CONTENTS. * 



Section V.— STATISTICS SHOWING THE ■ IMPROVEMENT IN 

 THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE SINCE 1850. 



1. Introductory ... 



2. Increase of population 



■ 3. Increase in the acreage of cultivation 



4. Alleged decrease qf rainfall 



5. Alleged deterioration of the soil by over-cropping 



6. Prices ... 



7. Effect of the improvement of communications on prices 



8. Trade — its dimensions 



9. The advantages of trade 



10. The progress of trade in the principal articles of export 



11. The progress of trade in imported articles and the low cost at 



which they are now obtained 



12. How far the rapid ei^pansion of foreign trade is " enforced" ... 



13. Balance of trade ... .... 



14. Effect of private remittances to England 



15. The effect of remittances to England on the rates of exchange. 



16. Imports of gold and silver into India .. ... 



17. European exploitation ... ... ... .„ 



18. Decadence of old indigenous industries 



19. The decay of hand-loom weavers, a necessary stage in in- 



dustrial development 

 2<3. The decline in the manufacture of iron 



21. The shipping industry 



22. The development of factory industries, ... 



23. Taxation ; 



2-i. Land Revenue — Tax or Rent ? 



25. Growth of land revenue • ... 



26. Pressm-e of the laud-tax and selling prices of land 



27. Relation between Government assessment and rental ... 



28. Ratio of Government assessment to gross produce ... * 



29. The income-tax 



30. Salt revenue ... 



31. Excise on spirits and drugs ... 



32. Customs revenue 



33. Stamps 



34. Registration fees 



35. Incidence of taxation ... 



36. The standard of living and the general condition of the different 



classes of the population ... 

 • 37. The land-owning classes 



38. Agricultural labourers .... 



39. Labourers other than agricultural ... 



40. In what directions the labom-ing classes have improved 



41. Propertied classes other than land-holders, mercantile and pro- 



fessional classes ... ... ... ... ... . ... ... 



42. Artizans 



43. The standard of living 



44. Pressure of population 



43. Does a large proportion of the population live on insufficient 



food in ordinary seasons ? 

 46. Comparison of the economic condition of India with that of 



European countries ... .., ... .,. ... 



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22-67 43-185 



Section VI.— CERTAIN ALLEGED EVILS IN THE PRESENT 

 ECONOMIC POSITION AND REMEDIAL MEA- 

 SURES CONSIDERED 



1. Alleged evils in the present economic position 



... 68-120 186-340 

 68 186 



I. — Periodical Revisions of Land SEMtEMENf ,.. 69-79 186-217 



1. The circumstances under which the Settlement department was 



organized and the general principles laid doTV-n for its guid- ' 



ance 69, 186-189 



