14. Suicide among indentured labourers
… returned Indians, 1,542 were Madrasees and 487 Calcutta men. The savings of the Madrasees amounted to £27,417 — that is, £18 per head — and those of the Calcutta men amounted to £7,273 — that is, £15 per head. There is an … had above 2,000 rupees each as against 5 Calcutta men. 25 Madrasees had fewer than 2,000 as against 6 Calcutta …