In 1901. “The poverty and suffering of the people are such as to defy description. In fact, for nearly fifteen years there has been _a continuous famine in India_ owing to high prices.” 70,000,000 _Continually Hungry People in British India. W. Digby._ “Since Sir William Hunter’s remarks were made the population has increased (or is alleged to have increased) by nearly thirty millions. Meanwhile the income of the Empire has greatly decreased during this period. Wherefore this follows: that is, if with the same income, in 1880 forty millions were insufficiently fed, the additional millions cannot have had, cannot now have, enough to eat; this, again, ensues:-- 40,000,000 plus, say, 30,000,000, make 70,000,000; and _there are this number of continually hungry people in British India at the beginning of the Twentieth Century_.”--WILLIAM DIGBY, C. I. E. _Deaths from Famine or Consequent Diseases, 1891 to 1900 alone_: estimated by a correspondent of the _Lancet_, 19,000,000. _Total area under cultivation._ In the year 1911-12, the _total area_ under _food grains_ was over 195 _million acres_, plus 7.5, _i.e._ over 202½ _million acres_. In 1912-13, India _exported foodstuffs_ of the value of over 260 million dollars. In 1913-14 she exported about 216 million dollars’ worth of foodstuffs. _Famines of Money, not Food. Lord G. Hamilton._ “The recent famines are famines of money, and not of food.”--LORD G. HAMILTON, former Secretary of State. _Causes of Famines._ 1. National industries deliberately crushed by the East India Co. cannot revive under existing conditions. 2. Annual drain of India. 3. Lack of such education as will enable people to develop their resources. _Drain. Montgomery Martin._ “The annual drain of £3,000,000 from British India has mounted in thirty years, at 12 per cent. (the usual Indian rate) compound interest, to the enormous sum of £723,900,000 sterling.”--MONTGOMERY MARTIN. (In 1830.) _Digby._ “During the last thirty years of the century the average drain cannot have been far short of £30,000,000 per year, or, in the thirty years, £900,000,000, not reckoning interest!”--SIR WILLIAM DIGBY. _Enormous Foreign Tribute. Rev. J. T. Sunderland._ Rev. J. T. Sunderland in his work “The Causes of Famine in India,” like all impartial writers, has conclusively proved that neither “failure of rains” nor “over population” is the cause of famines in India. He has stated that the real cause of famine is the extreme, the abject, the awful poverty of the Indian people caused by “_Enormous Foreign Tribute_,” “British Indian Imperialism” and the destruction of Indian industries. _Government assessment too high. Sir W. Hunter._ “The government assessment does not leave enough food to the cultivator to support himself and his family throughout the year.”--SIR WILLIAM HUNTER, K. C. S. I., in the Viceroy’s Council, 1883.