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the tall timber before he had made sufficient arrange- 

 ments for bringing the land under the plough, 

 and the consequence was, that an impenetrable 

 brushwood sprung up which it would have cost 

 him a fortune to clear/ 



In the Punjab a very large extent of cultura- 

 ble land is said to be available viz. 7,626,785 

 acres. But here again we find the same objec- 

 tion raised. The Financial Commissioner in his 

 report on the subject says * These lauds are not 

 suited for the permanent settlement of Europeans, 

 but the upper portion of them would afford a fine 

 field for European capital and enterprise. The 

 area suited from its climate for the colonisation 

 of Europeans is very limited indeed. In fact the 

 800 acres at Kotgurh, is the only tract at the 

 absolute disposal of Government which can be pro- 

 nounced both suitable for colonisation, and desirable 

 from its known productive powers, for the invest- 

 ment of capital/ 



In the Province of Nagpoor, there are 526,081 

 acres of land a great portion of which it is reported 

 might be profitably cultivated. 



It is said that in Mysore there are 2,917,361, and 

 in the assigned districts of Hyderabad, 1,710,880 

 acres of land uncultivated : but of the former it is 

 stated by General Cubbon the late Commissioner 

 that ' even if the climate were more favorable, there 

 are not many (of these lands) on which European 



