The Statistical Reporter April 1876

The district of Balasore is a vast rice plain in which besides the fringes of jungle alOng the sea-board to the east and :along the edge of the hill country to the west the spots of uncultivated land occupy a very small space. [...] This diversion of shipping from the ports of the district affects both its imports and exports and the extent of the declination of trade is regulated.by the greater or less severity and destructiveness of the antecedent calamity. [...] The trade of the Balasore ports from 1847-48 onwards will be illustrated by the following statement which shows the total value of the traffic for each year and also the detail of the principal items of trade :- IMPORTS INTO THE BALASORE PORTS. [...] 3 3 0 20 0 0 Paints and colours 1 0 0 40 0 0 Sugar and sugarcandy 4 0 0 10 0 0 Apparel... [...] Hunter the date of the foundation of the English settlement famous under the name of Pipley long before the English occupation of the province.