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 94 PAR undergoing development, the progress and effects of agricultural labour, which in the territorial division of labour has peculiar reference to this province, must be watched with the closest interest. In this district labour is abundant, and at the same time cheap; too cheap in fact, having due regard to the enhanced price of all the necessaries of life, to maintain a just equilibrium between the values exchanged. Skilled labour han doubtless profited by the vicinity of the railroad; and many of the clever- est artizans of the district have long since become almost permanent employces under the East Indian Railway Company, where they obtain far higher wages than local employers could or would allow ther. On the other hand, the condition of the unskilled labourers who form the masses bas not been ameliorated. Numbers were employed some time back on the railroad, and many still, who live in the more immediato neighbour- hood, earn their livelihood by the same means. These, however, compose but a small proportion of the whole and it is proposed to notice the more important and common subdivisions of labour, with the present rates of remuneration accorded to cach by the zamiudar; to compare these rates with those which prevailed in the pawabi, shortly before anncxation, and lastly, to note, as far as possible, the difference between the present and the former prices of the cheaper and lighter food grains, which form the principal subsistence of the poorer classes :- Men. Women. Children. Description. Nawabi. Present tive Nawabi. Present tive. Nawabi. Present tine, Graia. Grain. Grain. Grain. Grain. Grain. 44 11 Ser. 11 14 Ser. 13 14 Ser. 1 Ser. 1 Sr. caks. Sr. C ks. Sr. Cüks Sr. Chks. . 2 0 14 8 0 8 8 I 1 3 1 0 3 Ploughman 14 Ser. 1 Ser. Sower 13 13 Manuring 12 1 Irrigation labour at Sr. Chks, Sr. Cliks. the well 1 14 14 At the "dogla" 2 8 2 8 Wedding labour 1 0 1 0 Reaper 3 3 8 8 1 8 1 8 Well-siuker 24 Aanas. 2. Annas Mud-wall builder ... 2 24 Mud carrier 1 15 13 Tile and brick manu- 1 to 2, 2) to3, facturer. Mason or " ráj" 23 3&t. Carpenter 12 3 Blacksmith 3 8 O 8 8 . Thresher 1 8 1 8 H. 31 3) . 1 Auna. 1: Anna, 2 & 3 pice. I Ann. . 49 9 .. 39 93 4. 39 400 less,
 * This is the average of the “lehna" or reaper's right. It may be more and it may be