IOR/L/PS/20/256

The first volume of reports produced by the Irrigation Officer of the Perso-Afghan Boundary Commission, Seistan [Sīstān], and submitted to the Government of India, Foreign Department.

Contents:

• 'Chapter I. The catchment area of the Seistan Lake. The trough of the Helmand River below Kala-i-Bist.'
• 'Chapter II. The delta of the Helmand River.'
• 'Chapter III. The inundated area.'
• 'Chapter IV. Canals, ancient and modern.'
• 'Chapter V. Rainfall in the Helmand basin.'
• 'Chapter VI. Note on the evaporation from the surface of water in Seistan.'
• 'Chapter VII. Lines of levels, maps, surveys, etc.'
• 'Chapter VIII. Discharge observations.'
• 'Chapter IX. The silt carried in the water of the Helmand River.'
• 'Chapter X. The volume available for the irrigation of the delta: the duty: the culturable area that could be brought under command.'
• 'Chapter XI. Probable rates of work if canals are made.'
• 'Chapter XII. Irrigation works suitable to the circumstances of the people.'
• 'Chapter XIII. Works required to gain complete control of the river for the irrigation of the delta.'
• 'Chapter XIV. Probable cost of, and income, and percentage of profit from the irrigation works.'
• 'Chapter XV. Drainage scheme for the inundated area.'
• 'Chapter XVI. Schemes for utilising some large depressions either as escape, or impounding reservoirs.'
• 'Chapter XVII. Impounding reservoirs in the trough of the Helmand: control of the floods by works in the catchment area.'

Appendices:

• 'Appendix 1. The Hazarajat and the country drained by the Farah Rud and Harud Rud.'
• 'Appendix 2. The trough of the Helmand River below Kala-i-Bist.'
• 'Appendix 3. Detailed measurements of depths of water evaporated in Seistan.'
• 'Appendix 4. Extracts from "The Irrigation of Mesopotamia" by Sir William Willcocks, KCMG.'
• 'Appendix 5. Comparison of rates at Quetta with these on the Chenab and Jhelum Canals.'
• 'Appendix 6. Rates of cost and of income on the Punjab Perennial Canals.'
• 'Appendix 7. The manufacture of lime at the Consulate, Seistan.'
• 'Appendix 8. Details of the cost of the work on the buildings erected by the Imperial Bank.'
• 'Appendix 9. Note on lime, bricks and stone for large works in Seistan.'
• 'Appendix 10. Comparison of rates likely to obtain in Mesopotamia with those in Egypt by Sir William Willcocks, KCMG.'
• 'Appendix 11. Note by W A Johns, Esq., Railway Reconnaissance Officer, on the cost of excavating in the hard Seistan clay, and driving tunnels or kariz therein.'
• 'Appendix 12. On the cost of excavation in the culturable soil of the delta and in the hard tough alluvial of the high plateaux or dasht.'
• 'Appendix 13. The meaning of the words clay and silt.'
• 'Appendix 14. Dates on which the Sar-i-Shela flowed in 1903.'
• 'Appendix 15. Expenditure incurred on the Irrigation Party.'
• 'Appendix 16. List of maps and sections packed in a tin lined case and filed in the Foreign Office, Simla.'