Business Is bedly interrupted and too many cases at a sand-sti, as cannot afford the high chacges me Yolved by coolie hire and enhanced Fates over the sections where there swoter, There it an all round fherease in prices. Rice has increased lover 60 per cent. compared with Spring prices. "Apart from the bus frame, which is. doubled, everyone See lalla of depressed conditions.
The foh trade is greatly. reduced lowing to. the. shrinkage of canal ined sections have ried up, which a,_'Many rearing ponds and.
far meant destruction for fah that would have been reserved until the fainter, "in consequence: the amount fayallable for next year's catch will] be considerably decreased.
"The vegetable markets are sadly lacking in the display of variety. Apart from some green pumpkins fand garlic. there is little else, available, "The farmers are being encouraged by the government to sow a snatch crop of buckwheat, the seed for which is being distributed to farmers on condition that they will return the same amount after the crop is reaped. It is hoped that this will in some way supplement the meagre fare in many homes. A further bit of encouraging news is that the prospects for' the autumn silic worms is very bright. Though the price fe not going to be high, yet every Tittle is a help during these hard times. So far there has been no report of lawless bands roaming the country side.
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