so
devised the method^1 of constructing indices of annawari
for each year with a view to determine the nature of each
season. We are conscious that this method cannot give a
perfectly accurate result regarding the nature of a particu-
lar season but we believe that it does show the relative na-
ture of different seasons. We may as well mention that
thi£ method devised for judging the nature of the seasons
is a roundabout one but we had to resort to it in absence
of a systematic record of annawari^ valuation of crops for
each of the last fifteen years for this village or at least
for the whole Taluka.
Judged by this annawari, we find that out of the last
fifteen seasons,
3	are	very good^8
2	„	good
5	„	fair
S	.„	bad
2     ,,     very bad
Though the terms here used are arbitrary they give us a
fairly accurate idea as to the relative position of the sea-
son. In order to make ourselves doubly sure about these
results we consulted a few intelligent villagers including a
money-lender who has an admirably retentive memory
with regard to this subject. We were happy to find that
our view was generally confirmed. They however point-
ed out two differences which we may note with advantage.
(i) Though the indices of annawari show the years
1915-16 and 1918-19 to be very bad and 1925-26 a bad
one, as a matter of experience the worst years were 1918-
19 and 1925-26 when remissions of land revenue were
granted by the Government.
(ii) The season of 1912-13 was not so bad as is suggest-
ed by the index number.
 1	For an explanation of the method vide Appendix II.
 2	It may be noted that there are a few figures of annawari valuation of
crops recorded in one of the Taluka papers but they are available only
for the years 1915-16, 1923-24,  1925-26, and 1926-27.
 3	For details see appendix II.