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(t) Statement showing the prices of artioles of food, &c., in 

 1890 as compared with those about 1800 in the village 

 of Singanall6r, 5 miles from Coimbatore, compiled from 

 the accounts preserved by the karnam or accountant of 

 thevillage 



(j) Statement showing the Mahanam prices of paddy per 

 Tanjore kalam for a series of years in the Tanjore 

 district ... 



{k) Statement showing the prices of articles of food, &c., in 

 1892 as compared with those in 1797 at Manjeshwar in 

 the South Canara district ... ... 



D.— Trade 



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cix-cxxv 

 ois 



(a) Foreign trade — value of exports and imports 



(b) Statement showing tlie growth or increase of sea-borne trade 



in relation to the revenue derived from customs duties 

 therefrom, and the quantity of salt sold and exported 

 with the rates of sale per maund of 82f lb. in relation to 

 the receipts derived therefrom in the Madras Presidency 

 from 1800-01 



(c) Statement showing the quantity and value of the principal 



articles of trade exported from, and imported into, the 

 Madras Presidency by sea for a series of years ... 



(d) Statement showing the traffic by rail and by canal of the 



Madras Presidency with other British Provinces, French 

 Territory, Native States, and the chief sea-port towns in 

 1889-90 : 



(e) Statement showing the average prices in Madras of the 



staple coijimodities of trade ... 



(/) Statement showing the value of certain articles of export 



and import deduced from the declared values of the 



articles entered in the sea-borne trade returns of the 



Madras Presidency .. ... ... 



(g) Statement showing the net imports of gold and silver into 



India for a series of years ... 

 (h) Statement showing the number of factories in the Madras 



Presidency in 1889-90 



E. — Taxation ... .. 



(a) Statement showing the growth of revenue or taxation in the 



Madras Presidency from 1800-01 ... 

 (h) Statement showing the growth of the various kinds of Local 



and Municipal taxation from the year 1853-54 in the 



Madras Presidency ... 



(c) Statement showing the growth of the land revenue and 



extension of occupied area of land fully assessed in 

 the Madras Presidency 



(d) Statement showing the value of land in certain districts of 



the Madras Presidency . 



(e) Table showing the ratio of Government assessment to gross 



produce of lands 



(/) Remarks on the alleged increase in the price of salt due to 

 the salt excise system 



(g) Remarks on the abkari administration of the Madras 

 Presidency 



(/i) Statement showing the number of offences reported and 

 the number of civil suits instituted in 1850 and 1890 ... 



(t) Statement showing the incidence of taxation in the Madras 

 Presidency 



(j) Statement showing the expenditure of the Madras Presi- 

 dency in 1889-90 as compared with that in 1849-50 



F. — Statistics relating to the improvement or the reverse in the 



standard of living of the different classes of the population... clxxxiv-ccxxxvi 



(a) Comparative table showing the number of persons (males) 

 engaged in the several occupations in 1871 and 1881 in 

 the Madras Presidency 



{I) Statement showing the varieties of tenure held direct from ' 



Government during the oflBcial year 1889-90 clxxxvii, clrxxviii 



cxvi-cxix 



cxx 

 ozxi 



cxxii, cxxiii 



oxxiv 



cxxv 



cxxvi-clxxxiii 



cxxvi-cxxxiii 



cxxxiv-cxxxvi 



cxxxvii-cxlii 



cxliii-cxlvi 



cxlvi-cli 



clii-clxi 



clxii-clxxx 



clxxx, clxxxi 



clxxxii 



clxxxii, clxxxiii 



clxxxiv-olxxxvi 



