same quantity, but the quantity to be obtained for the. :same 'amount
of money. In other words, prices in India are quantity prices, not
money prices. When the figure' of quantity. goes up, this of course
means that the price has gone down; which is at first sight perplexing
to an English reader. It may; however, be mentioned that quantity
prices are not altogether unknown ini England, especially at small
shops, where' pennyworths of many groceries can e bought. Eggs,
likewise, are commonly sold at a varying number for the shilling.
If it be desired to convert quantity prices from Indian into English
denominations without having recourse to money prices (which would
often bë misleading); the following scale may be- adopted-based
upon the assumptions that a seer is exactly z lb., and that the value
of the rupee remains constant at is. 4d:. r seer per. rupee = (about)
31b. for zs. ; a seers per rupee = (about) 6 lb. for as. ,• and so on.
The name of the unit for square measurement in India generally
is the bigha; which varies- greatly in 01ifferent parts of the country.
But areas have- always been expressed throughout the Gazetteer either
in square miles or in` acres:
MAPS
NORTHERN, CENTRAL, AND SOUTHERN BURMA ;t0faceP. 240'
CALCUTTA " 288
ENVIRONS OF CALCUTTA
CENTRAL INDIA at end
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