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indigo is directly and entirely sown by the factory, 

 sua propria those which have to do with ryot hi 

 or such lands as are cultivated by tenants under 

 advance from the factory. Then, there are the 

 accounts which deal with charges for repairing 

 old and constructing new buildings or works : 

 the large item of cattle demands a close and 

 unflagging scrutiny ; whilst such items as go- 

 down stores and general charges, under which 

 categories come all stores purchased during the 

 year for consumption or use, and all and sundry 

 the thousand and one incidents ever cropping up in 

 a factory ; mahai or manufacturing charges and 

 machinery charges, which accounts embrace all 

 the multitudinous items accompanying and result- 

 ing from the manufacture of the plant into dye; 

 and the working, regulating, and keeping in order 

 of the machinery. These, and a few others, I would 

 designate the accounts proper of a concern, all of which 

 come under the inspection, demand the attention, 

 and require the sanction, of the Manager. Thus, it 

 may be seen that, even were the Manager's labours 

 confined within the limits we have detailed, his office 

 work would not be easy, nor his kalchary a " Castle 

 of Indolence." 



But he is not allowed to rest here. No sooner has 

 he escaped from the Liliputians than he is attacked 



