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Gazetteer of the Montgomery District 1883-84

1884

It is bounded on the north-east by the district of Lahore on the northwest by the district of Jhang on the soutwest by the district of Multrin and on the south-east by the river Sutlej which separates it' rom the State of Bahawalpur. [...] As the fall of the river is much less than that of the Sutlej the volume smaller. and the soil of the banks of firmer quality theMontgomery. [...] But as the bed of the stream is lunch below the level of the country round about the water is always liable to flow back into the river from the water-courses on the subsidence of the floods. [...] administration of which is described in Chapter V. One from the Ravi called the Nikki is managed by the Deputy Commissioner ; the remaining three—the Khaimah the upper Sohag and the lower Soliag—are under the control of the Canal Department and form part of the Upper Sutlej Inundation Canal system. [...] In fact the story is that the Bein ran in the shape of a printed 5 and the Sutlej cut it first at the bend to the right and then at the top over the bend.
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Pages
219
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view
Frontmatter
i-vii Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view
Chapter I. The District
1-25 Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view
Chapter II. History
26-43 Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view
Chapter III. The People
44-85 Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view
Chapter IV. Production and Distribution
86-149 Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view
Chapter V. Administration and Finance
150-174 Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view
Chapter VI. Towns and Municipalities
175-186 Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view
Statistical Tables Appended to the Gazetteer of the Montgomery District
i-xxiv Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view