1. =General Repairs.=--Masonry, plaster, pitching, etc., to be kept in repair. Pitching, where defective or out of line, to be made right. Bumping posts to be fixed in proper positions. Earth to be added to ramps, etc., where needed. Metalling to be regularly seen to. Needles, planks, hooks, railings, winches, lamp-posts, lamps, etc., to be kept in order and complete. Bricks, bats, etc., to be properly stacked. Needles, etc., to be neatly stacked on rests or with bricks under them. All surplus and useless needles, etc., to be removed. Huts to be kept in repair. Extra mud walls or screens not to be allowed when unsightly. All verandah openings to be edged with a 6-inch band of whitewash. 2. =Jungle.=--All masonry to be kept free from jungle growth, and all piers free from caught jungle. For this purpose long bamboo weed-hooks to be supplied. 3. =Dressing, etc.=--Rubbish, lumps of earth, logs, etc., to be cleared away, pits and holes filled up. Banks, slopes, etc., of main and branch channels in the neighbourhood of the work to be specially levelled and dressed. _Note._--All works should be specially seen to in October, and everything be in order by 31st October. APPENDIX D. WATCHING AND PROTECTING BANKS AND EMBANKMENTS.[61] (See page 138.) [61] This is reprinted from _Punjab Rivers and Works_. It was drawn up for inundation canals and flood embankments. 1. =Watching.=--Every watchman employed to have a fixed headquarters and a fixed beat. If there is no permanent hut on or near the bank, grass huts should be erected by the men at the places fixed. The presence or absence of the men to be frequently tested by the mate and suboverseer. The suboverseers tests to be recorded in a book and to form the subject of frequent inquiry by the Subdivisional Officer, who will also record his remarks and take proper action in case the suboverseer is in fault. 2. =Gauge Readers, Regulating Establishment, Bungalow Watchmen, etc.=--To be made to assist whenever possible. The allotment of a beat to each such man has been separately ordered. 3. =Employment of Men on Repairs.=--The men, when not otherwise occupied, to do petty repairs, etc., within their beats, but not to be put on miscellaneous duties and sent about as messengers, nor to act as orderlies or khalassies. 4. =Strength of Establishment.=--Should generally be greater for one and a half months in July and August than at other times. Care to be taken as to this and as to dismissing men when no longer needed. 5. =Stakes and Mallets.=--To be collected beforehand, if necessary, at suitable places, to be accounted for at end of flow season and balance taken care of. 6. =Breaches.=--The Establishment to be trained by the Subdivisional Officer to report every breach to all officials with the greatest possible speed. The mate, daroga, and suboverseer to remain there till the breach is closed and to promptly send a report on the prescribed form to the Subdivisional Officer.