770 Proposed formation of a Canal for Irrigation [No. 128. 



No. 33. 



To G. F. Franco, Esq. 



Commissioner, Division of Meerut. 



Sir, — I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, 

 No. 35, dated 12th July 1841, with its enclosure, and map as per 

 margin,* relative to a Canal proposed to be cut from the river Jumna 



te^Nf ^st^ed at Kutta P uther > for the P ur P 0Se ° f su PP¥ng 



Doab Canal Office, water for drinking and irrigation to a portion of 



Camp Hurdwar, 29th ... 7 . . 



April 1841. the Dhoon, where it is indispensibly required to 



Estimate No. 38 dated - , . ,. ... . „ 



the same office, 14th secure the settlement of villages, increase of 



Return of Village population, and cultivation of some of the 



Lands, extracted from nnes t an d richest lands in the western division of 



Capt. Browns Survey, 



dated the same date. the Dhoon, and calling on me for a report on 



the same. 



The delay which has occurred in sending my reply, was caused by the 

 uncertainty which existed regarding the quantity of water which would 

 be contracted for by Grantees and Mookuddums falling under its 

 influence, in consequence of the principal grant being in progress of 

 transfer ; this arrangement having been brought to a satisfactory conclu- 

 sion, and the present holders having the means at command of carrying 

 into full effect the intentions of Government in opening the Canal, 

 I have much pleasure in reporting, that I have consulted the wishes 

 of all those whose lands come under the influence of the Canal under con- 

 sideration, and the desire to have it completed, as soon as possible, is uni- 

 versal, and all are ready to engage for as much water as will irrigate all 

 the lands falling under its influence, which after examination and 

 comparing with Captain Brown's survey, does not appear to be over- 

 estimated by Captain Cautley when he reports it to comprise 10,700 

 acres. A great portion of this land is now waste, overgrown with fine 

 grass, and uninhabited, principally from want of water ; these obstacles 

 being removed, there is not a doubt, but villages will spring up and the 

 population will increase. 



The full amount of the receipts calculated on by Captain Cautley, 

 may not be realized the first or second year, but they will in- 

 crease, and lands at present waste will soon become productive, and ul- 

 timately yield a considerable revenue to Government, which has not 



