JOURNAL 



OF 



THE ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



No. 86.— FEBRUARY, 1839 



Art. I. — Report on the Settlement of the ceded portion of the Dis- 

 trict of Azimgurh, commonly called Chuklah Azimgurh, by 

 J. Thomason, Esq. Collector of Azimgurh. dated Agra, De- 

 cember 16th, 1837. 



1st. The completion of the settlement of Chuklah Azimgurh, 

 affords the opportunity for offering some remarks on its state. The 

 settlement operations have extended from the year 1833 to 1837, and 

 been conducted either by myself, or others acting under my superin- 

 tendence. I am hence desirous to place on record the principles 

 which have guided me, and to note some circumstances, a correct 

 understanding of which is essential to the future prosperity of the 

 district. My remarks are intended to be strictly practical, and to 

 convey impressions and opinions having reference to the locality. 



2nd. A brief statistical account of the Chuklah will form a fitting 

 introduction to the subject. 



3rd. It lies between the 25th and 27th degrees of north latitude, 

 and the 82nd and 84th degrees of east longitude. It is bounded on 

 the west by the Oude territories, on the north by the river Goggra 

 and district of Goruckpore, and on the south and east by the river of 

 Benares. The country is generally low, with water near the surface, 

 and abounding in large jheels, or lakes. It is traversed from west 

 to east by several rivers or streams, all of which take their rise from 

 lakes situated either in the district itself or in Oude, at a short dis- 

 tance to the west between the Goggra and the Goomtee, and fall into 

 the Ganges ; of these the Surjoo and the Tonse are navigable during 

 the rains, whilst the Phurchee, the Koonwur, the Bainsehee, the 

 Munglaai, the Beysoo, and the Gunghee, are never navigable, but are 

 highly valued for the irrigation which they extensively supply. 



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