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THE NAVIGATION OF THE NERBUDDAH, 
the period for plnnting the cane and mode of con- 
veying fiuin one spot to another. We take the 
account fioin anotlier nhty conducted Mofussil 
paj»er — ihe Delhi Gazette. 
The canes may he t>lnnted at any time during 
the monihs of Diceiiilier, Jannaiv, or Febiuaiy, 
andilteyoill lipeii in Noveiiibei , December, and 
Januaiy of (lie iollowiii^ season. 
The canes iiia) he safely taken entire on wheel- 
ed cari ia«es 1 1 any distante u hich such convey- 
ance can ii avt l in a moutli. l oaiiy ui>:iier distance 
they bad heiiei lie taken eiilier on camels, <ii cut 
ttp and iilanied in boxes If on camels, they :iie 
packed up cnliie in stifiw, wiiich is kept m< ist on 
the loail, while the camels slmnhl he ie«iniied to 
travel by Ions' suiges- <>i a cane is put eniiie into 
the split ti (iiik of a |>lanlain tree, the piili of i\ liich 
will iitf'oid it snilieieni nioistme. All these modes 
of seixiing the cones iire well nndei stood at the 
plantaiion, and will he explained to the people 
Who aie sent for the cane. 
If cut lip and planted in boxes, the cnliin!:s con- 
tain eai li live or six joiins. and aie iiiseiied into 
the e:ii ill diagotiallv, so that the upper ends ot ilie 
cntiines ni:i) he above the eaitli, white the lowev 
ends ate about a fool below ilic sniiaee. lliiee 
or font of these cnltini;s are inseiled at each end 
ofibeliox, so that they cCmSs each other in the 
eaitli. 'I lie ea ih mnst he kept moist, hni not 
wei.dniino the joni iiey ; and an aw niiis: should he 
Used to delend them fiom tlie sno, hill lioi so close 
its to keep ilie ait fioiii the plan s, or to mb aeaiiist 
the ends that lise to the top oi, oi above the top 
of, the boxes riie best soil i.s what the natives 
call Voomuteeu : and the ticsi mannie is covv- 
dniiii. Ti-.'iil clay or veiy moist soils aieb.nl; 
llioiigh the cane may ihrive in them, the Juice 
will never he of good qnaliiy. 
The soil should lie prepared for ihe reception of 
the cane in ilie laiws; but, for itiese i xperimeiiis, 
evciv person has a small paicli cf l.ind in his gar- 
den , snilicieniiy j>repaied for the purpose at any 
lime, tile cams should he planted in cntiiiigs 
of ihree < r four Jiiinis cncli, and so placed ihai 
the upper end may lie at oi neai ii e sniiace.and 
the lowei end Some six inclies, oi moie htlowii; 
and that the shoots mi') he at the sides, and not 
up and down I he holes, in which the cntiines 
ate plaiiK-d, should lie ahoui a fool wide, and two 
feet Iona ; and they should he in rows fom feet 
asnudi-r. In each lovv the holes should inn Iciiutli- 
wi-e, and he two feet si paiaie fiom ifwli oilier at 
the I lids. Alter the g ton mi has hei ii iiiaiiii' ed in ihe 
Usual maniii I all ovei ilie space In he pliiined, it w ill 
he well lo have a little mannie pui into each hole 
and mixed tip wnli ilie caitii, to foiiii a licli lied 
for the cams to lie iipom. In caeli hole ilieie 
ehonid lie l<mi cniliiias ('"'<> from cadi end), whirl) 
ciosi each oilier iimiei the eaiih us above dcsciibed 
for tlie boxes. 
The lanes should he watered every eight dais, 
as Wi ll lo seem e I belli against w hiie anis ami other 
inseitsaslo nomisli iliem, bnl to water ibeiii of- 
lenci is, 1 believe, in jni ions. Tlie water iiiiisi he 
made to inn along beivvieii the row-, so dial it 
may irrigate the canes wiiboni lin g ih on iln iii 
ill pools ; nml toiiscqiieiii ly the gr iiml hciwr eii 
the rows must, tioin me lifsi, he a veiy liiile lower 
tliaii that I poll ihe canes, and heiweeii ihe ends 
of the seveial holes. Dmii.g ihe season of the 
rains ilie gioniid iiinst beiiiqmiiilv weeded, and 
kei t veiy clean, so that noiliiiig inay lieahoni the 
roots, or impede Ihe flee (iicniati' ii ol air. Any 
iaieial shoois miisi he removed (lom ilie canes :i.s 
soon as ihey aie discoveted ; but ibe leaves should 
he left uiiu/iithe.i, unless they are oead and 
jolting. 
