( 122A ) 



3. (*) The ex- 

 tent to which 

 dependants were 

 relieved on vil- 

 lage civil works. 



3- (<0 How far 

 female exceeded 

 male workers 

 and consequent 

 increase of de- 

 pendants (if any). 



3. (d) Amount 

 of earthwork 

 done. 



3- (e) Bate per 

 1,000 cubic feet. 



3. (/) Cost of 

 relief per unit. 



3. (9) Their 

 success in reliev- 

 ing distress. 



were really useful, and I hope that the old " permit line " road 

 which was broken in two by a mass of ravines, in one place for a 

 distance of about a mile and a half, thereby completely interrupting 

 communications, will be restored to good working order and will 

 continue to be suitable for wheeled traffic for many years to come. 

 This particular work is not yet completed : it is being financed now 

 by the District Board. The vast majority of people who frequented 

 the work were, as usual, ordinary labourers and cultivators of the 

 lower castes, but this time some Thakurs and Brahmans were to be 

 found on almost all works, not only as mates, in which capacity 

 they joined readily enough at the start, but also among the rank 

 *nd file of the workers. At one very poor village where the 

 population is predominantly Brahman, this caste formed a very 

 large proportion of the workers and were kept in separate gangs. 



Dependants were not relieved. The Famine Commissioner, 

 however, sanctioned the relief of " Gr class " children with the 

 directions that they should be given light work. Accordingly child- 

 ren of 7 to 10 years of -age were allowed on relief works from 

 the third week of March. They worked at clod-breaking and 

 ramming with tiny wooden " chaparis." This met the case well. 

 It pleased the parents whose children were kept under their eyes 

 and out of mischief and prevented the overloading of the gratuitous 

 relief lists with children who are old enough to have the duty to 

 work impressed on them. 



On the forest works the number of women was always below 

 that of male workers, probably because the works were at some dis- 

 tance in the ravines and in most cases at a considerable distance 

 from the hamlets themselves. Conditions were very trying there, 

 there never being even a vestige of shade, and the heat was excessive 

 for children who naturally go with their mothers 



Amount of earthwork done on civil works comes to 10,209,664 

 cubic feet. On forest works the area worked over was 900 acres 

 and the earthwork done thereon was 126,933,632 cubic feet. The 

 grand total is therefore 137,145,296 cubic feet. 



On civil works the rate per 1,000 cubic feet oomes to Bs. 7*47, 

 while on forest works it was between Ks. 181 and Bs. 182 per acre. 

 It is not possible to calculate the rate per 1,000 cubic feet of earth- 

 work done on forest works, as much of the work cannot be put into 

 cubio feet. The reasons are explained in the note recorded by the 

 Divisional Forest Officer which forms an annexure to this report. 



The cost of relief on civil works works out at 2'04 annas per 

 unit, while on Forest works it was 2 annas 1 pie. 



There is no doubt that the system of bringing the work to the 

 workers instead of taking the workers to the work is far the more 



