'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from September 1850 to June 1852. Edited by the Secretary. Volume X.' [‎269] (402/458)

KAIN IN SCINDK—JULY AND AUGUST, 1851.
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annual outlay would in a very few years go far towards the construction
of one or more tanks, which when considered sufficiently large, should
be faced all round with masonry. There are two or three excellent
places for tanks on convenient parts of camp, towards its eastern
boundary.
Kurrachee,
Ex.-Engineer’s office,
19th August, 1851.
I have &c.,
(Signed.) J. Hill, Captain,
Ex.-Engineer, L. S. D.
True Copy. (Signed) Walter Scott, Lieut. Colonel,
Superintending Engineer, Scinde.
True Copy. H. B. Ellis,
Assistant Commissioner.
Extract paras 2 to 13, from a letter from the Acting Collector of
Hyderabad, No. 856, of 1851, dated the 31st. 'December.
2. —The Deputy Collector of Meerpoor reports that in his district
the quantity of rain that fell varied in the different pergunnahs, from
12 to 20 inches. Its effect on the cultivation has been beneficial in some, <
whilst in others the crops have been damaged by it : the only contractors
who are said to have suffered loss are those of the Meerpoor and Aly-
Bhur-Sangra pergunnahs;-—the former to the extent of twenty-seven,
Khurwars, fifteen cassas of grain, and twenty-four and half Itupees, and
the latter of thirty-nine Khurwars. Besides the above, the crops in the
pergunnah of Manajoonajanee suffered to the amount of three Khurwars,
twenty-five cassas, and some damage was caused to the cultivation at
Joodab, by a portion of the bank of the Meema Joodah canal giving way.
But the produce of the Meema pergunnah this season, is expected to
amount to double that of any preceding year. The health of the
people has not suffered much, but fever prevailed after the rains in
some parts of the districts,—eleven lives were lost by drowning. The
damage to private property is estimated at 2,500 Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , and nearly five
Khurwars of Government grain have been destroyed in the Ambar-
khannas. The pergunnah Bungalows have also been damaged
slightly ;—communication was interrupted during the rains.
3. —In places where river-water is not procurable, water for drink
ing purposes is obtained from the small tanks which retain the rain-