3i8 PRICES 



NOTE TO PRICE-LISTS. 



I append below the authorities from whom I have taken the various 

 price-lists in the foregoing table. In the majority of cases they have 

 been taken from the reports of settlement officers, who have usually 

 derived their information from the account-books of the local grain- 

 dealers. 



The records appear to me to differ in value. The prices returned 

 for Fatehpur and Cawnpore appear to me to be unaccountably high ; 

 they have, besides, a suspicious steadiness which is not characteristic 

 of the most trustworthy price-lists. The high prices of Ajmer are 

 noticed by the settlement officer, who remarks that 'high prices were 

 caused by deficiency here.' 



I have placed side by side two independent records for Agra. The 

 very slight difference between them may be due to the fact that one 

 dealer may have effected heavier sales in the dear months than the 

 other, and therefore his total for the year would show a higher 

 average ; and, indeed, the difference may be accounted for by several 

 plausible explanations. On the other hand, the close agreement of 

 the two independent records affords a strong presumption of their 

 trustworthiness. 



I should select as particularly characteristic and trustworthy the 

 price-lists for Farukhabad, Agra (2), Aligarh, Bareli, Pilibhit, and 

 Muzafifarnagar : 



Fatehpur : ' Statistical Report of the District of Fatehpur.' C. W. 



Kinloch, 1852. 

 Cawnpore : ' Statistical Report of the District of Cawnpore.' 



R. Montgomery, 1849. 

 Etawah : ' Report of the Settlement of the Etawah District.' C. H. J. 



Crosthwaite, 1874. 

 Etawah, Auraiya : ' Report of the Settlement of the Etawah District.' 



C. H. J. Crosthwaite, 1874. 

 Farukhabad : ' Report of the Settlement of Farukhabad District.' 



H. F. Evans, 1875. 

 Agra (i) : ' Report of the Settlement of Mainpuri District.' C. H. J. 



Crosthwaite, 1875. 

 Agra (2) : ' Report of the Settlement of the Agra District.' 

 Ajmer : ' Report of the Settlement of Ajmer and Mhairwarra Districts ' 



J. D. LaTouche, 1875. 



