CONTENTS, 



Section HI.— THE CONDITION OF THE AGRICULTURAL 

 CLASSES UNDER BRITISH ADMINISTRATION 

 DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE PRESENT 

 CENTURY 



A. — Extract from the Indian Economist : Land Revenue — payment 

 in kind or in money ... ... ... ... ... 



B. — Description of the Madras ryot by Mr. Bourdillou in 1853 



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ixxiv-xlii 



xxxiv-xxxviii 

 xxxviii-xlii 



Section IV.— NARRATIVE OF THE PRINCIPAL FACTS BEAR- 

 . ING ON THE CONDITION OF THE AGRI- 

 CULTURAL CLASSES FROM THE MIDDLE OF 

 THE PRESENT CENTURY TO THE PRESENT 

 TIME xliii-xo 



A. — Statement showing the permanent- reductions made in different 

 branches of revenue in all the districts during 15 years from 

 1841 • xUii-lv 



B. — Extracts from Dr. Buchanan's Journey from Madras through 



Mysore, Canara and Malabar in 1800 ... ... ... ... Ivi-lxviii 



G. — Abstract of the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 



25th November 1819, on the subject of agriciUtural slavery... Ixviii-lxx 



D. — Extracts from the report of the Commissioners for the investi- 

 gation of alleged cases of torture in the Madras Presidency, 

 1855 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Ixx-lxxv 



E.— The Madras Ryot by Mr. R. A. Dalyell in 1866 Ixxv-lxxviii 



F. — Results of the inquiries made by the Board of Revenue as to 



the condition of the labouring classes in 1872 ... * . . . Ixxviii-xc 



Section V.— STATISTICS SHOWING THE IMPROVEMENT IN 



THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE SINCE 1850. kci-ccxxxvi 



A. — Population ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. cci-xcvi 



(a) Statement showing the population of the Madras Presi- 

 dency ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xci 



(h) St9,tement showing the civil condition of the population of 



the Madras Presidency as per census of 1891 ... ... xcii, xciii 



(c) Statement showing the birth and death-rates in different 



countries per mille of the population ... ... ... xciv 



{d) Table showing the expectation of life and the number 



of survivors at different ages out of every 100 persons . . . xcv 



(e) Table showing the proportion of population of various 



countries grouped according to ages per 1,000 ... ... xcvi 



B. — Cultivation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xcvii-xcix 



• Statement showing the extent of ryotwar or fully assessed land 



cultivated in the several districts of the Madras Presidency. xcvii-xcix 



C. — Prices ...* ... c-cviii 



(a) Table showing the prices of second sort rice at different 



periods ... ... ... ... ... ... ... o 



(b) Table showing the prices of cholum ... ... ... ... ci 



(c) Do. do. of ragi ... ... ... ... cii* 



(ci) Do. do. of cumbu ... ... ... ... ciii 



(e) Statement showing the number of measures of paddy sold 



for a rupee at Palghat for a number of years compiled 

 from the accounts preserved in the family records of a 

 rich land-lord in Malabar ... .. ... ... ... civ 



(/) Statement showing the prices of certain articles of food in 



1853 as compared with their current prices in Palghat . . . oiv 



(g) Statement showing the prices of different articles of food, 

 &c., at Sulur (a large village 7 miles from Coimbatore), 

 compiled from the village accounts preserved by an old 

 karnam or village accountant in the Coimbatore district ' cv 



( h) Statement showing the prices of food-grains at certain 

 stations in the Coimbatore district, obtained from certain 

 old cadjan accounts kept by merchants and land-holders. cvi 



