skill, has
recently been so far improved as nearly to equal that of the
Carolinas. Dr. Falconer has introduced into India the numerous and
fine varieties of rice cultivated in the Himalayas; of these some of
the best sorts were at his suggestion distributed to cultivators along
the Doab canal.

A species of hill rice grows on the edge of the Himalaya mountains.
The mountain rices of India are grown without irrigation, at
elevations of 3,000 to 6,000 feet on the Himalaya, where the dampness
of the summer months compensates for the want of artificial moisture.
The small reddish Assamese rices, which become gelatinous in boiling,
and the large, flat-grained, soft, purple-black Ketana rice, of Java
and Malacca, shown at the Great Exhibition, were curious.

The fertility of the province of Arracan is very great, its soil being
fit for the culture of nearly all tropical productions; rice, however,
is alone cultivated to any great extent; the low alluvial soil which
extends over the whole country, from the foot of the mountains to the
sea, being admirably suited for its growth. About 115 square miles are
under culture with rice. The export trade in rice of the district, is
seen by the following statistical return; and it gives employment to
from 400 to 700 vessels, aggregating 60,000 to 80,000 tons.

QUANTITY OF PADDY AND RICE EXPORTED FROM AKYAB, THE PORT OF ARRACAN.
-------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------------------
| | | |Average price per 100 baskets
| | | Total | of 12 seers, in Rupees
|Maunds of|Maunds | value +------------------+---------------
| Paddy |of rice| Rupees | Rice | Paddy
-------+---------+-------+---------+------------------+---------------
1831-32| 380,600| 28,970| 130,591| 15.4 to 16.6 | 8 to 9
1832-33| 502,740|175,560| 232,915| 16 17 | 7.5 8
1833-34| 555,540|418,950| 430,830| 19 20 | 9 10
1834-35| 127,050|260,650| 176,717| 18 19 | 8 9
1835-36| 783,870|548,460| 354,791| 10 11 | 5 5.8
1836-37|1,737,841|641,010| 666,732| 10.8 12 | 5 6
1837-38|1,621,566|248,783| 650,385| 21 23 | 9 10.8
1838-39|1,364,100|332,380| 821,168| 24 25.1 | 8.8 11.12
1839-40|2,033,698|529,961|1,121,311| 21.8 23 | 9.8 10
1840-41|2,212,068|446,941|1,131,