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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 3, p. 474.

TABLE III. A COMMON MASON, CARPENTER, OR BLACKSMITH AVERAGES. Percentage PROVINCE. 1 rise between 1873-5. 1876-80. i881-5. I886-9 89-. 89- 1896-1900. 1901-3. 1873andl9o3'. . Bengal . 7.6 to 11.6 7.7 to 11.3 8.o to 12.0 8.6 to 2.8 9.0 to 14.1 10.2 to 14.6 II.4 to 15.3 47.6 Assam. .12.0 to 16.9 12.8to 17.2 14.I to 26.5 3.9 to 32.5 I4. to 35.0 13.3to 34.6 13.5 to 32.7 64.9 United Provinces: Agra .. 98 8.9 8.2 to 9.3 8.4 to io.6 9.7 too.8 8.8 to 9.6 8.9 to 10.3 I6 Oudh . . 7 1 7.4 to 7.9 7.6 to 8.1 7.5 to Io.1 8.7 to 10.4 6.9 to 7.4 6.8 to 7-4 -2.61 Punjab and Frontier Province 12.7 14.1 14.8 5.7 to 16.1 i6.4 18.5 18.5 to 20.2 50.1 Madras . . . . 12.7 13.0 3.7 133 to 13.9 13.6 to 15.2 13.6 to 5 6 13.5 to 15.4 15.5 Bombay 9. 9.1 to 23.8 19.3 to 23.3 19.9 to 24.2 20.4 to 25.0 19.2 to 24.7 18.77 to 255 to2.8 - 3.3 Central Provinces. 2.4 13.0 to 14.4 14.4 to 15.3 12.0 to 13.9 12.2 to 155 II.8 to 12.8 2.9 to 13.7 12.6 Burma. 25.2 to 31.3 27.5 to 34.5 29.7 to 32.5 28.8 to 30.4 24.3 to 27.6 26.6 to 31.1 27.3 to 32.6 6.9 Average for all India . . 13.2 to 15.4 13.8 to 16.1 I4.5 to 17.4 .3 to 18.3 14.1 to8.8 14.3 to 8.9 14.5 to 18.9 19.4 Whereas the preceding colnnlurs ive averages, this column represents tile actual difference between the first year (1873) and the last year (1903) of the series. t Decrease.