Show shrewd indian gamblers gambling on the monsoon rains Is by no meant a new game in india but a new variety of it was recently bi ought brought to light in the punjab canal olony colony districts nhat hat was known as the charaba system ot of revenue cot col lection pio there under which land bevenue and canal dues were not levied if the crop failed to mature so a cultivator would sow BOW more land than lie he could possibly hope to ma turo ture by canal water and a normal rain supply then it if the rains were superabundant he would reap the benefit while if the rains were merely ordinarily dina rily good he would have no rev eluo to pay on the land used for the little gamble the game fame has been stopped by the abolition of the khara ba s system stam |