920 some 20,000 _cho_ had been reclaimed. Persons who reclaim more
than 5 _cho_ receive 6 per cent, of their expenditure.

The increase in the area of cultivation has been as follows (in
_cho_):

|Year |Paddy |Upland Farm |Total |
--------------------------------------------------
|1905 |2,841,471 |2,540,906 |5,382,378 |
|1906 |2,849,288 |2,551,170 |5,400,459 |
|1907 |2,858,628 |2,639,680 |5,498,309 |
|1908 |2,882,426 |2,684,531 |5,566,958 |
|1909 |2,902,899 |2,777,453 |5,680,352 |
|1910 |2,910,970 |2,804,434 |5,715,405 |
|1911 |2,923,520 |2,836,002 |5,759,522 |
|1912 |2,939,445 |2,880,301 |5,819,756 |
|1913 |2,953,947 |2,902,445 |5,856,392 |
|1914 |2,961,639 |2,916,569 |5,878,208 |
|1915 |2,974,042 |2,948,075 |5,922,118 |
|1916 |2,987,579 |2,971,800 |5,959,379 |
|1917 |3,005,679 |3,012,685 |6,018,364 |
|1918 |3,011,000 |3,070,000 |6,081,000 |
|1919 |3,021,879 |3,050,008 |6,071,887 |

Whereas the percentage of cultivated land to uncultivated was in 1909
14.6 per cent., it was in 1918 15.6 per cent.

USE TO WHICH THE LAND IS PUT [LXXIII]. Here are the details of the
division of the land in 1909 and 1918:

Division of the Land | Years | Area in _cho_ | Percentage of
| | in 000 's | Total Area
------------------------|--------|----------------|--------------
Total area | 1909 | 38,847 | 100.0
| 1918 | 38,864 | 100.0
| | |
Paddy fields | 1909 | 2,903 | 7.5
| 1918 | 3,011 | 7.7
| | |
Upland fields | 1909 | 2,777 | 7.1
| | 3,070 | 7.9
| | |
Total arable as above | 1909 | 5,680 | 14.6
| 1918 | 6,081 | 15.6
| | |
Meadows and pastures | 1909 | 39 | 0.1
| 1918 | 43 | 0.1
| | |
Grass lands and heather | 1909 | 1,941 | 5.0
(excluding pastures) | 1918 | 3,509 | 9.0
|