Show Th 11 II I i I IRRIGATION IN S INDIA I 11 Ii i II I Con General Consul ul William A. A Michael of Calcutta reports as follows concerning con con- the reclamation of th the lands occupied by the colony In tho Punjab The Punjab Is ib credited with advancing advancing ing lug in agricultural prosperity The average value of oC the net a agricultural by rail ran to Karachi and to other parts of ot India from the colony for 01 the throe three years ending in 1907 though two tv of tho the years were unfavorable and a fifth of or th the revenue was remitted vas us no less than 11 This J la Is 6 per acre nere sown and 1160 1166 1 pet per head of or the population in the tract It represents The colony colon Is located on onland onland land that a t few years ears ago ngo was a n waste I utterly unproductive which was re redeemed to- to I deemed by the government through h a system of irrigation The work accomplished ac ae- ac- ac b 1 by govern go go ent engineers In redeeming re this desert de ert country anti and making It productive is an example to all countries having ha desert land as to what may be done In the face of or the most a advert adverse Th physical conditions The Tho land was not only redeemed d bulIt but bul It was made ace accessible b by and railways built by the Jov government which also selected the best available men to cultivate and Improve it it and thorn them thereto The Thc government government government gov gov- al also o aided the tho settlers lS l'S li In building hou eH and In iii properly stocking ln the the- farms marins allotted The re re- re this suit sut was that within three years cars colony sent 1 worth of agricultural agricultural agricultural ag ag- ag- ag products to the market marlet a at Karachi and maintained themselves In comfort they Y h hud d never known before be be- fore The rho government o t will ivill get g-cl badall backall bad back all the money moncy Invested in with bl big Inter Inter- ost This reclamation lessens less 1 the pos poe of or famine In the tho Punjab am anti antl contributes toward the uniform cultural strength sli and certainty of or th the thc whole empire S |