'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from September 1850 to June 1852. Edited by the Secretary. Volume X.' [‎239] (372/458)

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KEPORT ON THE HEAVY RAIN IN SCINDE—JULY AND AUGUST, 1S5L 239
Art. Y. — A report on the heavy rain in Scinde, in July and August,
1851, and its effects on cultivation fyc., in the Kurrachee Collea-
torate. Forwarded‘by H. B. Frere, Commissioner in Scinde.
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The late heavy rain commenced almost simultaneously every where
m the Kui iachee Collectorate on the 6 th July last; and continued to
fall with short intermissions, up to the 4th ultimo. Such rain, it is
generally stated, has not been experienced in this province for at least
thirty years*
2 . —It may perhaps be worth noticing that throughout the above
period (during which time I was occupied in visiting the Bunds &c.,
between Ghorabharree and Kotree near Hyderabad) I frequently
observed, although a steady wind blew from the Southwest, the clouds
invariably to come up from the East and Northeast, and to pass over the
level country with a gyratory progression to the Southeast; apparent
ly turned off towards the latter direction by the Western hills. When
the wind blew only from the north there was generally a cessation
of rain.
3. —The destruction of the Khurreef cultivation in the lower portion
or Delta of the Indus, first occasioned by the extraordinary rise of the
river must have been rendered complete by the subsequent rain, and as
a consequence the scarcity of rice, the great material of food on which
all the inhabitants of that part subsist, will be severely felt by the
poorer classes.
4. —In the pergunnah of Ghorabharree the present Khurreef may be
reported as entirely destroyed, and I believe much property has been
lost or injured through the combined effects of the inundation and rain.
5. —The ensuing Eubbee may doubtless be plentiful, but the produc
tions of that season in the above districts will not reconcile the cultiva
tors to the loss they have sustained, or tend much to relieve those who
are wholly dependent on the Khurreef for their annual subsistence.
6 . —The town of Ghorabharree must have also suffered from the rain
^hich fell, after I left it on the 9th of July* During my stay there..