Chap. XXIII.] indian and foreign costs. 
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give the following abstract of the average cost of delivering Indian 
manganese-ore c.i.f- at English and Continental ports : — 
Table 51. 
Average cost of Indian manganese-ore delivered c.i.f. at English and 
Continental ports. 
Area from whioh derived. 
Port from which 
exported. 
Average cost 
per ton. 
Rs. a. 
Central Provinces ..... 
Bombay 
26 14 
Ditto ...... 
Calcutta 
31 10 
Jhabua, Central India .... 
Bombay 
22 3 
Vizagapatam, Madras .... 
Vizagapatam 
23 7 
Sandur, Madras 
Mormugao 
23 7 
Mysore ....... 
Mormugao 
29 8 
It is a matter of some interest and importance to Indian manganese 
miners to know approximately the costs at 
Comparison of the costs which the ores of the two most important 
of production of Brazilian, , . . , . , ^ ^ . 
Russian and Indian ores. manganese-producmg countries besides India, 
namely Brazil and Russia, can be put on 
the same markets. In table 52 I give figures of costs of production of 
manganese-ore in Russia and Brazil, alongside similar figures for 
Indian ore from the Central Provinces and Vizagapatam. The figures 
for Brazil are taken from a paper by Leon Demaret entitled ' Les 
principaux gisements des Minerals de Manganese du Monde 'l. 
He gives the figures for the various items of cost incurred in putting 
the ore f.o.b. at Rio Janeiro in milreis Now the rate of exchange between 
1 dnnales dcs Mines de Bdgique, X, pp. 843.886, (1905). 
