126 The Ancient Canals in the Delhi Territory. (Marcu, 
a similar number to be cut down annually, being in value, at the above 
average, 30,000 rupees; though when once the regular cutting com- 
mences, it will of course only be picked trees which are felled in 
number suited to the demand for public and private purposes, and 
which individually will be far more valuable. The produce of the canal 
bounds may therefore I think be ultimately of considerable importance, 
and probably much more than I anticipate, from the destruction of 
the natural forests of the country from want of protection*, and the 
total absence of any system of plantation in this part of the country. 
The only other item of income noticeable as having been one anti- 
cipated by Captain Buanz is that, from renting out the fishing of the 
canal; as yet it is hardly worth notice, and can never be of any mo- 
ment, if I may judge from past experience. 
As a source of revenue fines should not properly be estimated : the 
object of levying them is to aid in the prevention of waste or wilful 
misuse of the canal waters ;—to protect the embankment from injury, 
and thereby save its vicinity from inundation :—and to secure the 
plantations from depredation and negligence. 
Norse.—The above report concludes with accurate statements of the 
various items of expence incurred upon the canals, for which we cannot 
find space ; we have however endeavoured to condense their contents into 
the following table, under such heads as could be readily separated.—Eb. 
Abstract of Expences incurred, or estimated, upon Permanent Works gt the 
three Canals, up to the present time. 
Denomination of work. Delhi Canal. Hariana Canal.| Doab Canal. 
Rs. A.P.| Rs. A.P.j Rs. A. P. 
Excavations and embankments, | 1,60,309 2 10] 3,50,653 3 411,76,426 8 0 
Overfalls, escape dams, weirs, re- 
gulators, and sluices, ....... 1,03,113 8 9) 26,769 3 2/1,20,656 14 1 
Bridges (some with locks), ....} 1,02,547 10 9] 69,658 15 9} 95,315 2 3 
Under ground channels, ...... 3,099 1 9 6,500 0 0 Bred 
Irrigation outlets, &c. ........ 4,500 0 O} 35,769 14 0! 36,234 11 2 
Experimental works,.......... 4,938 14 0 s0Ke sda 
Water-mills for saws, flour, &c...| 45,538 10 8 6,351 9 4] 25,192 14 0 
Depéts, choukis, &c.......... : 4,414 6 0 etohus 8,195 0 9 
Plantations of trees on banks,.. 220k No ol 2.203 oo 5,490 13 4 
Establishment, ie .ee/siaiipacieleele 52,264 911} 52,175 8 4 
Muialof Estumtes and Hilll=2=——— 
for Works, .........-| 4,83,007 15 9] 5,50,162 5 2/4,67,511 15 7 
* The forests of the Jamna are nearly destroyed from indiscriminate cutting, 
since they fell under our authority: any one is allowed to cut what he pleases, 
and where he pleases, on payment of a merely nominal duty, and the whole country 
resorts here for supplies. Formerly it was not so: the result is, that now there is not 
a. saul tree fit for public purposes, within six miles of the river; no roads exist, and 
the cost of timber in consequence in my recollection has doubled. 
