Answers to questions of the Famine Commission prepared for the Central Provinces / by Surgeon Major J.F. Barter and G.J. Nicholls.

  • Barter, J.F.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Answers to questions of the Famine Commission prepared for the Central Provinces / by Surgeon Major J.F. Barter and G.J. Nicholls. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    Page Prices of grain in Sarabalpur ... 62 „ „ „ Wardha 1833 ... ... 11 „ „ towards Poona 1803 ... ... 5 „ land ... ... 153 ,, „ Mhowa in Seoni ... ... 106 ,, rise in September 1868 ... ... 77 ,, tightening of ... .. ih Principles of land assessment as regards years of exceptional loss 206 Private charity ... ... 30,39 ,, contracted ... ... 55 „ „ extent of ... ... 180 in Jubbulpore ... ... 23 „ inNarsinghpur ... ... 49 „ in Jaipur ... ... 73 „ „ in Sambalpur ... .. 64 relieved of strain ... ... 26,27 ,, suitable field for ... ... 182 „ individuals start relief works in December in Bilaspur 77 individuals undertake works 52,68,8£ Produce, proportion of, to laud revenue demand ... 149 ,, value of gross ... ... 150 Progress of famine in Raipur ... ... 65 Promiscuous distribution of alms ... 194 „ „ „ danger of ... 182 Proportion of produce to land Revenue demand ... 149 ,, of sexes and children in poor house ... 56 Proprietary rights, value of the gift ... ... • 134 Protection by irrigation ... ... 116 Public Works Department Officers, harmony of working ... 37 Purchase of grain for relief works ... ... 35 Putrid fever ... ... 22,34 R. Rabi of 1869, total failure in Jubbulpore .. 25 Railways, development of .. •« 162 „ effect of, on prices and trade ... ... 166 feeder roads ... -•• 25,31,35 „ necessity of Ghhattisgarh Railway as protection against famines 163 new trades created by ... ••• 168 ,, works in Narsinghpur employed 35,000 people daily during famine time ... — ^9 Rainfall, annual, registered for 10 years ... 2 at Hoshangabad for 10 years ... ... 215 „ excessive in 1867-68 ... ... 1* „ for ten years of each District ... ... 213,222 ,, in Bilaspur in 1868 ... ... 53 „ late continuance in 1852 ... ••• 12 „ maximum which could be borne without injury ... 3 ,, minimum required ... ••• 2 ., ,, ,, for black soils... ... 254 of 1868, scanty ... ... 14 of Chhattisgarh from N. E. -•• 2o4 ,, system of ... ••• 1 Raipur, famine of, 1834-35 ... ••• 12 Rates of cart hire ... ^2 „ of interest ... ••• ,, of interest in Saugor ... ••• i ) ,, pack bullock hire ... ••• Rations in poor house ... m ••• 1^5 Realization of Land Revenue, no dfficulties experienced in ... 152 Recruiting in the villages by expectant overseers, &c. ... 189