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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 3, p. xxxiv.

xxxiv TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER IX RENTS, PRICES, AND WAGES I. Rents PAGE Origin and development of Indian rents . 447 The Rent Act of I859. 'Occupancy' and 'non-occu- pancy' tenants 448 Subsequent legislation in zamindiri Provinces . 449 Present rent laws. Classes of tenants 449 Enhancement of rents 450 Abatement of rents 45 Recovery of arrears . . . . Rent in ryotwari Provinces 452 Rents paid in kind 452 Rent statistics . . . . . . 453 Influence of custom on rents . . . . . . 454 I. Pr-ices and IVagbes Retail Prices TI'he data available. Early records . 454 Rise of prices from IS6o . 456 Comparison of prices before and after that date 456 Standard food-grains 456 Method of expressing prices in India 457 Statistics of retail prices, i86I-I903 457 Prices of 1861-70 . . 457 Prices of 187I-80 . 458 Prices of i88 i-go . 459 Prices of 89I-900 . . . .oo 460 Recent retail prices, and considerations affecting them . 460 IIUho/,esale P-rices Variations in price between iS6r and Igo3 of standard imports . . . . 462 Prices of sugar, coal, and kerosene . 463 Variations in price of standard exports 463 Rice and wheat 463 Linseed, jute, tea, indigo, and cotton 465 Hides and skins 465 General conditions affecting prices . .05