SYNOPSIS OF PART HI. 
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After comparing the Indian output figures with the variations in 
price, tables are given showing the output of manganese-ore and. man- 
ganiferous iron-ore by the various countries of the world since 1890. 
Tables showing the yearly exports of Indian manganese-ore and the 
distribution of it when exported are also given. 
[CHAPTER XXITL] 
Labour and Costs of Production. 
The daily number of workers employed in the Indian manganese 
quarries has risen from about 1,000 in 1895 to about 14,000 in 1906, 
and probably about 20,000 in 1907. 
The various items in the cost of putting Indian manganese-ore on 
the markets in Europe and America are considered, and the following 
figures are deduced as representing the average cost per ton of dehveting 
ore from the various producing provinces c. i. f. at English and Con- 
tinental ports : — 
Average Cost of Indian Manganese-ore delivered c. i. /. at English and 
Continental Ports. 
Area from which derived. 
Port from which 
exported. 
Average cost 
per ton. 
Rs. a. 
Central Provinces ..... 
Bombay 
26 14 
Ditto 
Calcutta . 
31 6 
Jhabua, Central India ..... 
Bombay . 
22 1 
Vizagapatam, Madras ..... 
Vizagapatam 
23 7 
Sandur, Madras ..... 
Mormugao 
23 7 
Mysore ....... 
Mormugao 
29 8 
