5

This shows a decrease of Rs. 63, due to the reduction in prices of almost all
articles of food owing to an abundant rainfall last year.

The following table will show the cost of maintaining a horse and a pony
stallion separately in each district, excluding the transit charges:—

There is a general decrease in the cost of feed and keep of stallions through-
out the Presidency except at Sholápur and Ahmedabad, where a small increase is
noticed. The cost of maintaining a pony is again greater than that of a horse in
the districts of Sátára and Kaira and is due to the same fact as noted last year,
viz., that the price of fodder was higher at the pony-stands, Dahivadi and
Nadiád, than at the horse-stands, Vita and Kaira.

                                    (2)—Branded Mares.

11. The number of branded mares on the registers at the beginning of the
year was as follows:—

12. The following table shows the number of mares branded during the
year and added to the registers:—

13. The number of branded mares removed from the registers for various
reasons noted is given in the table below.

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