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As regards the net receipts from land to the different families,
we have closely followed Dr. Mann's method with this difference:
(i) his net income for the village is exclusive of land revenue,
while ours is not; we have debited land revenue separately to
each family, treating it as an item of annual expenditure with a
view to trace the relation, if any, between the burden of land reve-
nue arid the economic condition of the family concerned; and
(ii) while he has not deducted anything by way of repairing
charges, we have done so in the final calculation of the real net
income from land.
Regarding net income from animals and labour (skilled, un-
skilled or external), we have given in the case of the former,
balance-sheets relating to different animals, and a table of the
figures of the net income from each, used by us in calculating the
net receipts derived by different families from animals they own;
and in the case of the latter, we have given a full explanation of
the method of calculating net income from labour in an appendix.
Finally, we must note that whatever amount of care an investi-
gator may take, the accuracy of statistics collected in such studies
depends upon the nature of the 'raw-material/ There may be
slight inaccuracies in detail here and there, but we believe that
the picture, as presented in this work as a whole, does not belie
the reality it seeks to represent. Though this study could not be
made as intensive as that of Rowntree or that of Booth, we have
tried our best to make it as comprehensive and intensive as was
possible under the circumstances, giving at the same time an
explanation of the methods followed, as far as possible.