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per head. 1920 is the last year which we have 

 experienced in the United Kingdom, where there 

 has been no great interruption to work. In 1921 

 production was seriously damaged by the great coal 

 strike. Nevertheless we know that prices in the 

 United Kingdom have fallen very heavily, and it is 

 quite possible that the value of production in the 

 United Kingdom for the year 1922 will be less than 

 2,000,000,000 at 1922 prices, and in that case the 

 production per head of the population will be about 

 43 per annum, which is about six times the 

 amount per head of the production of the people 

 in India. 



If the valuation in this table is correct, then an 

 increase of 10 per cent, in the value of the agricultural 

 produce, including cattle, would amount to about 

 155,000,000 a year, and 20 per cent, to 310,000,000 

 a year, 30 per cent, to 465,000,000 a year, and 

 40 per cent, to 620,000,000 a year, and 50 per cent, 

 to 775,000,000 a year, and yet, large as these figures 

 seem, it is quite certain that if the steps which I 

 have indicated are taken there is no doubt that the 

 production on the average of all the agricultural 

 produce, including cattle, might be increased 30 per 

 cent, or 40 per cent, in a very short time, and it is 

 quite reasonable to expect an increase of 100 per 

 cent, in the production of the soil, so far as the 

 production per acre is concerned. But an increase 

 in agricultural production of 100 per cent., which 

 the evidence I have quoted shows to be quite a 

 moderate estimate of what is practicable, because 

 the present production per acre and per man is so 



