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 and recommendations. It is not be be supposed  no other material existed before the recent enquiries, bearing on the economic condition population. The reports of the Commissions are replete with interesting the Irrigation Commission and other bodies have thrown interesting light upon the question. besides, the reports of the Agricultural There are, and Land Revenue matters which are sought economic inquiry suggested. departments of the rural three Famine facts, and invesfigaling here that economists are compiled interested in colors than facts detracts from the work recently done and commendation. reports, from the popular point of view, is that they by officials who are supposed showing off things in more glowing warran and value of the independent inquiries sPply a great in this mad want, and this impression largely publications. It is by competen therefore, the line, deserves e.mphasis The accuracy of the facts ascer- tained in the course of investigation and the correct- ness of he conclusions based upon them even by painstaking, trained and unbiased men will, of course, be called in question, but that is not a very serious matter because it is open by actual observation and to anybody ' to study.. test them The ascertainment of-the material condition of the people of a taluka or eveu a village, is a complex and difficult thng. There are so many different factors to be taken into calculation that an error in this behalf will vitiate the results and destroy the value of the inquiry. The intensive study of individual villages has its importance. It is calculated to show the causes of he improvement in the condition of the people of a certain place so as to sugges remedies for spptieation to other areas. If the condition is which deal with be covered by the The defect of these