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a small matter , now , but one hereafter of great thSlSA Sbe out let and inlet for tl ^ e vas basin of that river , and the cxten of VJ ™^™ be enormous ; move particularly when the system o irrigation and navigation comes to be iuJly cic velopcd ° It will surprise no one who . knows anyyeiopcu . Xi * > i ^ o-i-pat disproportion exists &KU thetice ' f conStics ^ he coast and the Interior ; coftst produce or imports being at enornJoua i riees in tlie interior , and inland produce bS vastly enhanced by carnage before it can be brou ght to the coast consumer When we consider h in the smaller country ot Spain , the
consumpprivilces . The line is of that nature , that in a few tears ' neither would managers . ask for a guarantee , nor the Government concede it , as ihe traffic is sure to yield an adequate income ; but hi the present state of public opinion , and with the prevalent want of intelligence as to India , it is desirable to ask a guarantee , which the directors thmk they have good grounds for expecting ; and we ^ think they have , tor apart from the nature of J ; he ; line , it will have the strong support of the cotton interest , which will urge its claims on an impressionable ( government . Lord Stanley is so far pledged to the encouragement of the cotton trade , that his favourable reception of the undertaking is naturally to be looked for , the more particularly when it is strongly pressed on his notice . , ,,, r rn ., 1 ,,, 1 ,, 1 , thiHWi few
ovr tion ' and supply of the inland provinces ^ trammelled bv want of efficient communication with the seaboard ^ we may conceive what mus t be the case iu Borar and the Central Deccan , separated by hundreds of miles from the great centres of maritime commerce . Thus , wheat stands at 100 iu Bcnir , and 213 on the coast ; rice , salt , &c , at 100 on the coast and 275 to 300 in the interior . Under these circumstances trade is restricted , because the remuneration of the agriculturist is absorbed by
the charges of the carrier . ' The Berar ltaihvay will effect great political objects , for at the present moment the dominions of the Nizam , with ten millions of inhabitants m a state of disorganisation , and the lately annexed territories of Nagpore swarm with dissolute and disorderly retainers , as ready to turn their arms on ts of the izam
us as on the -unhappy subjec IS . Duri ng the whole time of the revolt these districts have caused much anxiety to the Hyderabad Resident The Berar Kail way , opening communication wilh these districts by the coast , will enable reinforcements of troops to be poured in through Coringa in case of need by sea , and the branch ruilwavs eounecthiff the territories with the western
ghauts and ; tablelands , and thereby , with the English stations and settlements springing up , wili place the Hyderabad dominions under the influence of the troops of the west . By the Jubbulpore line the troops froni the stations and depots , now existing or in course of formation in the Himalayan , regions , will likewise be made available . One subordinate operation of the Berar Railway system , but one very important in its results , will be the thorough opening of the valley of the Godavcry to English enterprise . One line will run from Ahmcdauigger to Chanda , which will bring a large district within ten hours' reach of the hill towns arid villages near Poonah , but railways descending from the head
valleys of the feeders of the Godavery wuL bring cotton plantations within three or four hours ' journey of the cotton planter , dealer , or merchant resident in the healthy climate of the hills . In the plains many overseers , agents , clerks , and mechanics will be distributed , and the resources of the country will , under such action , be greatly extended . Thus the amount of produce available for export at Con ' nga will be very muck larger than it now is . Comiga has this advantage over Bombay , that , the gradients to it uflbrd a gentle descent for exports and a gentle rise for imports , but to work to Bombay the summit level of the Bhorc Ghaut or Thul GUaut has to be reached and overcome , and
then a rnnjd descent to Bombay , lor the cotton trade with China , which is considerable , Coyinga has special advantages over Bombay . Taking into consideration this matter of gradients it is evident the traffic between Coriuga and Bombay will not be divided midway , but that the area of Coringa traffic will bo greater than that of Bombay traffic The » sccnt of the Ghauts alone will always be an impediment to the Bombay traffic , whether of passengers or goods , when compared with the gradients oi \
uo jaerar Kauwny . Much of the territory of the interior being forest , Inrgo supplies of timber , which cannot advantageously bo floated down tho river as in New JCuglund , will become available for coast purposes . Not only timber for sleepers and other railway supply will be thereby obtained , but teak for shipbuilding and other purposes at Coringa , will bo supplied . At Coringu some vessels of largo burden have been built , the timber for which ia imported from tho other coast of the Gulf of Bengal . Tho length of the main line is about four hundred miles , and this tho directors reasonably ex . poot to lay down at about 8000 / . per milo , so that , the capital now proposed to bo ruisod is throo millions , on which sum it is intended to solioifc a guarantee from tho Government of India , and tho oustomary
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Bombay Pociis . —Wo find frequent complaints made by tho mercantile and shipping community of Bombay with regard to tlie inconvenience and delay caused by the insufficient accommodutian existing for repairing ships . The difficulty will be easily understood , when it is known that we cannot boast of any more docks than two , and those two only available to the public at a great sacrifice of time and expense . We have tho Honourable Company ' s Docks , and those of the P . and O . Company at Blazagon , «« d all the merchant ships Imvo recourse to these for repairs \ but they are incapable of reaching tho wants of the large shipping in the harbour . With « view to . avoid this dittioulty , tho Bombay Steam Navigation Company , in 1846 , ordered from England a patent alip , which , on arrival here , cost them a sum of Ks . G 8 . 000 , but the object was frustrated .
