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District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Supplementary Notes and Statistics. Basti District

1925

Till the end of January the people were engaged in the fields and the liberal distribution of tagavi arrested and in some cases disperse d the serious symptoms of famine winch appeared imtnedt.tely after the crop failure. [...] 5 The unexpec'ed rain of the end of April and beginning of May relieved the pressure on the works by making it possible for the people to plou.. [...] Gratuitous relief Was at first confined to the central part of Budhi and the adjacent patwavi's circles of Awainian but it was eventually extended to the whole of Budhi and to the whole of Awainian excepting the riverain villages of the latter which had an excellent rabi harvest. [...] It was clear that though rents taken in the mass had to form the basis of rates the rentals of individual villages gave little guide to a fair estimate of tlte assets The extensive conceament and the crudity of the rental system made the usual methods unreliable. [...] The soil classes were intended to allow for the differences in irrigation in the actual fertility of the soil and in the labour involved in cultivation The circles allow for the larger ditinetians due to differing climate communications peculiarities in agricultural conditions and the br ader differences of soil.
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Pages
73
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i unknown view
Alterations and additions to Part A of the Basti District Gazetteer bringing it up to date (1922)
1-22 unknown view
Appendix
i-xlviii unknown view

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