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2 convey Jarge numbers of passengers. On the lines branching off from the
3 great line, the letter mails are carried by bearers at a pace'of 4 miles
4 per hour, the heavier despatches are carried separately at a slower pace.
5 108 The next line is from Lahore to Mooltan, running North and
6 Line from Mooltan to South. On this line also the mails are carried in
7 Lahore. horse carts (except in the rainy season when they
8 are carried on horseback) at a pace of not less than 6 miles per hour.
9 Covered carriages are provided for travellers, drawn by horses and pro-
10 ceeding at. 4 or 5 miles per hour. On this road the country being -
11 to a great extent uninhabited, bearers for palanqueens are not procurable.
12 Bullock Train to Mool. Lhe Government Bullock Train has also been esta-
13 : blished on this line since 1854 for eight months
14 in the year, to the convenience of the Government and of the European
15 public. From, Mooltan there are branch lines to Derah Ghazee Khan
16 and Khangurh, the extreme Southern stations of the Punjab. Also
17 from Mooltan there is postal communication both by land and by
18 steamers with Sindh and Kurrachee.
19 109. The third great line is that from Lahore running South-west
20 Post in the Central #20 communicating with the Central and Western
21 and Western Districts, districts, such as Shahpore, Jhung, Leia, Pind-
22 dadun Khan, Derah Ismael Khan, From some of these districts again
23 such as Leia and J hung, there is communication with Mooltan and the
24 South. Along these lines the Post is carried by runners at a pace of
25 4 miles an hour, the heavy despatches being carried separately and
26 slowly. On none of these lines can bearers for palanqueens be procured,
27 as the country is thinly peopled, nor can any horse vehicles be obtained.
28 Efforts have been made without effect to induce men of the bearer pro-
29 fession to settle down near stages on these roads; but the demand for
30 their services is very uncertain, as these roads are not much travelled by
31 Europeans, but chiefly by natives and merchants. There are, however,
32 abundant facilities for those who “ march,” that is, proceed in the ori-
33 ental style of one stage per diem, carrying tents and appurtenances
34 with them.
35 110. In para. 474 of the Second Punjab Report, it was explained,
36 Magisterial Posts in how District Posts running from the head-quar-
37 the interior of dictricts. — ters to all the Police Posts in the interior had
38 been effectively organized throughout the Punjab. These Posts have