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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER of population in Canara, will contain 146,800 persons; but Mr. Bar
XII
Dec. 20, 21.
Stock.
Ill
Rice land
extent.
ber's estimate will reduce this number to 103,900.
The number of slaves are,
Males
Females
8547
7654
Total - 16201
Add free persons by first estimate - 146,800
Total population by first estimate - 163,001
Total population by Mr. Barber's ditto 120,101
Cows
Oxen, large
small
2068
25,428
17,331
27,496
44,827
Total animals of the cow-kind
Animals of the buffalo kind 8900.
Number of ploughs 18,000.
Number of looms 329.
From the number of ploughs, which is not likely to be exagge-
rated, there can be little doubt that the native officers have con-
cealed from Mr. Wye the real number of cattle. 18,000 ploughs
require at least 36,000 oxen or buffaloes, to which must be added
the young of both species, the cows, and the cattle employed for
carriage and in mills. The returns of cattle made to Mr. Warden
are apparently correct; and at their rate 18,000 ploughs would
require 66,840, in place of 53,727 given by Mr. Wye.
The Dhanmarry, Paddum, or low land in Mr. Wye's circle is
stated, in the revenue accompts, at 170,400 Porays ; of which, in
the two districts nearest the Ghats, 3500 were last year waste.
Many parts of the districts near the sea, and near the rivers in
Shirnada, are, in the rainy season, very liable to suffer by being
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER of population in Canara, will contain 146,800 persons; but Mr. Bar
XII
Dec. 20, 21.
Stock.
Ill
Rice land
extent.
ber's estimate will reduce this number to 103,900.
The number of slaves are,
Males
Females
8547
7654
Total - 16201
Add free persons by first estimate - 146,800
Total population by first estimate - 163,001
Total population by Mr. Barber's ditto 120,101
Cows
Oxen, large
small
2068
25,428
17,331
27,496
44,827
Total animals of the cow-kind
Animals of the buffalo kind 8900.
Number of ploughs 18,000.
Number of looms 329.
From the number of ploughs, which is not likely to be exagge-
rated, there can be little doubt that the native officers have con-
cealed from Mr. Wye the real number of cattle. 18,000 ploughs
require at least 36,000 oxen or buffaloes, to which must be added
the young of both species, the cows, and the cattle employed for
carriage and in mills. The returns of cattle made to Mr. Warden
are apparently correct; and at their rate 18,000 ploughs would
require 66,840, in place of 53,727 given by Mr. Wye.
The Dhanmarry, Paddum, or low land in Mr. Wye's circle is
stated, in the revenue accompts, at 170,400 Porays ; of which, in
the two districts nearest the Ghats, 3500 were last year waste.
Many parts of the districts near the sea, and near the rivers in
Shirnada, are, in the rainy season, very liable to suffer by being