ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY 27
This variety in the system was reduced to uniformity by Lord Dulhousie who created a separate department of the state for dealing with questions connected with Public Works.
We will review in brief the Public Works that were executed under the regime of the East India Company.
(1) Canals
Ganges Canal—449 1/2 miles.
East and West Jumna Canal—445 miles of the West Jumna Canal were completed.
Punjab Canals—425 miles of the Boree-Doab Canal in the Punjab were executed in May, 1856.
Madras Irrigation Works—Tanks, reservoirs, and “annicuts” or dams, across the beds of the Cauvery, Godavery, and Kistna Rivers.
(2) Truck Roads miles cost
From Calcutta to Peshawar 1,423 1,423,000
From Calcutta to Bombay 1,002 500,000
From Madras to Bangalore 200 37,121
From Bombay to Agra 734 243,676
From Rangoon to Prome 200 160,000
(3) Railways
From Calcutta to Burdwan 120
From Bombay to Wassind 50
From Bombay to Compooie 10
From Madras to Vellore 81
(4) Electric Telegraphs
From Calcutta to Peshawar
From Agra to Bombay in all about 4000 miles From Bombay to Madras
Mr. Hendricks says “Comparative to area and population, the extension of these works has not been either so great or so continuous as might be desired. If we exclude those undertakings that are of a purely military character, and review the items which may be classed under Land and Water Channels of Communication and Irrigation Works, or in other words, the Revenue— productive Public Works, in recent years of most activity, it