by Government refusing to provide them with a p iocoof ground . Tho slip has been running to wasto for the last ton or eleven years , and much of tho timber-work has become rotten ; however , tho company have felt tho necessity of resuscitating the project , and they have now again applied to Government for a piece of ground ia Maaagon for tho patent slip . Tho Engineer of 1 uWic Works and tho Municipal Commisuionors have reported to Government , through tho Collector of hand Kovonuo that tlley see no . objection to grant the . application , a they will not require tho ground iu question for any public purpose . The Garrison Engineer , however , has intimated that though it may not bo required now for public use , it might bo ultimately wantod for that purpose . So tho matter « t present ro 8 t 8 with Government . . —Bombay Gaeette .
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the repairs of the merchant shipping frequenting the harbour . It appears that in 1845 the Bombay Steam Navigation Company imported a patent slip from England at a cost of 6800 ? ., but to this day have not obtained leave from the Bombay authorities to lay it down . Much of the timber is nowrotten , but application has again been made ; the Engineer of l J ublio Works and the Municipal Commissioners make no objection , but the Garrison Engineer declines to consent . Tlie head-quarters of the Madras Telegraph Department have been placed in the higher and healthier district of Bangalore . It is to be hoped all the main telegraph departments ¦ will be removed to the lulls . ___ : ¦' , the repairs of the merchant shipping- fr equenting
One of the strange appointments of the Government is announced in the gazettes lately received , the office of Civil Architect of Calcutta having been conferred on Mr . F . B . Boyce , Assistant Engineer J until the arrival of a captain who is to have the appointment . The Government does not send architects to Calcutta . A new church has just been completed by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at "Vepery , which is ready for consecration . It is a handsome building . The architect is Mr . John Law . and
NOTES ON INDIAN PROGRESS . The hill news represents the authorities of the several Presidencies as occupying their accustomed abodes in the hills , or making excursions from them . Lord Elphinstone returned from Dapooree near Poona to Bombay on the 8 th of October , and was to reside on Malabar Point , but lie had little disposition to remain in his metropolitan city , and it is confidently stated that he will soon proceed to the new hill town of Matheran , which is to be honoured with his residence . This will be a great advantage to that rising place and no . detriment to public business , for Matheran is within three hours and a half of Bombay by railway , and has an electric telegraph . At present there is only one train a day each way , but it is to be expected the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company will now put on more trains .
Sir Christopher Rawlinson , the Chief Justice of Madras , for want of the communication with the Neilgherries , which tlie Madras Railway will afford , has been in the practice of making Bangalore his residence ; but Lady Rawlinson and himself have now left it , as he retires from India . It is a great pity that While he was at Bangalore the large English community could not have the benefit of the jurisdictions of the Supreme Court , but are under Black law . The Madras Commander-in-Chief leaves his staff at Ootakamund , and proceeds with one aide-de-camp on a tour of inspection . The Bishop ot Madras has not yet left the hills , but is to make a visitation , which will include Madras and Bangalore .
