1 Cin. 3
2 Peshawur valley and its surrounding Hills, the wild and mountainous
3 Kohat District, the Bunnoo valley, and the upper extremity of the tract
4 between the Irflus and the Suleemanee Range, called the Derajat, there
5 has been an excellent Military and Topographical
6 Survey by Lieutenant Walker, of the Bombay.
7 Engineers. For the remainder of the Derajat down to the confines of
8 Sindh, a similar survey is in progress. A most important and interesting
9 survey of Cashmeer and the neighbouring regions, to be based on points
10 fixed with the utmost professional and scientific precision, and ultimately
11 to embrace the minutest details, has been commenced under the Surveyor
12 General, by Lieutenant Montgomerie, of the Bombay Engineers. The
13 Geological Survey in the Kangra Hills and in Shahpore has been already
14 alluded to. It is also to be remembered that many parts of the country
15 have been specially surveyed by the Public Works and Canal Depart-
16 ments,
17 . Topographical Survey.
18 CoNSERVANCY,
19 : '
20 202. The progress made up to 1854,in the Conservancy of cities
21 and stations was described in para. 477 of the Second Punjab Report.
22 ‘Since that time the efforts of the local Officers in this respect have
23 been unremitting. Each District Officer has to submit an annual
24 account of the improvements he has been. able to effect. These
25 improvements being very varied-and minute cannot be generalized ;
26 suffice it’to say, that during 1854-55, no less than 354 minor works
27 of local utility were executed, and 625 during 1855-56. Drainage
28 now exists in all cities, but elaborate projects for
29 improved drainage have been formed for the
30 cities of Lahore, Umritsur, and Umballa, the cost of which will be
31 chiefly defrayed in the most spirited manner by the citizens, These
32 works will of course be carried out under professional superintendence,
33 Mooltan, the most backward city in this fespect, has greatly improved,
34 In fact our large cities are externally half transformed, and such
35 changes cannot but tend towards the progress of civilization. .
36 203. All the topics prescribed by Government for mention in this
37 Section have now been treated of, but there are still some subjects ot
38 interest which demand _a few words of notice,
39 Drainage of cities.