'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from September 1850 to June 1852. Edited by the Secretary. Volume X.' [‎257] (390/458)

RAIN IN SCINDE—JULY AND AUGUST, mu
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5tli.—Hut I trust tliese will be soon less required, if the plans of the
Executive Engineer, for supplying water to the town and harbour, are
carried out, and followed by an aqueduct on the same principle to the
bazaar and barracks. It lias been clearly proved, that such would be
an immense saving to Government, while the advantages to a large and
increasing population, and to a large cantonment, would be in
calculable.
6tli.—To conclude, I may adduce as a proof of the questionableness
of establishing tanks at Kurrachee, that in some of the topographical
reports in the medical and physical transactions of Calcutta (to which
I have no opportunity of referring for particulars), it is asserted that
the station of Neemuch was long believed to be the healthiest one in
the Bengal presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , until the establishment of bunds and tanks for
gardening purposes, when, fever, previously scarcely known, began to
be common.
Camp Kurraeliee, \ I have &c.,
29th August, 1851. j (Signed) J. Don, Staff Surgeon*
(True Copy) H. B. Ellis,
Assistant Commissioner.
To, H. B. E. Ebere, Esq.,
Commissioner in Seinde, Kurrachee.
Sir, —With reference to your circular No. 1520, of 1851, dated 5th
August, a copy of which was forwarded to me, with a request that I
would favor you with any details 1 might think of interest on tho
subjects noticed, I have the honor to inform you that the quantity of
rain which has fallen in Shikarpore, within the last three months, has
only amounted to two inches and two cents, which fell in the month
of July; and that from the information that 1 can collect, it does not
appear that it has produced any prejudicial effect on the cultivation or
the health of the people. I cannot ascertain, that there has been any
loss of life, nor am I aware that private property in this place has sus
tained any injury, except in the downfall of a very few rudely con
structed or dilapidated buildings.
2.—Although the rain which has fallen in Slnkarpore has occasioned
little or no detriment to the interest of the population, I would beg