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Journal of the Jisiatic Society of Bengal, [February, 1907. 



At these prices and rice at Rs. 3 per tnaund, the cast of a 

 man's diet per month in May 1906 would be : 



Rice 



Dal 



Salt 



Spices 



Mustard Oil 



Potatoes 



Onions 



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Rs. A. P 

 1 15 6 





 





 

 

 



7 2 



X 



1 



2 



5 3 r 



8 



Total ... 3 



7 



A family of man, wife and three children, which is usually 

 considered a normal one, will require for the ' hotel ' diet here de- 

 scribed, a minimum of Rs. lO-lO-O per month in order to provide it, 

 under the conditions of prices prevailing during the early summer 

 of 1906. 



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