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Selections communicated by the Suddur Board of Revenue at Allahabad, 

 from Correspondence respecting the proposed formation of a Canal for 

 Irrigation to be supplied from the River Jumna, near the Village of 

 Kuttha Putthur, in the Deyra Doon. From Captain P. T. Cautley, 

 to the Secretary of the Suddur Board of Revenue, North Western 

 Provinces, Dooab Canal Office, Camp Hurdwar, 29th April, 1841. 



Sir, — In the Revenue Survey of the Deyra Doon completed by 

 Captain Brown, that officer notes " that the lands north of the Sutwala 

 Row in general, may be irrigated from the Jumna, by a Canal cut from 

 Domayut, but the excavations would be expensive." 



2. During the late cold season, I took the opportunity of examining 

 the country, which would be benefited by such a work as Capt. Brown 

 refers to, and as I was on the spot, this examination naturally led to a 

 further inquiry into the practicability or not of getting water out of the 

 Jumna upon the high land; the results, which for the satisfaction of 

 Government I have put into form, will be found in the sheet of Plans 

 and Sections which accompany this letter, fig. 1, being a map on a 

 scale of four inches to a mile of the ground over which the Canal will 

 take its course ; fig. 2, a map on a quarter of the scale, of the country 

 bounded on the north by the hills and forests of Umbarree and Puthi- 

 poor ; south by the Asun river ; east by the Sutwala Row ; and west by 

 the Jumna river. The rest of the figures are longitudinal and cross 

 sections, with plans, &c. of works in masonry which will be required to 

 maintain a regular flow of water. 



3. In fig. 2, the course of the Canal is indicated by a blue dotted 

 line, and it will be observed, that as the mountain drainage crosses it at 

 right angles at two points, the whole tract to be irrigated is divided 

 into three distinct portions, stretching from the Canal to the Asun 

 river, the slope of country being in every way favourable to the irriga- 

 tor. 



4. The return of village lands which accompanies this letter shews, that 

 about 17,000 acres of cultivable land will be benefited by this Canal; 

 the country is open with little forest, and only requires a Canal to 

 bring it under cultivation. The want of water* at present prevents the 



* Captain Cautley in a subsequent letter explains, that he here alludes to drinking 

 water : and adds. 



