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standing of the land question in its relation to 

 European settlers in India, it is highly important 

 should be carefully borne in mind. 



Of the land actually at the disposal of the British 

 Government in India, exclusive of those lands men- 

 tioned as available in the Punjab, about 189,108 acres 

 in the Gorukpoor district, some 600 square miles of 

 rocky hills in the Benares Division, and 2,028 

 square miles in Sindh, the following- table will give 

 an approximate idea. 



Pegu 28,111 square miles. 



Jubbulpoor Division, N. W. P. . 25,180 ditto. 



Tenasserim and Martaban Provinces 14,176,011 acres. 



Arracan 4,860,000 ditto. 



Cossyah and Jyntiah Hills . . 453,000 ditto. 

 Assam (4 out of 7 districts) . . 4,469,533 ditto. 

 Dehra Doon (Himalayan Kange) . 141,652 ditto. 

 Darjeeling (ditto) . . . 250,000 ditto. 



Kamaon, G-urwah, Simla, &c. (ditto) No Returns. 



Soonderbuns .... 809,648 ditto. 



Cachar ..... 200,000 ditto. 



Besides some thousands of miles of moun- 

 tains and plain, covered with forest. 



^r.,, (Space enough to accommodate any 



' 1 number of European settlers. 



The above abstract is as complete as the state- 

 ments furnished to Government enable me to make 

 it ; but it is yet very incomplete. None of the land 

 here returned has been surveyed, 



In all the above-mentioned districts rules for the 

 grants of lands were published, Government offering 

 them to the public on the easiest terms. 



Thus, in the Soonderbuns, the whole of the grant 



