provinces and Berar 15 per cent in the Madras Presidency 11 per cent each in the United Provinces and Bombay and the remaining 21 per cent in the other provinces. [...] Of the total culturable waste land (154 680 000 acres in 1928-29); 38 per cent was in Burma 12 per cent in Assam 10 per cent in the Punjab 9 per cent each in the Central Provinces and Berar and the Madras Presidency and the remaining 22 per cent in the other provinces. [...] Of the total +708 -714 area shown in the table under -1 110 food-grains 19 per cent was in +52 +69 the United Provinces 1.4 per ---348 cent in the Madras Presidency +51 13 per cent in Bihar and Orissa 1 l. per cent each in Bengal Bombay and in the Punjab 10 per cent in the Central Provinces and Berar and the remaining 11 per cent in the other provinces. [...] The map charts and diagrams exhibited in the volume illustrate— (1) the departure of sown area and that of rainfall in 1928-29 Charts from the average of the preceding ten years ; (2) variations in rainfall as compared with the normal in relation to the total area sown food-crops area and current "allows (reversed) ; (3) the rainfall in wheat-growing tracts (June to February) as compared with
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