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The scope of Dr. Mann's study No. I may be analysed as
follows:
Part I: The general features of the economic life of the yillage
including:
(1) the physical character of the village,
(ii) the land, its divisions and holdings,
(iii) vegetation, crops and cultivation of the village, and
(iv) the agricultural' stock of the village.
Part II: The statistical part of the enquiry showing the actual
economic condition of the people as measured by
(§) SSSditure 1 *or the vi!IaŁe as a.whole and as divided
(Hi) indebtedness J ^to certain economic groups.
(iv) the capital value of the village and the proportion certain
village charges bear to it.
Keeping this scope in mind, we shall now review the contents
of other studies mentioned above.
(2) Dr. Mann's Study No. II; In this work there is one more
topic, namely, the effects of a rise in prices on rural prosperity.
(3) Mr. Ranade's work1 on "A Social and Economic Survey
of a Konkan Village" includes, over and above the standard
scope, a study of some social aspects of village life like reli-
gion, education, litigation and daily routine of work.
(4) Dr. Slater has compiled and edited a number of village
surveys made by his students in accordance with the questionnaire
he drew up. The questionnaire as well as the studies include a
few additional topics like subsidiary industries, village trade,
sanitation, education and village administration. Greater details
are aimed at in the study of the other problems than those which
come within the scope of the standard survey. All these Madras
surveys are, however, defective since they do not include a statisti-
cal study of the economic conditions of the village as a whole and
in groups. They contain only a few typical budgets.
(5) Mr. Aiyyar has more or less followed the standard. In his
general treatment of the subject, however, he notes a few more
peculiarities of land tenures and indebtedness of the people.
Moreover, he has added two new chapters: one on "Workmen
and Wages", which includes a study of typical weekly as well as
annual budgets of artisans, depressed classes and others; and the
other on "Wealth and Welfare" which contains a discussion of a
number of aspects of rural life like the standard of living, housing
conditions, physical and mental health of the people, religious
festivals, education, unemployment, inequality of wealth, pancha-
1 This study was made under the guidance of Professor C. N. Vakil
and has been published by the Provincial Co-operative Institute, Bombay.