% ! . gu * 酶 o & o o : Memo of relief required in the district of be changed for others of a n\#e suitable Ro4tuck. * o The district contains 550 villages, of which about 350 are solely dependent, on tho rain for their cultivation, Towards the relief of the destitute, infirm and aged, the sum of Rs. 9000 has been subscribed by private individuals, seven-eighths of which have been given by the Native community. This has lately been doubled by Government, and in addition the Lahore Relief Committee has kindly guaranteed the sum of Rs. 1000 ruonthly during the continuation of the fatnine. l There being many large towns in the Disorict, arrangements have been madt for daily distributions of food in all of them : relief also is given nionthly to the utterly helpless and infirm in the smaller vi}lagas. In round numbers, Rs. 4000 per m^nsem are expended in this relief, and I think it will suffice for the support of all those who are unable to help What we chiefly however, is employment for the able bodied of Nlaviy of the Jar ger towns and villages have subscribed liberal themselves. now require, both sexes and of oli ages. ly towards the excavation of their village tanks, but the money thus Subscribed besides about 15,000 Rs. sanctioned from the Local jounds, has been all expended. There is now scarcely one large work in progress, though two are under consideration, viz., the metalling of the main line between Delhi and Rhewanee, eiti Kohtuck, and a new kutella embanked road in a direct line from Bluewanee to 33ahadoorghur, The Commissioner of the Division has been furnished with plans and estimates of both f lm addition to the above, a sum of Rs. 204)00 these works. at least, expended on village tanks, would ouritish emyloyment in the villages far removed from the road, and in which from the sandy nature of the Hoil, the construction of district roads is impracticable. Owing to the scarcity of water in the main canal, it would be useless to extend branch canals or Rajbuhas. Roads and village tanks are therefore the only works I would recommend. The Local Funds amount to upwards of Rs. ! | | + i nature. р? r I would add that shave personally inspected all the towns and villages, and even the recipients of this charity in many of them. I am also furnished with correct lists of all the really helpless in each village, and have so arranged that the funds at my disposal shall only be expended on the proper objects, and not lavishly thröwn away on those able to work for themselves, or who have friends able to assist them. The purda nusheens, (or women kept rigidly secluded,) are also provided for; a weekly allowance of grain being made over to each through the lumberdars of the village.” This comprehensive and sati 'actory meno. randum, leaves nothing to be desired in the wav of information. The Committee will see hy it that the suum of l,000 now allowed monthly But this can only be the case if the large works, to this district will probably be sufficient. which Captain Hawes mentions for the eroployment of the able bodied poor, are at once íf these be stopped these people will soon be reduced to a sanctioned arid takem ij, haud. helpless and starving condition. The works however are so important and beneficial that I will hope no delay can ovear. The not talled road to 13hewanee will open a lute ef traffi, in a city, the trade of which is said to be not less than that, of j), khi itself: provide work for those unable to go to a dis while the tanks wili tance from their villages, and will materially tend to prevens, the recurrence of a year of lamine like the present. In Iłissar the distress is somewhat greator than in Rohtuck, although both (iistricts are largely benefitted by the rich cultivation along the banks of the canal. Ilere it is probable that a sum of not less than Rs. 8,500 monthly. must be given by our Committee, to enable the district officers to grapple in any effectual man. ner with the widely spread distress in these villages distant from the canal. The district, is a vಳ್ಲy large one, arıd I was not able to cib. tain, at the time of my visit, any precise information as to the exact state of these villages. I hope and believe that measures will 80,000 of which about Rs. 40,000 are still be taken to obtainit as soon as possible. When available. Some of the works requiring skilled labour entered in the Budget of 1861-62 might this shall be properly done, the Committee will feel that the whole amount of existing
