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A suitable site for the fruit experiment station was 

 selected on the Sariab road about two miles from Quetta 

 and the land was acquired in September 1911 by the Local 

 Government. This was roughly laid out in terraces and 

 plots last year, and, during the present summer, progress 

 has been made in the final levelling of the plots and in 

 making the necessary irrigation arrangements. Two shares 

 in the Sirkhi karez have been purchased and two artesian 

 bores have been laid down while a third is now in progress. 

 These bores are 80, 150 and 250 feet in depth and tap three 

 different water-bearing gravels. The total surface flow is 

 expected to be well over 1,000 gallons per hour and the 

 water will be finally collected in a pucca tank capable of 

 holding four days' discharge. An experiment has also been 

 made of pumping from one of these bores by means of an 

 oil engine when the flow increased from 600 gallons to 4,250 

 gallons per hour. A well has been sunk which gave water 

 at 22 feet and on this a Persian wheel is being erected. 

 The water supply of the fruit experiment station is now 

 assured and proposals have been submitted for laying down 

 permanent masonry water channels for the main distribu 

 tion and for carrying the zemindar's water through the 

 area instead of in the present earth channels. 



Five quarters for workmen, a cattle shed, two godowns, 

 an implement shed and overseer's quarters were erected in 

 1911 as well as a building for laboratory and office work. 

 The area has been surrounded by a wall and the road to the 

 laboratory has been made pucca. 



A portion of the land was laid out for a nursery and a 

 number of stocks have been raised for budding during the 

 present year. Some of the land was sown in shaftal for 

 fodder and green manure. 



The old fruit garden in Quetta was handed over on 

 October 1st, 1911, and a beginning was made in getting this 

 into order and in removing old trees. A portion of the 

 area was got ready for shaftal and good crops were pro- 

 duced. Another portion was prepared for an experiment 



