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Only Rs. 5,275 were borrowed from Government by the landholders in make improvements in 1872-73. There are in the district 18,869 mud-walled houses, and 4,788 of masonry. The large majority of the former are tiled, even where Houses, occupations, thatch, which is the cheaper and cooler roof, is plenemigration. order to
The reason
tiful.
many
of this probably
is
that the king's
whom
were generally stationed here, used to take off thatched roofs wherewith to make themselves a shelter during the rains. The proportion of masonry houses is unusually large.
troops,
of
It is stated that 673,652 of the population, or 67 per cent., are agriculand this is probably correct, but the agricultural labourers are not
turists,
included in the above.
Emigration did not attain any dimensions
till
1873,
when
those registered well known
numbered 1,286 Murich (Mauritius) and Rawun (Rangoon) are
to the people
The
now
as distant lands in which they
may
attain prosperity.
principal towns are
Towns.
Name. Pyzabad Ajodhya Tanda
..,
...
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Jalalpur Sinjhauli
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...
Population. ... 37,804 9,949 ... 13,543 6,275 ... 5,614 ...
three have municipalities. None of these towns can be called fishing-towns fish is rarely seen in the local bazars, except during the rainy season. Fyzabad is now becoming a place of considerable trade Ajodhya owes its importance to its sanctity, Tanda to its weaving.
The
first
trade of Fyzabad proper cannot be stated with any approach to accuracy, but its general features are well known. Trade and manutacj^ exports largely wheat, rice, and maize from the tares. great mart Mianganj. The accompanying table gives the export of one month only, increased no doubt by the scarcity in Bengal. The grain comes from Gonda, Sultanpur, Fyzabad, and eastern Bahraich.
The
The scarcity of good roads in the rural districts causes all the grain to converge on this mart instead of being carried direct to the Gogra at minor ghats. Maunds. Imports
-I f
Molasses Eastern salt
12 .,
CO
..
66 168
Birra
Kerao
(peas)
75 807
Wheat Eice
16,222
Paddy I I i
Exports
.
212
Barley Judr
111,654 26,548 5,514 4,586 375 162 300
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Lahra (maize)
Mash Kodo Gram Miing Saltpetre Total
Counti-y
iSil
wood
160,781
392 382
