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to some extent ; the exact extent I am unable to say, as I have no 

 records with me to ascertain it. But reference to the records of the 

 registry offices, as well as to the records of the villages, will, I am sure, 

 furnish ample evidence regarding the same. 



If at all there is any class of people who are getting deteriorated, it 

 is the peasant proprietary class, who do not work in the fields themselves 

 owing to religious scruples and caste prejudices, but depend for work 

 on the labouring classes ; and next to these come those who depend 

 upon the munificence of the well-to-do classes and earn their livelihood 

 by rendering religious and other services. I am really at a loss to find 

 any remedial measures to improve their condition ; and, unless they 

 resort to laboiu", they must die out. 



(m) — Tables showing the Income, Expenditure, Scale of Diet, SfC, 

 in different Countries. 



(1) Statement showing the amount of Imports and Exports of all Nations 

 measured In/ value {extracted from '' Mulhall's History of 



Prices''). 



For India 10 Rs. = ig 1. 



