| Show by J telegraph 1 1 FOREIGN LONDON 14 the T rimes times special from calcutta gives a later summary of fhe the he situation in one of the districts the crops crop have totally failed things are heiri hedri nearly as bad in two other othen districts the crops have partially failed in six districts the india office publishes a dis patch dated stated january from lord carnarvon the acting indian secretary in the absence of lord salisbury to lord Lyt toun tori govern or general of or india it te quests requests that bhat d a weekly summary he be henceforth hent sent by telegraph giving the main facts fac tsin in regard to the famine lord carnarvon in summing up the information he has hitherto received ic considers it alarming that persons are already employed on the relief works in madras and in bombay the government estimates that of will gradually increase grease rea reaching ehing a maximum in april when persons persona will require relief after which it will gradually decrease in madras the prospect is proportionately worse the tho h districts affected in mad madras ras cover square miles and contain a population of in bombay the famine namine stricken territory covers bovers 54 54 square miles and has a population a of of r which ar in 1 districts more moie immediately im ite ine afflicted |
