166
Rs. As. Ps.
Brought forward .100 8 0
(d) Clothes and shoes........1380
(e) Tobacco............3 0 0
(f) Occasional draughts of toddy and liquor . 300
(g) The usufruct of the land given to him . 18 0 o
(kj The rent of his cottage .......12 Q p
Total for tJie year 150 0 0
In this income we have not included the price of medi-
cines given to him or to any member of his family in case
of illness. Nor do we count the interest on the
principal he borrowed from his master at the time of his
marriage. It may be noted that neither the interest nor
the principal is ever returned. If the payments made to
the other members of his family are added to this wage-
bill, the figure of annual receipts by way of wages will
mount up to a much higher figure than Rs. 150. But
ignoring all these considerations and taking into account
only Rs. 150 as his annual receipts as wages, the rate of
wages works out at 6 annas and 8 pies per day. Thus
it is obvious that the average rate of wages paid to the
Hali is higher than that paid to the free labourer.
Having discussed the average rate of wages both for
the free labourer and the Hali, we shall now pass on to a
discussion of the average number of hours which a
labourer works.
HOURS OF WORK
The average number of hours which a free labour-
er usually works at present comes to six, as shown below :
Number of
hours.
He goes to work after the morning meal at about
9 o'clock and returns home at about 12 o'clock . 3
He again goes to the field at about 3 p.m. and works
there till about 6 p. m.......... 3
Total number of hours per day 6
A hali is expected to work from 7A.M. to 6 P.M.
with an interval of 2\ hours between 12 noon and 2-30
P.M. Thus he is made to work for 8 hours.