Report On The Administration Of The Punjab And Its Dependencies, For The Year 1874-75

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18 PUNJAB ADMINISTRATION REPORT, /{ 1874-76,

2value of ourtrade with them increases, they may be induced

3to accept and carry out the proposals of the Government, _

4Lastly, through the exertions of Captain Sandeman,

5Deputy Commissioner of Dera Ghazi Khan, a great improve-

6ment was effected in the trade-route between Khorasdn and

7British territory vid the Sanghar, Sori, and Sakhi Sarwar

8Passes, and the value of the trade whicha few years back was

9nil was last year estimated at £35,000.

107. The second of the prescribed sections of the Report

11relates to the important subject of the ADMINISTRATION OF THE

12Lanp including Surveys, ASSESSMENTS AND SETTLEMENTS OF

13THE LAND REVENUE, PREPARATION OF VILLAGE RECORDS OF RIGHTS,

14THE STATE OF THE AGRICULTURAL POPULATION, and other kindred

15topics.

16Revenue Surveys were in progress in three localities,—in

17Gurgaon and Rohtak on the south-east,

18in Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan on the

19extreme western frontier of the Province, and in the feud-

20atory Stateof Bahdwalpur. During the year the surveyed area

21was increased by 6,262 square miles, making the total area

22surveyed for this purpose since annexation, excluding purely

23topographical and military surveys, 109,924 square miles ; the _

24average cost was Ks. 32-15-5 per square mile. The pro-

25posal to extend to the Punjab the cadastral survey, that is, a

26village field survey conducted by professional agency, has been

27abandoned for the present by the Supreme Government, and .

28in His Honor’s opinion wisely. The village field maps

29framed and susceptible of frequent periodical correction,

30as at present, by patwarts (village draughtsmen ) trained to

31the use of the plane table and supervised by the settlement

32establishments, though, of course, less finished and mathemat-_

33ically accurate than those of the Survey Department, are found

34to answer all practical requirements ; and on this ground alone

35the propriety of incurring the extra cost of a more scientific

36REVENUE SURVEYS,