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whilst in the Hydrabad and Shikarpoor Collect- 

 orates it is only 1.5 and 1.7 respectively. The 

 general average is two beegas or one acre, which 

 is about the general average of the Punjaub. 



'' The highest rate of land assessment is in the 

 Shikarpoor Collectorate, where it averages rs. 1- 

 6-0 per beega, or rs. 2-10-7 per English acre ; 

 the lowest in the Thurr and Parkur, where it 

 averages only one anna and nine pies per beega. 



"In Hydrabad the average is rs. 1-1-8 per 

 beega, or rs. 2-2-2 per acre, whilst in the Kurra- 

 chee Collectorate it is nine annas and five pies 

 per beega, or rs. 1-2-3 per acre. 



' ' The general average rate for the Province is 

 14 annas and nine pies per beega, or rs. 1-12-7 

 per acre ; or per head of the entire population, 

 taking the total revenue of the Province in 

 1854-55, viz. rs. 3,273,749, rs. 1-15J annas. 



" These varieties of assessment of com'se arise 

 from the different productive capabilities of the 

 soil, facilities of irrigation, and proximity to 

 markets, affecting the price of produce. 



" Were the Indus to cease to flow, Sindh would 

 become a barren waste, as it now is where fer- 

 tilising influence of its waters is unfelt, either 

 directly by its periodical overflow, or through 



