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 VILLA 01 EOOlVOMIC$ 46? to be put under the eoonomist's bell jar and to be minutely scrutinized, it is necessary that the should be studied in their relation to the surroundin8 district, and a comprehensive view of whole talukas and districts should .be obtained. The dynamics of village economies deserves as much attention as the statics, if not more. The construction of railway, the opening new roads, of a canal, the the advent of a startin8 of a transport, the continually life and his own unfavorable furrow and conditions reaching changes taking place on all carefully watched in order that the material condition of village people may be correctly appreciated. The economist in India, as elsewhere, must plough must, alike. sow in favorable and I wish, however, to put in a plea in this paper, in favor of co-operation between economists and Government officials who are charged with the inquiries into the duty of carrying on condition of the rural periodical ppulstion. condition of large village groups. are now maintained with respect Officers of the Land Records and Agricultural Depart- ments and those who are entrusted with land revenue settlements in temporarily settled provinces, have regularly to make detailed inquiries into the economic the rural population and the settlement report8 may be found to cover long periods dating from the early decades of the last century. The inquiries are made by competent officers hose reports are scrutinized by higher authorities before their recommendations with regard to the rates of land revenue are sanctioned by Up-to-date records to the condition of disturbing the far- sides, must be these and other factors are the placid tenor of our village risetory, the introduction of motor occurrence of famines and droughts, the prevalence of plague and other diseases, the migration of rural population to towns and public works in the vicinity--