Table 6 Official statistics on grain outputs and planted areas



A.
      Outputs  ('000 MT)              Planted areas  ('000 chongbo)
      Paddy  Barley  Others  Total  Paddy  Barley  Others  Total
             & wheat                       & wheat 

1944  1,008    250    1,159   2,417   400    306    1,290   1,996 
1946  1,052     84      762   1,898   388    185    1,097   1,670
1947  1,101    131      837   2,069   420    235    1,358   2,013 
1948  1,350    153    1,165   2,668   444    282    1,401   2,127
1949  1,158    212      960   2,654   382    309      973   2,112  

B.
       Rice yield per tan  (in brown rice, sok)
1936       1.31         1944      1.34   
1937       1.66         1946      1.45
1938       1.45         1947      1.40
1939       1.55         1948      1.62
1940       1.33         1949      1.62
average over             average over
1936-40    1.46         1946-9    1.52


Sources: Government-General, each issue; Bank of Chosen (1948, I-238-9, 244); NTIS (1960, 68).