In Jubbulpore (C. P.) it was R5 in 1908.
In Raipur (C. P.) it was R5 in 1908.
In Bellary (Madras) it was R4.75 in 1907.
In Salem (Madras) it has never exceeded R3.67 since 1873.
The Government postal runners who carry mails at a trotting pace for several miles a day, often making two trips in 24 hours, are paid the following salaries in the different provinces of your Indian Empire:
Bengal 1913, R7.75 a month, $2.58 Behar and Orissa " 6.33 " 2.10 United Provinces " 6.25 " 2.08 Panjab and N.W.F " 7.75 " 2.58 Bombay " 7.5 " 2.35 Central Provinces " 7. " 2.33 Madras " 7.11 " 2.40
| Bengal | 1913, | R7.75 | a month, | $2.58 |
| Behar and Orissa | " | 6.33 | " | 2.10 |
| United Provinces | " | 6.25 | " | 2.08 |
| Panjab and N.W.F | " | 7.75 | " | 2.58 |
| Bombay | " | 7.5 | " | 2.35 |
| Central Provinces | " | 7. | " | 2.33 |
| Madras | " | 7.11 | " | 2.40 |
(The equivalents in dollars are approximate.)
Postmen who are supposed to be literate, received from R10 to R16 a month (i. e., from $3.33 to $5.33 a month) in the different provinces in 1913.
The scale of wages allowed to unskilled labor in the railway yards of Mirzapore and Cawnpore (U. P.) is given between R5 to R6 per month (i. e., less than $2.00). These are figures of 1914.