150 HUSBANDRY WAGES OF LABOUR. 



Mustard, and Kolai, are sown from the 12th Octo- 

 ber till the 12th of November ; they are reaped in 

 all March. 



18th. Taking the whole of Beerbhoom, nearly 

 two-thirds may be reckoned waste lands, and about 

 the third cultivated. The waste lands lie chiefly to 

 the north-west; the improvement of which they 

 seem most susceptible, is cultivation where water 

 can be obtained. 



20th. Four pice a day, and food amounting to 

 about two pice more, is the usual rate of wages in this 

 district ; labour generally commences about sun-rise, 

 and continues till about ten o'clock, when, after 

 ceasing for refreshment one hour or a little more, 

 it re-commences, and is continued till three in the 

 afternoon, at which period about one hour and a 

 half is allowed for dinner ; after which the labour is 

 again resumed till sun-set. During the hot months, 

 when the day is long, the periods allotted for food 

 and relaxation are somewhat exceeded. 



21st. Draining is hardly practised in Beerbhoom ; 

 only small drains are used in some few places, for 

 Sugar-cane, Kuchoo, &c. during the rains. 



22nd. There are embankments on the edges of 

 the Ojoy and Mourak rivers, in various places ; but 



