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(3) From the Political Agent, Mahikantha (gth August 1897) — 



" I have forwarded to you by parcel post a specimen of locusts which were 

 seen passing through the Godhawada thana limits on the 29th and 30th ultimo. 

 The swarms came from North- West and passed towards Ha dol and Idar in the 

 South-East laying eggs in some places. 



" The flight of the insects was further seen passing through the Idar and the 

 Sobarkantha limits on the ist instant. They did not settle but passed towards 

 the East from the Sobarkantha. 



" The damage done to the crops in Idar and Gadhawada was slight." 



(4) From the Political Agent, Mahikantha (20th October 1897) — 



"On the i8th instant at about 4 p.m. a flight of locusts was seen in the 

 limits of Sadra coming from Oran under Prantij in the North, they halted for 

 nigl.t covering over an area of about one mile. In the morning from 6 a.m. 

 thev commenced to eat the jowari crop that was standing in the fields 

 till II A.M. when they swarmed away in the southern direction towards Jakhora, 

 a village under Baroda. 



" During their stay in the limits of Sadra the damage done by them to the 

 jowari crop is estimated at about 25 maunds, i.e., R50. 



" As required in Government Resolution No. 14, dated the 3rd January i8go. 

 Revenue Department, a specimen of the insect has been forwarded to the 

 Director of Land Records and Agricultme, Bcmbay." 



(5) From the Mamlatdar of Olphad (19th November 1897)— 



" To report that this taluka is infected by a swarm of locusts. Some of the 

 villages have been visited by them, but no considerable damage has been done. I 

 am engaged at Ophad in plague work .... and have since deputed a 

 Karkun and Havaldars to destroy them. Villagers try their utmost to clear off 

 the villages of them. • . . The villages visited are as below :— 



" Mandroi, Bolav, Anita, Masma, Sefetawad, Sultanpur, Karamla, Isanpu 



and Umrachi." 



(6) From the Collector of Nasik (4th November 1897) — 



<( . . . to forward in a separate parcel a few specimens of locust 

 preserved in country liquor received from the Mamlatdar of taluka Sinnar. 

 The Mamlatdar has reported that great swarms of them visited Sinnar itself 

 last evening (27th October) and have been there till this morning. 



" They have eaten up some bajri crop (a few specimen ears are sent in the 

 parcel referred to\ but no great damage has yet been done as the locusts are 

 reported to be paralyzed by the cold at Sinnar. They are reported to have come 

 from the East " 



(7) From the Collector of Broach (6th November 1897),— 



" . . . .on the 19th of October flights of locusts were seen coming from 

 the direction of Rajpipla Hills to the east of Breach taluka. They passed over 

 several villages of the taluka and settled for a short time on trees of the West of 



