Calcutta Geographical Review March 1943

The methods used here are stereotyped and old-fashioned and the cut and shake are not in keeping with the optical properties of the stone the idea of the cutter being to obtain weight in the stone at'the cost of perfection. [...] The distribution of electrical power especially from hydro-electric resources is more widely developed in other provinces of India than in Bengal in spite of the fact that she has sufficient water power in the north in the rivers Teesta and Jaladhaka and in the north-east in the Brahmaputra and sufficient coal in the west in the Gondwana coalfields of Raniganj and Jharia. [...] It is only an objective representation of the facts and figures relating to the electrical inStallaiious of the province and the author fervently hopes that fruitful research work in the fields of utilization and planning of power resources of Bengal will follow in near future. [...] This explains why the profit motive of the investors have slowed up the progress of the electrification of the country. [...] A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF IRRIGATION ON THE PRESSURE OF POPULATION OF THE UNITED PROVINCES B. N. MUKERJI Lecturer in Geography Calcutta University Difficulties in well construction and the lifting of sub-soil water and also the limitations of canal irrigation manifest themselves in the districts havim..