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2 taken before the final arrangements could be settled and
3 means devised to meet the unexpected conditions which
4 presented themselves. The work was, however, carried to
5 completion at what, in all tne circumstances of the case,
6 was a most satisafctory speed. Each section of the scheme
7 was opened as it was practically finished, the Upper Chenab
8 Canal in 1912, the Lower Bari Doab Canal in 1913 and the
9 Upper Jhelum Canal in 1915. The whole work was not,
10 however, fully completed until 1917. It now consists of
11 433 miles of main canals and branches and 3,010 miles of
12 distributaries.
13 372. The total area commanded by the project is four
14 miltion acres, and it is proposed that
15 a Trine Const 1,675,000 acres shall be irrigated annually
16 Project: four mil- Of which 345,000 acres will be on the Upper
17 lion sores. Jhelum, 480,000 acres on the Upper Chenab
18 and 850,000 acres on the Lower Bari Doab Canal. There
19 is no fear of these results not heing realized. Already, in
20 1919-20, 1,711,000 acres were irrigated by the project, the
21 Upper Chenab and Lower Bari Doab Canals exceeding
22 their forecast figures by 63,000 and 19,000 acres respective-
23 ly. The Upper Jhelum Canal is still 46,000 acres below
24 the pitimate area expected of it.
25 373. The Triple Canals scheme has brought a fur-
26 ther huge extent of waste land under
27 cultivation. Of the area commanded,
28 1,570,000 acres were classed as Crown waste, 43,000 acres
29 being on the Upper Jhelum, 85,000 acres on the Upper
30 Chenab and 1,442,000 acres on the Lower Bari Doab. Of
31 this area 1,490,000 acres were available for allotment.
32 Colonization has been going steadily forward and, up to
33 the end of September 1920, 880,000 acres had been allotted,
34 including areas reserved for horse-breeding and other pur-
35 poses. The areas available on the two upper canals have
36 been allotted almost in full, most of the unallotted balance
37 being in the Lower Bari Doab Colony. A considerable
38 proportion of this unallotted balance is reserved for soldier
39 grantees and, pending their arrival, has been let out for
40 what is known as “ temporary cultivation,’ a temporary
41 tenant being permitted to cultivate the land until it is final-
42 ly allotted: 44,200 acres were so leased in the Lower Bari
43 Doab Colony in 1920, being over 70 per cent..of the un-
44 allotted land.
45 Colonisation,
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