‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [‎18v] (41/617)

EjaMMUH
* Tahsildar
Establishment
Police
Es.
175
300
500
a. p.
0 0
0 0
0 0
975
or say 12,000
0 per mensem
0 a year.
+«v,nfori ns is done by the. Brahuis on
catch and store the flood the native accounts of the pro-
the Nari river m Kutehi, it i p m y S el£ have seen of the crops, that the
ductiveness of the soil, and ,^1 mysen But ^
cultivation and the -evenue of N ^ ea ^ ^ cultivati being increased
is no chance of such BaBCls De , = , der ins i s ted on, and some security of
until tribal feuds are settle^ and order liMihood of these
possession ensured. An ^ ^ , rli ’ trict remains under the present Khan’s
—rsr"Si. ti"«“ wm .„.»d u» .,o« y wh»
the Political Assistant can arrang w hich to us is the matter of more
trade route through t le us endeavoured with their aid to settle and
Xt aeTettTement o'f the more acute tribal feuds, but beyond this he can
notTnterfere in the administration, and untU there is some stronger form of
Government the district cannot be expected to improve In these eircum-
stencesT hare no hesitation in saying that far the most satisfactory arrange
ment for all parties would be to induce the Khan to assign this district to the
British Government for an annual quit-rent, as he has done m the case of
Quetta. If this could be arranged, I have little doubt that in a few years the
revenues would more than cover the cost of administration. A good Tahsildar
with a small office staff, and a force of 30 or 40 armed police, would probably
he all the establishment * that would he
required, and with the security that would
follow settled government, cultivation
would very largely increase, and the
Nushki Bazaar would become an import
ant trade centre. The control, too, of the
resources of Nushki, which is the only fertile and well watered tract on the
road to Seistan, would make much easier the task of supplying and protecting
the road beyond through the desert. I have discussed the matter more than
once with the Khan, and have impressed on him the necessity for improving
the administration of Nushki. He is naturally very reluctant to entertain the
idea of alienating the district, but at the same time he is very fond of money,
and if it were made worth his while, I think his reluctance might be overcome.
Por the present he has agreed to instruct his Naib to assist Mr. Webb-Ware in
every way possible, and at my suggestion be has also promised to send a few
of his irregular soldiers to Nushki to support the Naib’s authority. Por the
coming cold weather I think it will he sufficient to wait and see how these
arrangements work. If they do not work, or if, in any case, the Government
of India would prefer the other alternative, the matter can he taken up in the
spring.
1 . T mgards the Sinjerani District, that is to say, Chagai and what
Mr. Y\ ebb-Ware calls the Western Sinjerani country, it is too soon yet for me to
e a e o say with certainty whether there is much prospect of an increase of
popu a ion, or cultivation, or whether it is worth while to attempt to levy a
^ even lie. 10 m the Nushki border to Koh-i-Malik Siah the country is a
or wM’AT»l < l?i meS i S san ^’ hi11 , 3 interspersed with stretches of alluvial “ pat”
the noo£-oo.i y JJ“ S ' ^” ? e f i m T tPar + t V, itiSabSOllltely WaterlfiSS > bufc f0r
stiucted along the caravan tracks. There is one
albandin, and three or four karezes in Chagai, but
sixth or one-tenth 100 mu , S J ver y sma b, and an assessment of one-
of sheep and herd 1 f pr ° d 1 Uce Would . y ie . ld vei 7 ^tle. There are many flocks
cffiSg year, but the difficulty in
some time at anv rate n u i moile y 18 nhnost unknown, so that the tax for
onml Iff’. W “ uld 1 ha J e te he levied in kind at so many sheep or
d in +T.o-rr^m„ aS , was cMe % taken up in exploring the
was not
the occasional wells
little water channel in
the acreage under cultivation
camels per flock. * As his W W 10V \^ Kma at 80 man y
road to Seistan, and in travelli^ to^ekH ^ cl , ne ^, ta ^ en Up in ex P lorin ?
able to devote much tinm m t Seistan and back > Mr. Web-Ware was
the hills in the neighbourhood r o^ n ^bn^ U • eStl0 ^^ ISTorWaS he ab ! e to eXploi ^ e
Chah, where there are nrobakW m ^ ia § ai ’ and between Chagai and Amir
found. This year Mr Welih W ° re barczcs “odpatciits °E cultivation to be
and he will he instructed to letlthp'nef 1 ] T1S 'i Cha S ai and its neighbourhood,
0 t0Jet the P eo P le understand that they will be expected

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