LABOUR 4d 



Madras 

 measures. 



For 30 kalaras cleaned and stored 30 



Two Madras measures extra for 8 men ... 16 

 Wages of 1 man stacking ... 2 



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In Malabar one-seventeenth of the crop for harvesting 

 only. 



Hutf1dng.—2\ M.M. of paddy or U M.M. of rice for every 

 96M.M. 



Picking chillies.— One twenty- fourth of the quantity 

 picked. 



Picking coconuts.— One nut for every five trees picked or 



3 pies for every tree. 



Coimbatore rate : 7 coconuts peeled for every 100 coconuts 

 picked from trees and peeled free of outer coat and given 

 ready for sale. 



In Godavari two nuts for every hundred picked and from 



4 annas to 10 annas per 1,000 for removing the outer covering. 



Ploughing.— with cotton soil plough Rs. 5 to Rs. 8 per acre. 



Prickly-pear : clearing. — This varies widely with dense- 

 ness of the pear and the thoroughness of the eradication. 

 Probably, in very few cases, should Rs. 50 an acre be ex- 

 ceeded for complete removal. This will of course spring up 

 again, unless the land can be subsequently ploughed. 



Rope making.— Twelve annas for making a mhote rope of 

 25 lb. of fibre and 4 annas for a tail rope. 



Sawing timber.— varies with the hardness and dryness of 

 the wood. In CoimbatOre a unit is 12 square feet and for 

 sawing a surface of this dimension the charge is 6 annas. 



Sheep penning. — Three-hundred sheep per day per rupee ; 

 at 3,000 sheep per acre, this comes to Rs. 10 per acre. 



In Tinnevelly 2,000 sheep for Rs. 7 ; 350 cattle for 

 Rs. 5 to Rs. 7. Tanjore : 1 thundu of 100 sheep for 3 

 marakkals paddy. 



Straw twists.— One hundred twists of 30 feet length for 

 Rs. 1-4-0. In Tinnevelly 12 annas for 100 twists of 30 feet 

 length. 



Sweet j)otatos. — On sandy soils one-tenth to one-eighth is 

 paid in kind for lifting ; contract price on heavy soils Rs. 10 

 to Rs. 12 per acre. 



Threshing cholam. — One-eleventh to one-twelfth the 

 produce in grain for threshing by hand (Guntur). 



Turmeric. — Annas 2 per cent dug : £ anna per maund for 

 cleaning. 



