112 REVENUE SURVEYS. 



Besides the Basti operations, cadastral and topographical surveys 

 by three sections of the same party were carried on in Mirzapur 

 district. The patioaris "were here trained and partially employed 

 under professional supervision, so that they might be capable of 

 measuring the fluctuating cultivation year by year or as might be 

 necessary. 



Under the supervision of Colonel F. C. Anderson, No. 5 Revenue 

 Survey party was engaged in 1876-77 on the cadastral survey of the 

 Mathura and Banda districts of the North-West Provinces. During 

 the following seasons the permanently settled district of Mirzapur 

 as well as portions of the Terai were also surveyed by the same party 

 up to 1883, when Colonel Anderson retired. He had been connected 

 with the Department for 31 years, and had held charge of No. 5 

 party for 27 years, during which he had conducted the 4-inch 

 surveys of districts Leiah, Muzaffargarh, and Shahpur in the Punjab, 

 and districts Partabgarh, Eai Bareilly, Sultanpur, Sitapur, Kheri, 

 and Gonda in Oudh ; and had been connected with the departmental 

 cadastral surveys since their introduction in 1871-72. In 1860 

 Colonel Anderson was appointed one of two British Commissioners 

 for the settlement and demarcation of the boundaiy between Oudh 

 and the territory ceded to Nepal, and received the thanks of the 

 Government of India for his services on that occasion. 



The party was then transferred to Gorakhpur district, North-West 

 Provinces, where Major J. E. Sandeman assumed charge, the system 

 of survey and record writing being generally that followed in 

 Benares, with this important modification, that — 



(1.) The Survey Department completed the records and was 

 responsible for their accuracy. 



(2.) The attestation was made after the completed records had 

 been lodged. 



It was felt that it was a defect in the Benares system that the 

 attestation of the records had to be done before the areas were 

 entered. This was remedied in the Gorakhpur system, while there 

 was a great check on bribery and corruption from the fact that the 

 patwari prepared a duplicate record on the spot for every field and 

 a duplicate of the dispute list. These modifications were devised by 

 Mr. J. D. La Touche, Settlement Officer, and Major Sandeman. The 

 classification of the natural soils was undertaken for the first time 

 by the Survey Department, who had also to compile the statistics 



