90 TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS. 



in July 1888, at which the Secretary to the Government of India in 

 the Kevenue and Agricultural Department, the Surveyor-General, 

 and the Deputy Surveyor- General attended and discussed the matter. 

 A general scheme was arranged, the following being the principal 

 points : — 



(1.) One party of the topographical survey of India to be placed 

 fully equipped and manned at the disposal of the Bombay 

 Government for the purposes of forest surveys in that 

 presidency, to be utilised in such manner as that Govern- 

 ment may think fit. 

 (2.) The cost of the party to be debited to forests, by which half 

 the cost will be borne by imperial and half by provincial 

 revenues. 

 (3.) The normal scale for the Forest Survey maps to be four inches 



to the mile instead of eight inches. 

 (4.) The officer in charge of the party to be under the control and 

 supervision of the Survey and Settlement Commissioners, 

 supervision over his work being also maintained by the 

 Surveyor-General of India. 

 These conditions having been accepted by the Government of 

 India, the Gujrat party with slight modifications as to personnel 

 (the topographical section having been withdrawn and the forest 

 section from No. 10 party added) was placed at the disposal of the 

 Bombay authorities, and the programme for 1888-89 arranged 

 by that Government. The work of the northern circle lay principally 

 on the ridges and spurs of the Ghats, on the low hills of the 

 Konkans. and on the plateaux of the Northern Ghats, while the 

 forests of the southern circle, from the dense nature of the under- 

 growth, were most tedious and unhealthy to map out. 



The area remaining for topographical survey in Gujrat, Rajputana, 

 and the Southern Maratha country was entrusted to the old party, 

 which also worked in two sections under Colonel Hutchinson. 

 Part of the frontier of the Nizam's dominions was mapped, during 

 which an assault was made on the surveyors by some villagers, 

 who mistook them for excise officials. The ringleaders were 

 sentenced to two years' imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1,000 each. 

 The survey and settlement of a large tract of disputed country 

 between Mewar and Marwar were also undertaken. 



Kohat — On the withdrawal of the British forces from Northern 

 Afghanistan in 1880 it was arranged that some of the survey officers 



