Indian Irrigation: Being a Short Description of the System of Artificial Irrigation and Canal Navigation in India (Classic Reprint)
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Author(s)Charles William Grant
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ISBN / ASIN1331973341
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In the following pages we have endeavoured to explain the nature of artificial irrigation in India, its great value to the natives of that country, to its own Government, and to the British Crown; and the profitable nature of its works, as an investment for money, drawn from the facts that such works of this description, as have been undertaken by the Indian Government on a large scale, have, during the last 14 years in the Madras Presidency, yielded a return of 70 percent., and are now producing upwards of 100 percent, on the money expended in their construction; whilst in the North-west Provinces of Bengal, they have yielded, and are yielding, 26 percent, on the capital. With such facts before them, a committee of gentlemen, all of whom are, or have lately been, connected with India, have proposed to establish a company for the purpose of extending artificial irrigation in India, proposing to begin their operations in the Province of Scinde - a country offering many advantages for the commencement of such an undertaking - as possessing a rich soil, dependant, owing to the scarcity of local rain, almost entirely upon artificial irrigation for its cultivation, but containing an abundant supply of water for feeding a canal from the river Indus, which intersects its entire length; from the favourable nature of the country through which the canal would pass for such an operation, and from the extreme facilities for conveying such produce as is suited for exportation to England, by the direct communication by large vessels now established with the port of Kurrachee.
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In the following pages we have endeavoured to explain the nature of artificial irrigation in India, its great value to the natives of that country, to its own Government, and to the British Crown; and the profitable nature of its works, as an investment for money, drawn from the facts that such works of this description, as have been undertaken by the Indian Government on a large scale, have, during the last 14 years in the Madras Presidency, yielded a return of 70 percent., and are now producing upwards of 100 percent, on the money expended in their construction; whilst in the North-west Provinces of Bengal, they have yielded, and are yielding, 26 percent, on the capital. With such facts before them, a committee of gentlemen, all of whom are, or have lately been, connected with India, have proposed to establish a company for the purpose of extending artificial irrigation in India, proposing to begin their operations in the Province of Scinde - a country offering many advantages for the commencement of such an undertaking - as possessing a rich soil, dependant, owing to the scarcity of local rain, almost entirely upon artificial irrigation for its cultivation, but containing an abundant supply of water for feeding a canal from the river Indus, which intersects its entire length; from the favourable nature of the country through which the canal would pass for such an operation, and from the extreme facilities for conveying such produce as is suited for exportation to England, by the direct communication by large vessels now established with the port of Kurrachee.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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