( 39A ) 



The return from such a scheme will take three forms 



(1) the indirect saving which arises from the scouring and 



final disappearance of such excellent soil ; 



(2) the ultimate revenue from forest trees babul, shisham, 



and no doubt others which will grow on the embanked 

 terraces; and 



(3) the almost immediate value of grass and grazing which 



the embanking will produce. Beside these, it is possi- 

 ble that the work will raise the waterlevel in the neigh- 

 bourhood, which is usually very low, and help the culti- 

 vator in this way as well. 



3. With a view to carrying out the scheme detailed above the 

 Lieutenant-G-overnor has decided to appoint Mr. A. W. Fremantle, 

 at present principal of the Cawnpore Agricultural College, to study 

 the operations now being carried on at Kalpi and in the Etawah 

 district. Mr. Freraantle will work iu direct association with 

 Mr. Courthope as the representative and under the directions of 

 the Director of Agriculture, and after having obtained preliminary 

 ideas as to the methods of preventing erosion he will visit the 

 other ravine areas ascertainable from gazetteers and district officers 

 and will see how far they afford a field for the lesser but imme- 

 diately important object of famine works and the ultimately more 

 important object of putting a stop to general erosion. At the end 

 of next cold weather Messrs. Fremantle and Courthope would 

 submit a joint report on these two points. .It will be impossible 

 to cover the whole province, and the Jhansi and Agra divisions 

 should, it is suggested, receive attention first ; then, the country 

 cut by the Gomti river and its tributaries in Oudh. 



4. Messrs. Fremantle and Courthope should consult the 

 district officers and the Public Works departments as freely as may 

 be necessary and it would be left to the Public Works department 

 to make detailed projects of the works recommended by them. 



5. Mr. Fremantle should therefore be instructed as follows. 

 He should go to Btawah as soon as he is relieved of his duties at 

 the Agricultural College, and he should there, in consultation with 

 Mr. Courthope, study the methods of ravine reclamation now in 

 progress. He should also, during this period, study the literature 

 of the subject and correspond with Collectors with a view to making 

 plans for a cold weather tour. During the first week or two of this 

 tour Mr. Courthope should accompany Mr. Fremantle in order that 

 both officers may come to a common decision as to the exact lines 

 on which the survey is to be carried out. This portion of the tour 

 will include a visit to Kalpi. During the remainder of the cold 

 weather Mr. Fremantle will tour alone keeping in correspondence 



