4 CATTLE SURVEY OF THE AMRITSAR 1>ISTFICT. 



The grazing in Sarai Amanat Khan rukh is fairly plentiful being 

 canal irrigated but the quality is poor. 



In Rukh Nag the land is good and the grazing fair. 



The grazing ia Rukhs Boharu and Gagrewal is poor. Most of the 

 other rukhs have been almost entirely brought under cultivation by 

 grantees who have been given proprietary rights in them and they are 

 not now distinguishable frc-m the surrounding cultivation. 



9' The grazing rights of each reserve are ordinarily leased out to a 

 contractor for a year who pays a certain sum and 

 takes fees for all animals grazed according to the 



following fixed rates : Buffaloes, Rs. 1-9-6 each; cows and bullocks, 0-12-9 

 each; horses, 0-12-0 each; asses or mules 0-6-0 each, and sheep and goats, 

 0-1-6 each per annum. Young animals under one year are exempted. 

 The fees appear to be very low but it is understood that contractors 

 manage to increase the charges by levying fees more than once a year in 

 some of the reserves. 



When the reserves are not given out on contract grazing permits 

 are issued by the Forest Department. The inhabitants of the surrounding 

 villages appear to appreciate the grazing in some instances and not in 

 others. It probably depends a good deal on the popularity of the 

 contractor and the quantity. of the grass. 



The villagers of Gagrewal told me that they took up the contract 

 themselves not because they valued the grazing but because if they did 

 not rent it and their cattle strayed into the reserve they were put to a 

 good deal of inconvenience. 



IL THE CATTLE OF THE DISITRICT. 



10. Statement 1 shows- the number of animals in the district at the 



last quinquennial enumeration (1909) by tahsils. 

 Number of cattle. _ . ,i/\/\4\ 



Ihe figures of the previous census (1904) are given 



also for comparison. Those for Amritsar City and suburbs are shown 

 separately. It may be said that the year 1908-09 was the worst for cattle 

 that lias been known for a long time in the Amritsar District. The 



