The Economic Life of a Bengal District. A Study

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The Economic Life of a Bengal District. A Study

1916

It was no part of the intention of that Government to convert the preparation of this record-of-rights into a means of obtaining information concerning the income and resources of the people ; but the stall* by which the record-of-rights was prepared in the district of Faridpur consisting almost entirely of young and eager graduates of the universities was well fitted to supplement its task by s [...] In the dry season of the year when the water in the marsh is very low or sinks into mud these villages stand up in a rough circle like the crater of a volcano and can be seen for a long distance ; at the height of the floods they appear to be islands floating on the surface of the lake. [...] In the houses of the more prosperous cultivators the door is usually made of wood and the posts inside the house to which the mat walls are nail& are substantial beams but in the houses of the poorer classes the walls are often carried onAND ITS INHABITANTS 23 bamboo poles and the doors are often made of matting like the rest of the house. [...] The houses of non-cultivators of the working-classes are furnished in the same fashion.3o THE DISTRICT The huts are usually not so numerous or not so large because the non-cultivator does not like the cultivator store rice and other foodstuffs for the consumption of a year. [...] The boys and the girls of a village never mix or play together after the age of six ; but perhaps the most conspicuous feature of a Bengali village to an Englishman is the quietness of the boys the lack of laughter acrd of the rougand-tumble games so common amongst English lads of all classes.
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Pages
158
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142531
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
1-12 J.C. Stack view
Chapter I. The District and its Inhabitants their Homes and Manner of Life
13-54 unknown view
Chapter II. The Domestic Budget
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Chapter III. Income and Economic Condition of the People as Revealed by the Statistics
72-95 unknown view
Chapter IV. Indebtedness
96-112 unknown view
Chapter V. Taxation
113-137 unknown view
Appendix Abstract of the Rules and Instructions in Accordance with which the Economic Information was Gathered Recorded and Tabulated
138-158 unknown view

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