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Selections. 



[No. 8, NEW SEKIES. 



and for the generality of purposes foreign iron cannot be substitut- 

 ed for it. 



In the hands of the Native smith European iron is worked with 

 difficulty, it gets burnt, made brittle and rendered useless, the high 

 price Native Iron commands in the Mofussil in comparison with 

 it, viz., £23 per ton, to £16 at which European iron can be pur- 

 chased is sufficient evidence of its value. 



With respect to the cost of establishing an initial work as pro- 

 posed near Roodra, I have estimated that a tank having a length 

 of bund of 800 yards and extreme height of 5 yards could be con- 

 structed to retain 1 J million cubic yards of water, together with a 

 contour mill channel of 1J mile in length for an amount Rs. 2,500, 

 a water wheel and fan for a similar amount, if made on the spot, 

 add Rs. 1,000, for contingencies, — Total Rupees 6,000. 



The above body of water falling through a height of 20 feet 

 would give during three months of the year for 72 hours of each 

 week an available power of 20 horse. 



The saving upon each furnace supplied with air, would be 



4 men at Rs. 4 each per mensem or for a season of 3 months 

 Rs. 48. 



An annual charge of Rs. 30 on each furnance would require 

 only 20 to be concentrated at this spot (instead of as at present 

 scattered amongst the neighbouring villages) in order to yield a 

 return of 10 per cent, on the outlay above estimated. 



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Official Reports on the last Journeys and the Death of Adol- 

 phe Schlagintweit in Turkistdn, Collected fyc. Sfc. 

 BY HERMANN AND ROBERT SCHLAGINT WEIT. 

 Introduction. 



In the following pages we propose to communicate, in a col- 

 lected form, the various reports which have reached us relative to 

 the last journeys and the melancholy fate of our beloved brother 

 Adolphe Schlagintweit. 



