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Royal Commission on Agriculture in India (Evidence Taken in Sind)

1928

It will not be within the scope of the Commission's duties to make recommendations regarding the existing system of landownership and tenancy or of the assessment of land revenue and irrigation charges or the existing division of functions between the Government of India and the local Governments. [...] The height and duration of the inundation of the river is dependent on the melting of the snows in the Himalayas and on the rainfall in the Punjab and varies greatly. [...] Government waste land including forest forms two-thirds of the entire area of the province and of this about a third is culturable waste xvii A census of cattle is taken every five years ; the following Table. gives a summary of the results of the last five censuses The decrease in the census of 1919 was due to the removal of cattle to other regions owing to the absence of grazing in the rainle [...] The pitch of the assessment is governed by the trend of prices the value of land and the state of the canals. [...] This system has the merit of leaving the occupant the choice of the best method of irrigation season by season suited to the height of the river and the water-supply available.
agriculture environment
Pages
363
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.143062
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xxxix unknown view
Friday March 25th 1927. Bombay
1-9 unknown view
Monday October 24th 1927. Karachi
10-35 unknown view
Mr. A. Dow Revenue Officer Lloyd Barrage and Canals Scheme
36-64 unknown view
Khan Bahadur Shah Nawaz Khan Bhutto C.I.E. O.B.E.
65-84 unknown view
Mr. J.H.G. Jerrom Superintendent Civil Veterinary Department Sind and Rajputana Karachi
85-88 unknown view
Tuesday October 25th 1927. Karachi
89-102 unknown view
Khan Bahadur Azimkhan Inayatalikhan Assistant Registrar Co-operative Societies in Sind
103-128 unknown view
Khan Bahadur Nabi Baksh Muhammad Hussain M.A. LL.B. Manager Encumbered Estates in Sind
129-138 unknown view
Khan Bahadur Gulmahomed Abdur Rahman Acting Deputy Director of Agriculture Sind
139-165 unknown view
Khan Bahadur Dilmuradkhan Bahadurkhan Khoso President Jacobabad Municipality and Zamindar Jacobabad
166-174 unknown view
Mr. P.E. Aitchison Conservator of Forests Sind Circle
175-180 unknown view
Wednesday October 26th 1927 Karachi
181-197 unknown view
Mr. S.C. Shahani M.A. Zamindar Jamrao Sind Principal D.J. Sind College and Secretary Sind Collegiate Board
198-220 unknown view
Rao Sahib Udharam Shewakram Zamindar Guni District Hyderabad
221-245 unknown view
Index
246-322 unknown view
Glossary
323-324 unknown view

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