APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII 



The following notes are taken from the ' Inquiry into the 

 Economic Condition of the Agricultural and Labouring Classes 

 of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh,' 1888, and from part 

 of the evidence submitted by Mr. William Crooke. It is clear, 

 however (from the English), that the notes were not prepared 

 by Mr. William Crooke himself, but by an Indian official, pro- 

 bably a Deputy Collector or Tehsildar. This officer made personal 

 inquiries in the village, and submitted his notes to Mr. Crooke, 

 who appears to have embodied them without alteration into his 

 evidence. Their value is probably enhanced by the fact that 

 they represent the evidence taken by an Indian and not by an 

 Englishman. I have transcribed the notes without alteration. 

 I. Tahsil Kasganj, Mauza Manotar; family of Bhopal ; 

 carpenter ; aged thirty years. 



(1) Occupation. — The two male members of the family live 

 by their own trade. 



(2) Earnings. — They chiefly occupy themselves in making 

 agricultural implements ; have work connected with twenty- 

 four ploughs, nineteen of his village and five of Mauza 

 Mubarikpur. They receive no cash payment on account of 

 their wages. Get 30 seers of grain per plough per annum, 

 15 seers at each harvest — namely, in Baisakh (May) and Katik 

 (November). This grain consists generally of moth, bajra, 

 barley, bejhar, gram, and a small quantity of wheat. Thus 

 for twenty-four ploughs they receive 18 maunds of grain, 

 estimated to be of the value of Rs. 27. This plough-work 

 occupies them for six months in the year — viz., from Asadh to 

 Agahan (July to December). However, last year during this 

 period they also prepared four sugar-cane mills, which brought 

 them Rs. 8 (Rs. 2 for each). During the remaining half of the 

 year they do ordinary carpenter's work, getting for both 4 

 annas per diem ; thus their income for these latter six months 

 amounts to Rs. 45/10. 



(3) Income and Expenditure. — Their income and expenditure 

 are as follows : 



Income. 



Rs. a. p. 



Value of grain earned in wages from cultivators 27 

 Ditto, sugar-cane mills prepared ... ... 800 



Wages in cash for ordinary carpenter's work ... 45 o o 



80 o o 

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