, 1877-10-29
INDIA.
rAyoRABLn PROSPECTS IN doAH DISTRICTS,
AND uNYAyonAHLE IN OTHktts.

rAyoRABLn pHosrKcTs IN aoAs DISTRICTS,
AND uNPAvonAHLg IN OTHERS.
Dispa,,h 10 London Tfnt<s.
siMLl, Oct. 7.-Reports from Madras still
continue satisfactory. 4 gooal general rain has
fallen over the who'u province, and prospects
aro improving. Harvesting Is going OH and
prices arc falling. Tho total number on tho
relief works for the week ending Oct 1 WIS
8.8 2559 showing an increase OF l3.Go9 over last
week. The number gratuitoisly fed Waa 1,f01.
III, showing a decrease OF iS,taS Tho returns
for Madras for tho week ended tho 18th of Sep
tcmber show the number employed on tue re-
lief works 10 bu blI.G5iI a dccrease during the
week OF u3,59o.- Thosu receiving gratutous re-
lief arc ,G50, 800, or an increase Of 1857. Up
10 the 18th Of August the amount expended OIL
the fum[nv relief works In tho Madras P5esl-
dcucY Is 81, $40 0a3 rupees; !u gratutous relief.
o,QS33, ,oo9 rupees; making total outlay Of 3D.
tt,s:sI ~ ~ rupees.
/ In Stysofe there las bccn excellent rain, and
prospects aru favorable, agricultural! operations
brtpy carried OH ncttycay, Thu decrease In the
nun,brr ycceistug Eratuitoua reIicf IL 1871.
The number employed on tho relief worka was
E3.745. bctug au increase for tho week Of III,
Willie tho number in receipt Of grntultous re[ot
ia atts, ,8s:}, or decrease Of 12,iG.
In Dp,nbuy good ralu has iallcn. There Inns
been . decrease for Tho week Ut 2, ,050 III thu
number OF adults oil tho relief works, and Ut
yuupp children the decrease has been H. lD, but
there Ia IN Increase Of a,5.3 In the number Of
those Ia receipt OF charitable rcltof. prtccs,
though somewhat easier, still pFcss seyerc-
" uu tho poorer classes. Through tho Deccaa,
thu South stAtr4t1t county, ama ho'ea,,
kl.al.!cIsl and Naasick mole raill ts REQUIRED ;
still Tic cropa are lii fair condition.. ln Duscfat
uIuru raiu u urgently required; in kottywar
uud Bartla tl.cre ~ esen w fa.1 ana ~ tae
uu1 NJ Improvement la prospects; ~ tl!e Eeh-
tral PROVINCES slight ratn has faIlen tn err
talu districts, but the Tleu crops aIc snttetfog
b'g Ia 'nni 'j. pasrs 4nsf, i s.fsy nj
and 10 Improvement. Prices arc still rising,
aud immigration in afalwa y still proceeding.
! lu Raipoutana thera ts W lnIproYc'nciti in
| Bctlar the crops uEe stlll suffering fro,A tao
drought In yo,lie places bclug alrra1y lost:> IN
| the funjab, the Northwest Provinces, aud 0ut!c
tl,ers il nu ruin and no Improvement III pFos,
pect1. Tho who3u country aloug tue lttie Ut raj!
from patna 10 Glnoaala looks Ike desert u
baked brick, save tor patches Ut vegetation here
n,,l there where the lands aru irrigated IRON
the 0angcs Ca1!al. lmt Westerly otceze u
blowing all day long, Ike the blast VI tusuare,
sua it il maryel that even thu leaycs on the
tfccs rculaln unaithereti. 1t IL suited that peo.
r.c in llelli have applied to tue authorities to
seil leaye4 oil the trees iu tbs Cantota-
mentA - foul fur cattle Ing tun}al
tioyrsu,eut, however. Is said to 10 sti! lopctal.
Tho Froytucc Is said to contain large storage vi
gra,t, aul II the usua! raln falls IN The October
| cold weather tho crops lnay 10 s1fcd. :Ater
long cessation rain irl lerc yesterday. and u "
possitle this may Indicate a general rainfall Il.
tLe Northern Provinces. Relief works hars
ulrraAy been started in tho Northwest, though
| al present on ANAL scale.
| YLQODs.
Heavy foods have occurred in Bufuah. IN
two districts tue hcalquartcr toxin: arc uudei
wutcf, - well ~ many towns 4llu villages u ths
tnt.Ior. Thu ldygE Ir1awaddy has In partl
riteu higher than tho hsghcst hoods ever r.
corded. The paddy crops arc entirely Masht, :1
away, and the "humper csops anticipated viii
not be realized. -..-
| THE SToKX-WAy1.
The last Calcutta Gaxksk eouta!ns tho eecso
tary of States dispatch relatlse to thu sto51a
wave which passed over Eastern Bsngal r. ~ 10
yembcs, 1870. The totaa loss VI liz, inslusivt
OF deaths from choxra. was l65.O .Oo. Or bQ0l!es'
than originally estimated. Tbs people ".
stated 10 be rapidly recovering iro'n the Guests +
| A "bumpcr" harvest tu many parts oi batk
xlRupxe. Tbs great difficulty Ut present ex