Chap. XXTII.] total costs of mixi>"g. etc 
Pence. 
4. Brokerage (sometimes) of 1 per cent, on c.l.i. price =4J to 8 
pence on a 50 per cent. ore. according as c.i.f. price varies from 
9 to 16 pence 0-8 
5. Telegrams, and sundrj- expenses of the deal .... 3 
Total . 13^-27 
Hence the total of these charges works out as ranging from 14 annas 
to Rs. l-ll, with an average value of about Rs. 1-4. 
When these expenses and all those mentioned in the previous para- 
graphs have been met by the sellers, then the ore is said to be deU- 
vered c.i.f. to the buyers. 
Largely from the data given in the foregoing paragraphs I have 
drawn up the statement given in table 50 of 
Total costs of mining j-^j^^ average cost of ore derived from 
manganese-ore in India and e 
delivering it c.i.f. at five of the producing areas, namely the Central 
foreign ports. Provinces, Jhabua in Central India, Sandur 
and Vizagapatam in Madras, and Mysore. The figures of most 
importance are those relating to Central Provinces ore exported 
via Bombay. For not only did about | of the Indian manganese 
ore exports for 1906 pass through this port, but 85 per cent, of this 
amount was derived from the Central Provinces, from which about 60 
per cent, of the Indian production now comes. These figures are 
also the most accurate. It will be seen that the cost of exporting 
Central Provinces ore via Calcutta is considerably higher than 
for Bombay. This is due to heavier transport charges, owing partlv 
to the longer railway lead to Calcutta than to Bombay, and partly to the 
unfavourable situation, with regard to the railways, of the deposits the 
output of which goes to Calcutta. Of the figures for Jhabua, the first two 
items are guesses ; the third is, as in the case of all the other producing 
areas, calculated on the ^th pie per maund per mile basis ; whilst the 
other charges are assumed to be the same as for Central Provinces ore 
passing through the port of Bombay. The figures for Vizagapatam are 
also mostly guessed, but are not likely to be very wide of the mark. 
The figures for Sandur and Mysore have about the same degree of 
accuracy as those for the Central Provinces. I have no details about 
the ore exported from the Panch Mahals district, Bombay ; but I 
should think that this ore must cost about the same, or a little more, 
delivered f.o.b. at Bombay, as that of Jhabua. From this table we can 
