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It may be assumed that the revenue from all sources amounts in Faridpur to about 33". 6d. (Rs. 2 A. 10) per head of the population. A calculation on the same basis shows that the revenue demand in Bengal is only half what it is in any other province in India, although ii8 TAXATION in all probability the income per head of population is greater than in any other province. The economic statistics which have been reviewed reveal an average income per head of 52 rupees or £2, 9s. In the district. T...he total revenue demand is, therefore, about 5 per cent, or a shilling in the pound. The Bengali delights to compare his country with England in all matters economic, although in truth there is no country in the world with which Bengal is less suitable for comparison. Great Britain is so preponderantly an industrial country that only one- seventh of the population is dependent upon the land for a livelihood ; in Bengal the industrial popula- tion is insignificant and four-fifths of the population are directly supported by the land.
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