1,164,595 acres | 8,631| 8,721|6,590|4,576|4,128|4,364| 5,211| 5,591 | | | | | | | | Add absorption for| | | | | | | | new projects | 3,414| 3,414|2,139|2,139|2,139|2,139| 3,414| 2,564 +------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------ Supply required | | | | | | | | for new projects | | | | | | | | at heads of canals|12,045|12,035|8,729|6,715|6,267|6,503| 8,625| 8,155 ------------------+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------ “The average discharge given by the third line is 5,546, and the average area being 1,155,685 acres, the duty at the heads of distributaries was 208. “The area 1,164,595 is the perennial rabi irrigation of the new projects, the area 156,424 acres, receiving only first waterings, being omitted to admit of a fair comparison, and is only 1 per cent. under the average attained on the Chenab Canal in the three years for which the table is prepared. “The absorption added for the two first periods is on the supposition that all the canals are open throughout October and March, tatilling[46] with an average absorption loss of 2,139 cusecs[47] being in force during the other four months. The last line of the table shows the average Rabi discharge required by the new projects at the heads of canals, inclusive of all losses calculated on the Chenab Canal basis of a duty of 208 acres per cusec obtained at the heads of distributaries. [46] “Tátíl” is the Indian word for rotational closure. [47] “Cusec” is used in India for c. ft. per second. “The Bari Doab Canal statistics furnish the means of the adequacy of available supply being gauged. The following table furnishes particulars for the average supply of water entering the head of the canal for the five years 1898-99, 1899-1900, 1901-02, 1902-03, 1903-04. The figures for the year 1900-01 are omitted, as it was a very abnormal one of very plenteous supply and heavy rainfall:-- “The average irrigation for the five years in question was 442,302 inclusive of 11 per cent. which only receives first waterings. This divided by the average supply, 1,685, entering the head of a canal gives a duty of 263 acres per cusec at the heads of distributaries. BARI DOAB CANAL.