“BIRDS OF PASSAGE”;

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“BIRDS OF PASSAGE”;
MIGRATION OF SOUTH INDIAN LABOUR COMMUNITIES
TO SOUTH-EAST ASIA; 19-20TH CENTURIES, A.D.


Note: Rupee=16 annas: 1 Anna=12 paise.
(Source: Compiled from data contained in Government Order
No.1614 (Law General) 8May 1926. p.3 and A. Narayana Rao,
Indian Labour in Burma, p.170-171.)

The average monthly earnings of unskilled labour in Burma
varied between Rs.20 -25, while in south Indian districts
it was between 6.25 to 9 .50 rupees.