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The Economic Life of a Bengal District-A Study

1916

The revenues of the Central Government in India in modern conditions now mean the revenues paid to or collected by the Government of India as distinct from Prvincial Governments ; the revenues of the Central Government as referred to by the author mean the revenues of the Government of India and Provincial Governments as distinct from local rates and taxes. [...] 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 staff 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 su [...] 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 nailed 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 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 and of the rough-antumble games so common amongst English lads of all classes.
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Pages
162
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.144394
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-12 J.C. Jack view
Chapter I The District and its Inhabitants Their Homes and Manner of Life
13-54 J.C. Jack view
Chapter II The Domestic Budget
55-71 J.C. Jack view
Chapter III Income and Economic Condition Oil the People as Revealed by the Statistics
72-95 J.C. Jack view
Chapter IV Indebtedness
96-112 J.C. Jack view
Chapter V Taxation
113-137 J.C. Jack view
Appendix
138-158 J.C. Jack view

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