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reducing rate of increase The alternative is disease, 

 misery and famine Room in India for increase of num- 

 bers, but the increase must not exceed about one million 

 a year Strong comments Table VIII. 



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Food supply, total weight of food produced About 

 9 Ib. per family of five per day Fish and meat to be 

 added, cattle consumption to be deducted Cattle eat 

 a large part of the food of the poor people Food pro- 

 duction at present insufficient Increase of food pro- 

 duction necessary for the health of the people, and for 

 the well-being of the cattle. 



CHAPTER XIV 148 



Supply to India of artificial manures Price of manures 

 Indian cultivator refuses to pay prices because he is 

 so poor Artificial manures essential, more phosphoric 

 acid necessary Government must pay for these manures 

 and take repayment out of the increased crop Super- 

 phosphate can be made in India from imported mineral 

 phosphate and imported sulphur Mineral potash salts 

 also required Mineral nitrates also required India 

 can make nitrolin from the air Great profit will result 

 No great outlay of capital necessary The expenditure 

 on manures would be very much less than the cost of an 

 army to keep in subjection a discontented people 

 Delay in business fatal to success There must be no 

 delay here. 



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Hydraulic power Vast water power in India on account 

 of heavy rainfall on high mountains Novel hydro- 

 electric works of Messrs. Tata Hydraulic power from 

 reservoir 60,000 horse-power now being used in Bom- 

 bay 100 million horse-power might be utilised eventually 

 The money wasted on military adventures if laid out 

 on useful works would make India a wealthy country. 



