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about Es. 1,680. Mr. Koche and I are agreed that the area select- 

 ed for this experiment was a fairly average one, beicg, if anything, 

 ratber more difficult than others which we inspected. In some 

 ravines fewer bandhs might be necessary, but in that case they 

 would probably be larger ones. So it may be taken that the cost of 

 " bandhing" such ravine tracts, apart from the cost of other works 

 necessary for reclamation, would be about Rs. 5 per acre. It may 

 also be calculated that the construction of bandhs would keep one 

 man and his family occupied on each acre of ravines for about a 

 fortnight. 



7. It is also useful to note that Mr. Roche and myself laid out 

 and measured these bandhs aggregating 420,000 cubic feet in three 

 days working only in the mornings for about four hours. From this 

 it is obvious that similar projects for famine works can easily be 

 laid out by any trained officer at very short notice, and Mr. Roohe 

 and I are agreed that only in this way can such projects be laid out. 

 We have had a survey of the area which we dealt with made by the 

 surveyor employed by the estate and his map is attached,^ but it is 

 extremely doubtful whether work? managers could, from this map, 

 again locate the position of the bandhs in spite of the measurements 

 given. Moreover, it would be an expensive bu iness to have such 

 surveys made over large areas. For the purpose of making esti- 

 mates it would be quite sufficient to calculate the probable earth- 

 work by the area, as already shown, and trained men should be 

 employed to lay out bandhs a short time before it is decided to 

 start work. 



8. After completing this experiment Mr. Roche and I inspect- 

 ed the following tracts belonging to the Bhadawar estate in 

 addition to Chitra in which we made our experiment, and in 

 addition to certain ravines not belonging to the estate with which 

 this report has no concern : Naugawan, Khilaoli, Shahpur Gujar, 

 Garwar and Nandgawan. None of these areas seemed to present 

 any special difficulties. The ravines of Nandgawan, typical of the 

 Chambal ravines, are somewhat deeper than those of Chitra and 

 other Jamna ravines in those parts ; on the other hand, those of 

 Khilaoli and Shahpur Gujar would be far easier to deal with than 

 those of Chitra, in that the slopes are not so steep and ploughs 

 could be employed almost everywhere without any preliminary 

 digging. 



9. I have been especially instructed to report whether it would 

 be possible to combine a scheme for the reclamation of the ravnes of 

 the Bhadawar estate with that already inaugurated for the reclamation 

 of the Btawah ravines. I admit that, before making any investiga- 

 tion, 1 thought that this was extremely unlikely, as I thought that 



