In matters of clothing, there is an appreciable difference
between the first and the second group. The dress of the
latter is more ample and varied than that of the former,
for this group is comparatively more advanced than the
first. Even the depressed classes who are usually regard-
ed as shabbily dressed, clothe themselves neatly in this
village. Sometimes we find some of them wearing a
coat or shirt even costlier than that put on by a high class
Hindu. They receive such shirts and coats by way of
gifts from their European masters in Bombay. After a
close personal observation of these and many other
small but significant pecularities regarding the dress of
these people, we have assumed the following as the ap-
proximate amounts the average family of this group will
spend on clothing.1
Rs. 20 for A man
Rs. 20 for & woman
Bs. 10 for a child, male or female-
As regards other expenses on lighting, smoking, use of
intoxicants, education and medicine, the average family of
this group spends a little more than that spent by an ave-
rage family of the first group. Taking this distinction into
account, we have adopted Rs. 7 per head as the usual
Expenditure on other necessaries* for an average family
of this group.
THE STANDARD OF LIVING AMONG THE THIRD
GROUP
As already mentioned, in the case of families constitut-
ing this group we have been lucky enough to get the esti-
mates of expenditure from the various heads of the
families* themselves. This has greatly facilitated our task
of studying the standard of living of this group- The fol-
lowing table shows in brief the estimated expenses incur-
red per annum by the different families for different
purposes :
1 These figures ii»dtide the cost of shoes, umbrellas etc*