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loads of cutchra from the whole of camp. This is distinct from the regimental
establishment, which is of the following strength :—
F Battery, R.A
9 men and 1 cart.
2nd Queen's
16 men, 4 women, and 1 cart.
15th Regiment N. I.
15 men, 2 women, and 1 cart.
The dry refuse is sold, and as long as it is deposited at a safe distance from
Cantonment there is no objection to this procedure ; but, I am informed, when,
on the completion of a contract, its disposal has not been decided upon, it is de-
posited in pits situated some 300 yards behind an inhabited house. This is
wrong ; it should be carted away to the manure-yard, or, if that cannot be done, it
should, at all events, be burnt.
41. The Halalcore Establishment consists of 3 men kept for cleaning the
private privies, and 11 who are employed throughout the Cantonment, from
which about 8 cart-loads of night-soil are removed. There are two night-soil
carts employed in the Sudder Bazaar.
42. The disposal of the night-soil is not carried out in a scientific or a
profitable manner. That from the Artillery and "Queen's" barracks and Officers'
compounds, &c., is conveyed by the carts to a babul plantation on the extreme
east of the Cantonment limits, and there deposited in trenches about 50 feet
long, 4 feet broad, and 6 feet deep. The black cotton soil ceases at a depth of
about 2 or 3 feet, and the trench below is dug in the hard, underlying moorum
and kunkur. The night-soil from the bazaar is buried in similar trenches situated
on the north-west of the English and Musulman burial-grounds ; though, during
the rains, it is brought nearer to the Jewish burial-ground,, and the pits are dug
in ground to the N. E.
43. A field should be chosen in which parallel trenches one foot deep by 2
feet broad should be dug, with intervals of a foot between each trench. The soil
should be placed in the trench to a depth of about 6 inches (less rather than more),
and should be covered over with'earth taken out of the trench. In this way the
whole field would be manured; and when it was finished it should be allowed to
lie fallow for three months and then be ploughed up crosswise, when it would
be ready for cultivation.
44. Major Moore has done a good work in filling up low-lying places in the
Sudder Bazaar, which formerly held surface water. This should be systematically
carried on. The cattle-yards I inspected were cleaner than such places usually
are, as Major Moore has had their surfaces paved with round stones but, in the
absence of proper drainage, all the urine must soak into the ground, though I was
glad to see that the animals were tethered in the open air in the yard, and were
not allowed to be kept inside the houses. This arrangement is better than what
is usually seen ; but all these animals should be kept outside bazaar limits.
45. I also inspected the bazaar beef and mutton slaughter-houses„ which are
situated outside the Commissariat Cattle Lines, and were quite clean. About 4
head of cattle and 6 sheep and goats are slaughtered daily. The markets in the
bazaar for the sale of meat and vegetables are not good ; and it is much to be
wished that the suggestion made by Major Moore, regarding the necessity of
building a general market with an iron roof outside the bazaar and nearer the
barracks, should be carried out.
46. I think the nullah running from east to north at the back of the bazaar
should have its bed made more even ; and the open earth-drain opposite the Can-
tonment hospital is in a very foul state, and requires paving. The Cantonment
hospital was very clean, and appears to be well kept ; but the water in the well
in the compound was very foul, and should be kept clean, though it is not Used
for drinking.