I iiave found rats to he great depredators on the 
cane planiaiioii, and Ihe most etrectnal mode of 
keeping iliein out, that 1 have fumid, was laugh i 
to me hy a native planter. It Is strewing along he« 
tween the rows of cane some of the leafless 
hiaiiclies of a kind of coih tree, wiriel) the natives, 
I believe, call Huhee. 'Ihese biaiiches, when 
they lie on the ground, have much the appeniaiice 
of siiaki 9, from the ti.-snies in, iind consequent 
vaiied color of, their haikj amt they ceiiainly 
have had the effect of scat ing away the latsfroin 
my plantation. 1 need not say that each bianctl 
must lie singly on the giomid. 
W. It. SLEEMAN. 
DISCOVERY OF COAL IV THE VALLEY OF 
THE NEIlBUDDAll. 
We learn from the Agra Uklihar that this mineral | 
has heeii found by Captain Onseley, lying for 109 
yards by 30 to £0 wide, and as far as excavated by the 
water, wliicli Captain Onseley dug 3 lo 4 yards iliitk. ji 
lie is of o|iiiiioM tlr, It very little expense would ho 
inclined in uoiking it. li is also sitnaled in the | 
pliiiii alioiit fiom I to 5 a mile fiom ilie liills to ihe |i 
soiiili, tile roa.l from lloslitiiigabail to Nuisiiigpoor 'i 
and Jubiinlp.ire bein' iieifectly level. ; 
2.— 'I’lie expense < f working it rests entirely on |j 
Hie scale diieeteil, woikiiieii aie (iiocniable in aliiin* j 
(lance for 2 annas, Nag|iooiee bnllocKs 3 lo 4 annas, 
backeiies 0 annas pel diem. Ilefore a just estimate ' 
can lie made, I should desiie after Hie mills, to gO ' 
lo the iilace atui sink a shall or moie to asceriaitl 
Ihe leal thickness and exieiii of the coal downwards, 1 
Ihe coneci dip of it and qiialily’ in the siiaia deeper. 
(hat I sent fur tiie liun bteameis, tu be tiled, ‘ 
gave in ! 
0 iiimi 3 11 ) 11 !! of ashes, i 
b iiiii'i Biirchvan coal mmi of ashes. 1 
Sbevving liiis lo he the belter- aiibongli laken from ! 
Hie .sill face - w liich has been acted on bi air ami | 
waier foi yeais; below, I d luni noiilie quality will 
piove as good as thni of Engiisli coal. 
'Ilie most impoiiant pait of this discovery is, 
ibat it may lend tnwaids making a tail road lo 
Nuisiiigpoie, conlinned via Boorliaiipore to Bom- 
bay, when loioiiioiive engines would supersede 
Hie picsent slow vlak estahlishiueiit, the aliolitiun of 
wiiic!) would 
Create a Jnslifialile saving; iranspoit of public 
Eioi( s, guns, and piivaie pro|>ei ly , such as giain, 
salt . ami ol her weigluy a liii les of coinmei ce he- 
come easy ; as also iravelling ; coals would cf 
conise he sent foi the sieaiii iiaviyaiioii on Hie 
(ianges fi oiii hence, for depots in the Upper Pro- 
Vinces, and to Bombay for the Steameis to Eng- 
land . 
'I he foiegoiiig siiggesiinn is, in onr own opinion, 
perfectly practicable, ami if the govemment were 
alive to its own interest , ami that of the people, 
it would lie instantly earned into excemion. 
Bat another highly iiiipoitnnt commnnication is 
made on this subject, fioin the intelligent source 
to which we have alluded. 
THE NAVIGATION OF THE NERBUDDAH. 
It appeals liiat the Government allowed Cupt, 
Onseley to survey the Net hiidd.ili, 
'File survey of the Neibiiddali proved that 
foi the whole length of its conise it is now 
unlit for navigation ol any kind; iliai means of 
transpoitis iina vailnble. 'i be mines of iron ore 
are inexbansiiiile ; adjacent to the coni, foiests 
siinoniid it to supply cliaic< at, and limestone is 
abiimlant; it leqniies but the oiders of Govern* 
meiit to aiithoiize adequate outlay to cany into 
effect lhatj which would tend more to the improve- 
