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Index No. for Wages in England. Col2 (8) 100 105.8 112 113 111.6 110 109.8 107 105.8 106.5 106.5 106.5 108 109 108 107 108 109.8 113 118 118 117.4 117.4
Index No. for Gold Prices of Commod- ties in England. (7) 100 109 111 102 96 95 94 87 83 88 85 84 82 76 72 69 68 70 72 72 72 68 68
Index No. for Wages in India. (6) — — 100 101 97 98 97 99 100 99 99 100 102 101 106 105 114 112 112 113 118 110 119
Index No. for Silver Prices of Commodities in India. (5) 100 105 107 116 103 107 138 148 135 117 106 105 106 114 113 110 111 119 125 125 128 141 138
Years. (4) 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893
Index No. for Gold Price of Silver. (3) 99.7 99.2 97.4 95.8 93.3 86.4 90.2 86.4 84.2 85.9 85.0 84.9 83.1 83.3 79.9 74.6 73.3 70.4 70.2 78.4 74.3 65.5 58.5
Net Imports of Silver into India. Amount Rs. (2) 6,587,296 739,244 2,530,824 4,674,791 1,640,445 7,286,188 14,732,194 4,057,377 7,976,063 3,923,612 5,381,410 7,541,427 6,433,886 7,319,581 11,627,028 7,191,743 9,319,421 9,327,529 11,002,078 14,211,408 9,165,684 12,893,499 13.759,273
Years. (1) 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879-80 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94