1112 Report on a Passage made on the Nurbudda River. [Nov. , 



rains, the time when coal could be sent down, even that would be 

 diminished. 



1st Stage — Hoosungabad to Dharree, about 100 miles. 



2nd. Do. Dharree to Suheshur-Dharra, 70 miles. 



3rd. Do. Suheshur-Dharra to Hirn Phal, 67 miles. 



4th. Hirn Phal to Beytala Ghat, 20 miles. I am by no means cer- 

 tain that a road would be requisite at Beytalla. 



5th. Do. Beytala Ghat to Mookree, 60 miles. 



6th. Do. Mookree to Baroach, about 80 miles. 



17th. I arrived at Baroach on the 1st August, having accomplished 

 the whole distance from Mundlaisur in 1 1 days, during which I was 

 102£ hours actually under way. The distance between Dhurmrai, 

 above Hirn Phal, and Mookree, about 80 miles, occupied 21|- hours 

 only, although spread over nearly 5 days. 



18th. The various reports referred to in this memorandum, Colonel 

 Ousely's, Captain Anderson's, and Lieutenant Elwan's, I have quoted 

 from a resume made by Mr. A. Shakespear, Assistant Secretary to 

 Government, North Western Provinces, entitled " Notes on the Naviga- 

 tion of the Nerbudda," and which with the map accompanying, require 

 to be referred to, to render this intelligible. 



I have, &c. 



(Signed) H. L. Evans, 



Deputy Bheel Agent. 



True Copy, 

 (Signed) W. F. Eden, 



1st Asst. Resident. True Copies, 



H. Tucker, 

 Ofg. Asst. Secy, to Govt. N. W. P. 



