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20. The above named depôts are also the points on which the bhungies work,
and to which they carry, in broad bamboo baskets furnished with a cover, or in
carts, the nightsoil, made into a kind of compost with the ashes. This is deposited
in trenches about 40 feet long by 15 feet broad and 6 feet deep, which are filled
in about six weeks' time. The nightsoil is then covered with kutchra and allowed
to consolidate for four or five months, when it is sold to farmers at a rate of
4 annas per cart-load. I must here state my opinion that the Duriapur Depôt
is in much too close proximity to the fine old well called Dada Hurri's, as it is
only about 300 yards distant from it, and at a higher level, and during the cold
weather it is to windward of the railway, and complaints have reached me as to
the nuisance caused by it. It should, therefore, in my opinion, be closed. Dead
animals are removed to the above depôts, and their bones are collected and sold.
There was at each depôt a very offensive smell, which could be perceived at a
long distance away.
21. The city is well lighted, there being 1,350 kerosine oil lamps in use;
and the public streets are watered twice a day by 28 bhisties, and by water
carts, of which there are 43; and the following method, which is said to be pecu-
liar to Ahmedabad, is also adopted:—Water is drawn from wells throughout the
city, and made to flow along channels, which are merely trenches cut along the
sides of the roads; although, during the last two years, about 2 miles of roadside
gutters, made of brick and lime-masonry, plastered over, have been built. From
these channels the water is sprinkled by hand, and 160 wagheries are daily
employed for this purpose.
22. The offensive trades carried on inside the city walls are tile-making,
in which occupation there are 60 kilns at work; 40 of these are in Kharuya and
12 in Duriapur. There are also 88 pottery-kilns, 47 of which are situated in
Kharuya, 21 in Duriapur, 4 in Jamalpur, and 16 in Sháhpur. These places are
offensive on account of the burning of the refuse and litter, which are deposited
in heaps in close proximity to houses. 22 dyers in indigo are also established in
Kharuya, whilst 3 are in Sháhpur. There are also 191 dyers in surinjee, 25 of
whom carry on their trade in Sháhpur, 60 in Jamalpur, 6 in Duriapur, and 100
in Kharuya. There are no drains in any of these places to carry off the refuse-
water, and I have heard complaints of the nuisance caused by these bhousar
karkhanas.
23. A vegetable market was erected in 1863 by the Municipality in a
street leading from the Khuranj, but the people will not resort to it. The prin
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cipal market place is at the Manik Chowk, where the traders sit in stalls belong
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ing to a private owner, and in the street between it and the Teen Durwaza and
beyond, on the open space towards the Khuranj. There are no fixed stalls in the
streets, but the dealers spread cloths over their wares as booths. A grain
market is held in the open space in Dhana Peth, Jamalpur Zillah, and there is
another in Duriapur. There were 9,317 head of cattle in the city at the
time of the census. The animals are kept in stables in the rear of houses,
but there is no drain for their urine to run into, and it sinks into the ground.
Among the above were 1,302 cows and 1,693 milch-buffaloes, which, as a rule, are
distributed throughout the city, there being no large stables, as in Bombay, where
30 or 40 head of cattle are congregated. The Ghanchis go round every morn-
ing to the different houses and collect milk for sale. There is only one slaughter
house for oxen, which belongs to a private owner. It is situated in the Mir
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zapur section of Sháhpur Division, and, though paved, has no drain to carry away
the water, &c. There are also 15 places situated in Jamalpur and Sháhpur
Divisions where sheep are slaughtered. The floors are not paved, and the blood,
&c., is run into earthen vessels let into the ground.
24.
Outside the walls, and near the Sháhpur Gate just above the river, are
15 paper-making manufacturies, and 54 lime-kilns are distributed in the imme
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diate environs of the town, generally speaking within a few hundred yards of the