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STUDY OF RURAL ECONOMIC, 77 (4) Extent of co-operation in village trading. (5) Further remarks. .ote.--Piesse mk, q fl speoifd effort to get an smoumte st6tement of the quantity of si?rieulturui produce that is SO. hi away from the village in an a?'entge year. Also endeftvour to asoertiin if the poorer ryots sell groin at a low prioo immed?y after harvest, and have to buy it Ixtok for their own foo(? or for seed at a h?her prioe l?ter on. Try fL180 tO find w!?t proportion the price the ry. ot reoeive8 for his produce bear? to the prices ob?inea in I..trge nmrkeLs. H. ?CONOMIC CONDITION OP VILLAGE (1) Customary rates of wages-- (a) in money, (b) in kind. whm? extr.? perquisites rare given to the i?bourer in eddieion to his regular ('2) Current prices of staple foods. (3) Number of families which have made s?vings. ? 4) Utilis?tion of savings- (a) Agricultural or industrial capital. '(b) In S&viugs banks. c) On !oans to .neighhours. I d) In jewellery. (e) Other ,nethods. (5) Rural indebtedness. (6) lqnmber of padiyals and conditions of their service to creditors, stating &mount of wages or allowances of grain, clothing, etc. (7) Causes of indebtedness. (8) Proportion of debtors who have Iiberzted themselves from debt. (9) Is there & co-operative credit society? If so, add .? special appendix giving the fullest possible account of its or/gin, progress sad prospoets. (10) Sources ?nd extent of eommuna. l income, (i.e. income belonging to the village as a whole, and not to individual villagers). (11) Expenditure of communal income. (12) Administration and supervision of communal ineon:e. ?18) Give any p?rtieulars known about ?11ing prices of land. (14) Estimated annual expenditure on religious festivals. (15) Estimated expenditure in recent years on new temples. (16) To what extent is advantage taken of the Agricultural Loans Act, ,?nd the Land Improvement Loans Act ? NOTit.--The following Rt?tement will be found suggestive--" In villages interest a mo9t insidious poi?n and the &tma4ge it ramses is generally not properiy It is only loams of iftrge ?sh sunis titst are resulsted by ? fixed and