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Show Tho Increased cost of living in India gonerally, and In Calcutta particularly, writes our correspondent, Is severely felt not only by Europeans but also by Indians. Houso rent in recent years has trdblcd and ovon quadrupled. Ten yenrs ago a family of half a dozen persons could live in fair comfort com-fort for 200 a year, excluding extras. With nothing less than 500 enn one live In the snmo wny now. This Is recognized by tho government, and tho salaries of subordinate officials havo been revised. ' Domestic servnnts' wages havo Increased In-creased enormously. A' good cook cannot bo had for less than 40 a year, whoreas half that sum wbb considered con-sidered sufllclont ton years ago. London Lon-don Dally Mall. |