£31

Thus the annual cost of maintenance for a normal family
of five persons of this group comes to about Rs. 240 or
roughly Rs. 48 per capita. These are obviously only esti-
mates. In order to be on the safe side therefore, in our
detailed calculations, for estimating the total annual cost
of living of all Kaliparaj families that come under the per-
view of this economic enquiry, we have adopted the fol-
lowing figures as the usual amounts spent on different
items of expenditure, per man, woman and child, male
and female.

Arer&ge coat for

food clothing Us. R«.

Per man ....
45fc
1*

Per woman ....
3&|
7

Per male child Per female child .
sot
* 6

Regarding 'other expenses on necessaries* we have
taken Rs. 5 as the cost per capita irrespective of sex and
age.
Calculating on the basis of these figures the following
represents the standard budget of an average1 family of
the Kaliparaj group which consists of 1-67 men, 1*54
women and 2*48 children :
Rs. As. Ps.
Food.....£07 1$ 9
Clothing . 40 4 1
Other expenses . . * 29 7 £
Total . 277 8 0
How low this standard of living is will be obvious from
the discussion of the standard for the other two groups.
1 It may be noted that the average family is different from th* normal
one. The latter consists of one man, 2 women and 2 children; the for-
mer of fractions as shown aboye, and is based on the census taken by
us.