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(16) Marriage. — One boy and one girl have been married, 

 and three boys and one girl are still to be married. A marriage 

 costs Rs. 60, and some sixty or seventy guests collect at the 

 marriage for three days. 



(17) Clothing. — Their clothing expenses are Rs. 314 annas 

 per annum, of which Rs. 23 14 annas is for the men, and 

 Rs. 7 6 annas for the women. These clothes consist of one- 

 third English and two-thirds country cloth. One set of 

 clothes, which they keep to be used at marriages, fairs, 

 festivals, etc., is specially prepared of English cloth. 



(18) General Remarks. — About 10 seers of cotton thread is 

 manufactured at home. Of this 10 seers of thread they get 

 cloth prepared for their consumption. They have to pay 

 5 annas 6 pie per 20 yards cloth weaved on account of 

 weaving wages. Twenty yards of cloth consume i^ seers 

 of thread. Thus 160 yards cloth, estimated to value at Rs. 8, 

 is prepared out of their 10 seers of thread on payment of 

 Rs. 211 annas on account of weaving wages. They have one 



