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Rh the year is Rs. 6,37,000. His office establishment has been materially strengthened, and special addition has been made for purposes of account and audit, which will cost annually Rs. 18,000. An additional sum of Rs. 25,000 was also sanctioned for fair weather roads in the Amreily Division. This latter amount, the Dewán Saheb says, was partly spent "usefully," and partly, I should say, "wastefully." Sir Mádav Row forgets that nothing under the sun is perfect. However, His Excellency is not behind-hand in Oriental compliment. He says, "Mr. Hill maybe congratulated on the excellent manner in which several of his subordinates have served the department"! So he may. Besides Mr. Hill, the State Engineer, Baroda has a "Special" Engineer,

This gentleman seems to have rendered signal service to the State in connection with the water-supply and drainage works, and also in devising means to restrain the floods of the Viswámitra—an annually recurring danger. It is satisfactory to learn that the bunds (embankments) erected by Mr.Crosthwait have proved very useful. Mr.