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Supposing the price per hara to be Rs. 32 on this day,
Gross price— Rs. 32 0 0
Deduct by way of
(i) weighing charges......., 020
(ii) discount for ready money ... „ 040
(iii) the price of loss in weight, usually
charged, whether the loss is real
or not......... ,,
(iv)Toll.......... „
Total
Net receipts Rs.
It is obvious that no deductions1 are here made on the
score of charity and Mahajan-fund, because the dealers
do not belong to the caste of Marwari Banias. When,
however, paddy is sold to a Marwari Bania, 2 annas by
way of charity and one anna by way of Mahajan-fund are
paid.
(ii) The other method may be thus described. One of
the Chhipa merchants of Bulsar comes to the village and
makes purchases of corn. In this case the price per
maund of paddy purchased is invariably less than that
given at Bulsar. The difference covers the transport
charges, as well as some remuneration for the extra
trouble to the merchant in coming to the producer to
make purchases. In the year of enquiry we ascertained
that the price given in the village varied from Rs. 28 to
Rs. 30 per hara, while at Bulsar it varied from Rs. 32 to
Rs. 34.
(iii) The third method is only a slight variation of the
second. Instead of the Bulsar merchant, some enterpris-
ing men of this village undertake the business of marketing
paddy, as a part-time source of income, to supplement
1 It may be noted that for 30 maunds of castor-seed sold, the deductions
are: 2 annas by way of charity and 4 annas by way of discount for
ready money. Similar deductions are to be met with in the case of
Tur. (unit 20 maunds). It is necessary to add that when paddy is
sold at Billimora, the farmer has to sustain a loss to the extent of the
value of i J to 3 maunds .per Jiara, thanks to the difference between the
weights used in British and Baroda territories.