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 GILBERT $LATER condition of a few typical families. Add any information which appears to be interesting and significant not asked for in this form. As for instance, information as to the decrease of land held by different castes, reasons why people buy land and why they sell it, the emigration from the village either to cities or to foreign countries, why the emigrants go and whether they return, wtmt effect such movements have upon the economic, intellectual, and social life of the village; what ew expenditure on luxuries or comforts is becoming customsO'; what oher changes there are in the standard of living; and if there is any change in custom with respect to marisges or religious observances.