CONTENTS xi 



CHAPTER VIII. 



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The Human Factor 139 



The different classes of cultivators. The labour supply. 

 Wages. The peasant proprietor. The intermediate 

 class. Relaxation of effort. Efficiency of labour. The 

 standard of effort. The causes which govern the stand- 

 ard and efficiency of labour. Race. Climate. Institu- 

 tions. The best cultivators. Potential energy running 

 to waste. The case of Indian emigrant labourers. 



CHAPTER IX. 



An Agricultural Policy for Western India . . . 168 



Recapitulation. The desire for progress. Divergent views 

 of existing facts and future policy. The price of progress. 

 Past policy of the British Government in India. The 

 limitations of its success. The poverty of the Indian 

 peasant. The fundamental obstacles to progress. The 

 steps necessary to remove them. Twelve points of 

 policy. Conclusion. 



APPENDIX I. 



The Extent of Subdivision and Fragmentation of Holdings 



in the Bombay Presidency 195 



APPENDIX II. 



The Extent of Fragmentation and Subdivision of Holdings 

 in other Countries, the Causes of the Same, and the 

 Remedial Measures Taken 224 



APPENDIX III. 



Draft Bill Proposed to Enable Landholders to Correct 

 the Tendency towards Excessive Subdivision and Frag- 

 mentation of Holdings 238 



