Traveler's and Writer's Sourcebook, circa January-February 1911, Number 3

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all RRs mkg money

wages for labor Calcutta 4 to 10 annas (8 to 20¢)

Rest much: clmt & poor nrshmt

Herders of Sheep get [???] not over $4 to $6 a year

advc in wages last 4 years due to advc in gds & [fs?]

What fthrs, grd f. & grt grdf. [d.?] good Enough

BrInd Gvt atmptg

Rate chgd pgrs of all clses last fiscal year 2.43 pice per mile [or?] 2/5 cent

[right margin vertical text] no chg se '84 [end right margin vertical text]

3[,1?]

No of persons killed 1 for every 326,000,000 miles trld

Local Demonstration wk in agric (Alex Kneff?) Better varieties jute & ctn.

Intcdg improved plows, [bres?], & cultv. by tng men in the use an exbt [pos?]

12 Refgtrs shpd Clcta So badly bkn that cdnt be ofrd fr sale [surely?] [one?] inspct pkg

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Piano : must be sent [Ca?] to NY for repairs or new one sent

Pos svgs Bks Estab Apr 1862 1,318,632 depositors

3% Interest ^(on Call) or 3 1/4 [crossed out] on [end crossed out] ^(to) [reim?] - 6 mos

Roads Eart is carried on heads of Coolie [crossed out] wo [end crossed out] men or women Sprd on sfe & evnd up Then [crossed out word] layer [end crossed out word] flinted stone placed by hand

Then steam roller man & ^(with) goatskin spkle

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[crossed out text] Newest [pltns?] [end crossed out text] "[Instd?] of wtg for Govt to lead the way, the the planters

select seed frm lgst & best bolls & lrgst & hlthst stks, [crossed out text] [???] [end crossed out text] pick seed by hand

Fertzr bone dust & cotsd

[column one] Indn Impts 1879-80 $203 mln 1909-10 $500, "[ditto] [end column one]

[column two] Expts $266 mln 646 "[ditto] [end column two]

[Place?] as an asset

Indn jute mills Week

[new column one] spinners weavers [end new column one]

[new column two] 1890 $.70 1.49 [end new column two]

[column three] 1910 $1.16 1.82 [end column three]

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Miners receive: men 8 to 14 annas (16 to 28¢) a day women & boys & girls 3 to 5 a. (6 to 10¢)

Faquirs lie on spikes,

hold arm ^(or leg) up till ct be lowd,

allow nls to grow [three?] [???]

[aghast?] filth

(cow dung fuel)

forced labor:

100,000 men Taj Mahal

To build tombs [or?] [serve?] in [army?]