The Darjeeling news , or rumoured news , is referred to elsewhere . The leave of absence to the hills includes , for Simla and hills north of Deyrah—Lieutenant W . J . S . Richards , 3 rd Batt . Europ . L . C . ; Lieutenant G . S . Divvies , 6 th Drag . Guards ; Captain H . G . Deedes , 1 st Batt . 60 th R . Rifles ; Colonel J . Jones , 60 th Foot ; Lieutenant V . D . Magendie , * Royal Artillery . To Kussowlie—Lieutenant II . S . Simeon , 27 th Foot . To Mussoorie—Lieutenant G . B . Trail , B . H . Artillery . To Landour—Ensign E . Packe ; and at this station Lieutenant 1 > . M . ; Murray , H . M . 64 th Regiment , is appointed on the station staff .
To Murree—Lieutenant T . R . D . Bingham , 18 th Irreg . Cavalry and II . M . 70 tli Foot ; Lieutenant J . A . Gildea , 81 st Foot ; and Lieutenant A . Chute , H . M . 94 th Foot . To Nynee Tol—Lieutenant C . " W . Losack , H . M . 93 d Foot . To the hills generally—Lieutenant WV Dunbar , 34 th Foot . To Ootakamund and the Nielgherries— Lieutenant V . C . Bertie , 1 st Madras Fusiliers ; and Lieutenant Hon . A . E . Harris , H . M . 43 rd Foot .
We have given this list , the result of one mail , as serving to show tho extent to which the sanatoria are now used . Tho leave is commonly for three or four mouths , saving the officer and the public service from the inconvenience and expense of a passage to Europe , and placing relief at once within his reach . This is exclusive of civil leave , of leave to the uncovonantcd , of various permissions in Madras and Bombay , and of thoso who hold staff appointments in tho hills . It is again reported that tho Fronoh are about to transfer Chandernagoro to tho English .
Tlie Bombay und Surat line of tlie Bombay and Buroda Railway is not to start from Callian but to proceed direct from Bombay along tho Flats , nearly parallel with tho Main Drain , ami on reaching Mahim Wood it will be curried obliquely across the estuary aiul continued along , through Sulsette , to the Busseiu crossing . This Utter will be a very heavy work . » ' Another specimen of tho wny private enterprise is treated in India is now attracting attention at Bombay . Thero are thoro only the Government Docks and those of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company , quite insufficient for
The Public Works Office Conservancy Committee of Lucknow are busy restoring that city . Tlie ruinous buildings are being cleared , and wide streets and roads are being laid out , so that before long Lucknow will be a very fine city . The numerous narrow streets or lanes in Lieut . Moorsom ' s survey are being cut up and widened . The new roads Will facilitate military occupation . A magnificent new road runs from Hurrut Gunj direct to Char Bagb , and another from the old 32 ud barracks straight through Secuuder Bagh to the river side , and then over a bridge of boats on to the Fyzabad road . Some objection has been raised to placing the new military cantonments between Dilkoosha and Alum Bagh , instead of retaining the old cantonment of Mundeeaon .
The enlargement of Allahabad to convert it into a metropolis of the N . W . Provinces is proceeding and the accountant ' s , civil auditor ' s , and Sudder Board ' s offices , are to be removed as speedily as practicable . There is much grumbling among the Agra clerks , as they fear they will have some difficulty int finding houses . The new Bombay Municipal Commissioners appear not to be more energetic than the former spurious municipality , for they have likewise distinguished themselves by declining to enter into a contract with the Bombay Gas Company to light the public lamps , of which it was proposed only to light five hundred at first . India is perhaps worse off in this respect than any of our colonies of any importance , for Calcutta alone is lighted with gas , and Canada or Australia can show a far better muster roll . Gaslight is a most essential instrument of efficient police
arrangement . Ceylon has derived grept benefit from the Coolie immigration , and the Coolies likewise profit . In the first eight months of this year 84 , 000 have arrived , and only 38 , 000 have left . The Malabars now fill not only field employments , but are found in domestic service as carriers , horsemen , and coachmen . Those who go back to Madras take with them new ideas and more energy , but it is much wished that more of the Malabars will settle in Ceylon , which wants labour , and to liavc a mixed population , so as to leave the Cingalese less predominant .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 13, 1858, page 1231, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2268/page/23/
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