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Broach, but did no damage to crops. They then went straight on to the westward 

 and entered the Wagra taluka on 20th and 21st October where they caused only 

 some slight damage to crops in the following villages. 



" Rahiad.'^TW crops damaged to the extent of 825, No injury to cotton 

 andjowari crops. 



" Suva. — Slight damage to cotton leaves which, it is reported, will reappear- 

 No damage was done to other crops. If, however, the cotton plants of which the 

 leaves have been eaten up die, the damage would amount to about R75. 



" Jolwa. — Til and cotton damaged to a slight extent. 



" Kaliad. — No damage is reported. 



" On 2ist they appeared at Dehej and other villages around it, namely, 

 L&khigam, Luvera Ambheta, Jageshwar, and then went over several other 

 villages. The crops that were damaged are: — Bawata, Kodra, Kharif Jowari, 

 Tur, Til and Cotton crops. Bhavta has suffered the most. Bhavta, Kharif 

 Jowar and Til crops which fortunately were sold in a small area are expected 

 to yield no outturn, but the outturn of Tur and Cotton crops is affected to a small 

 extent only. Damage to cotton crop Is reported also in about 20 other villages 

 but details have not yet been received. In the villages which the Mamledar, 

 personally visited, namely, Jambusar, Magnad, Tugrelpur, Khajampur, 

 Wavli, Dostpur and Khanpur Deh, he found that the damage done to the 

 above mentioned crops was comparatively small, but that in Kajampur, 

 Dostpur, and Khanpur Deh especially the cotton crops, which covered an area, 

 of 20, 200, and 300 acres, respectively, have been seriously damaged. Cotton 

 plants which had been sown early and so were well grown have not been 

 damaged so as to render impossible the putting forth of new leaves, but 

 the late crops which were not full grown have been damaged past all hopes. 

 This strengthens the presumption that the locusts were not old enough to 

 devour harder substance. 



" News has just reached me that vast swarms of locusts were again seen 

 yesterday in the neighbourhood of Palej, so that I regret to say that our outlook 

 which was exceedingly favourable is now clouded over." 



{d) Through the Under-Secretary to Government, Revenue 

 Department, Bombay— 



(1) From the Political Agent, Mahikantha (26th August 1897) — 



" . . .to state for the information of Government that from a report 

 received from the Gadhwada Thandar it appears that swarms of locusts appeared 

 |n the villages of Khaski, Rao) pur a and Fudeda under Valasna taluka on the 

 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th instant and flew away causing damage to the extent of about 

 R 1,000. They had laid eggs in some places but there is no possibility of their 

 being hatched, as they are destroyed by heavy rains falling there subsequently. 



(2) From the Political Superintendent, Palanpur (8th September 



1897)— 



" to report for the information of Government that a slight rise in 



the price of grain has lately taken place in these districts owing to the apprehension 

 thatlocusts will damage the crops which are now standing. Great swarms of 

 locusts visited these districts in the latter part of July flying from West to East 



