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later on probably to 4 annaH, wliicli s('(iiiih how to be the Htandard 
waj^c in tlioso parts of the Central Provinces where there is any 
considerable demand for labonr, as in mines and railway construc- 
tion. Once transport facilities exist there will probably l)c an 
extension of cultivation, and a small export of f^rain, together 
with a considerable export of hu; (at present carried on pack 
bullocks), will bring revenue to the railway. But of much more 
importance than these, so 1 am informed by the Superintendent of 
the State, will be exports of timber, which will be on a large 
enough scale to support a railway, even witliout the coal. 
The question of alignment of necessary railways 1 have not 
considered, this being outside my province. But Mr. Harris, in 
his report to the Central Pi'ovinces Administration, suggests a 
line' from Jaithari station, l^engal-Nagpur Railway, in Rewah 
State, entering Korea to the west of lialbahara, and running 
eastwards as far as Patna, a total distance of 67 miles. According 
to this alignment the railway would keep just to the south of the 
southern edge of the Sanhat field ; and in the event of coal being 
worked separate branch lines woidd be necessary to the Kurasia 
field, and to the Ghutra and Charcha areas of the Sanhat field. 
The question of market for the coal produced also lies outside 
my province. But there would probably be a local outlet for a 
portion of it for railway purposes, if the quality be approved. 
As competitors it is necessary to consider the Umaria and Johilla 
fields in Rewah State to the west of Korea, and the group of coal- 
fields (Raigarh, Laphagarh, etc.,) lying on the north-eastern and 
eastern fringes of Chhattisgarh. 
