INDIAN FAMINES - Institute for Social and Economic Change

152 A])MINISTRATIVE MANAGEME,NT
Pereentage
of total are&.
1. Area protected by means of well-irrigation, • 24.0
2.
Jheels* submersion,
" "
natural moisture, &C. 2.0
3.
Eastern J umna Canal, 4.47
"
4.
Ganges Canal on completion,
" "
24.0
Total, 54.47
Wells, although they cannot be called a natural
means of alieviating the effects of drought,
yet in some districts are so easily construct.3d,
that they need not be looked upon altogether
as an artificial means of ilTigation. The very
large percentage of area protected by them will
be noticed in the last chapter as a preventive
measure.
No. 4. Our next element of doubt is the proportion
of food importation which will be undertaken
by private means. The saying that there
is no Act of Parliament through which a coachand-four
could not be driven, is almost as applicable
to any dictum of political economy.
Mr J. S. Mill, whom I need hardly say I quote
• ManheR, .te., &lI above.