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EXTRACTS from Proceedings of the Sholapur Cantonment Committee,
held at Sholapur on the 1st November 1876.

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     3. With reference to the Sanitary Commissioner’s report on the Canton-
ment, the Committee make the following remarks:—

     Lavatories are impracticable for sepoys and their families, but the alterna-
tive suggestion, viz ., carrying off the bathing water by means of paved gutters
is feasible, and should be adopted.

     The gutter round the new well is ample for letting the wastage water escape,
but at times it gets filled with sand, ashes, &c., from the sepoys washing their
vessels, &c., on the pavement. This practice has been put a stop to, and care is
now taken that the gutter is kept free from refuse of all kinds.

     The Committee agree with the Sanitary Commissioner on the subject of the
removal of the latrines.

     With reference to the subsoil drainage on the East face of the lines, the
Committee desire further detailed explanation, as the wells below may run dry
if the source be cut off.

     Plans and estimates for a dead house have repeatedly been sent in but
Government refuse to sanction the expenditure. The solitary cells in the hos-
pital compound have only once been used during the last 3 years, it is therefore
hardly necessary to remove them.

     The condition of the Sudder Bazar has been repeatedly brought to the
notice of the Civil Authorities and the matter reported to higher authority.
There is a well with good drinking water inside the Fort besides an enclosed
tank. This is ample for all requirements.

     As regards the clearing out of the Moti Tank, Mr. Grant, C.S., Collector
of Sholapur, recommended that it should be undertaken as a Famine Relief
Work, and the Committee consider it a good suggestion.

     The marsh in the Moti Bagh is not to windward of camp, as stated by
the Sanitary Commissioner, except during the monsoon.

     The Executive Engineer will consider the matter regarding the puddle
trench at the same time that the tank is being cleaned out; if feasible the work
will be carried out.

     The drainage of the marsh will be attended to at the earliest opportunity.
The wells to be cleaned out. The custom only resorted to during the present
great scarcity of water, of watering cattle at the wells has been already stopped.

     The Committee some months ago sanctioned the expenditure for plant-
ing the "Eucalyptus Globulus" but have ascertained that it will not answer in
a climate like Sholapur.

     In the Moti Bagh itself there is no wet cultivation such as rice, sugar-
canes, but only vegetables and flowers. In fact it was retransferred to the
Military Authorities, as the Collector (when it was under civil power) wished to
grow wet crops there, but a report of the matter having been made by the Mili-