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About half this last distance to where the Ara nala joins the Burhi Rapti. occupied by forest, the other half by rich rice villages of the Bhambhar division of Tulsipur.
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Trade finds its way through the hill frontier by nine difficult passes, of which only two are practicable to hill ponies. Their names are, 1, Jarwah 4, Khangra 2, Bhusahar 3, Barahwa 5, Nand Mahra 6, Baisimatha 7,
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Bhach Kahwa. The principal Naipalese bazar Through these pass thin streams of along their line is that of Deokhar. small parties of hill-men, bearing deep baskets on their backs, who
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exchange the products of Naipal
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crossed about half-way between the forests and the, Parasrampur ferry, and there is a second ferry at Batahi where the two streams meet, and a Basti road facilitates trade. Considerable quantities of merchandise pass by these routes between the Captainganj and Taulihwa bazars and Gonda. A third medium of communication is the great religious fair held at Debi Patan at the end of March, when a large number of hill ponies are imported. is
Biirhi Rapti at the
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principal ordinary imports from Naipal are spices, iron rough and manufactured into knives felt, ghi, grass, mats, honey, Imports from Naipdl, ^^^ charas ; the chief exports, country and English
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Exportation of rice
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There are no statistics to show whether rice ^^aves this district here, but the main exportation of this grain is undoubtedly to Fyzabad and the west.
The second great division of our foreign trade is that with Basti and the North-West Provinces. Our frontier for this consists of about 12 miles Then 7 miles north and south of east and west along the Burhi R^pti. undefended boundary abutting on the thin wedge of Balrampur which runs Then 12 miles north-west and southin between Tulsipur and Utraula. east along the Rapti to the junction of that river with the Suwawan, followed by 5 miles east and west along the Suwawan. Then 4 miles unprotected and 17 miles along the Kuwana north-west to south-east, and finally some 35 miles of undefended frontier from the Kuwana to the Gogra. North of the Rapti the chief trade passes over the Tiknia or Parsanna Ghat on the Burhi Rapti. The exports and imports, according to the returns for this station last year, nearly balanced themselves at a value of about Rs. 45,000, and the principal constituents in both were rice and country cloth. There can be no doubt that this return does not cover the whole trade, as a considerable amount must pass by other ghdts on the Btirhi Rapti, and by the village tracks in the country between the rivers.
The second branch of this trade is with the great bazars of Biskohar and Behtaria, and extends from the Rdpti and north frontiers of the Utraula pargana to the commencement of the unprotected frontier of Babhnipair. The main roads along which it passes are, first, rimning from Balrampur through Utraula, leaving the district at the Materia Ghdt over the Ripti and'; secondly, a kachcha cart-track running through the centre of the district, and leaving it at the Chandiadip Ghat on the Kuwana in pargana
