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586 1?. P'. $ (YNDA?A M Ri?DD Y connecting the village village itself villagers with port of produce with connecting the the fields so easy--unless the towns place of the as to render these things and ? the abode of the trans- are done any attempt merely to secure compact holdings and to prevent the ryot from sub-dividing his holdings below ? certain limit would not improve the situation st all to any appreciable ideal of s single extent. consolidated As I said holding is of achievement. All that could be done is s holding distributed in ss few places ss possible; and if this is reeognised I think the work of con- solidation could be carried out with the help and willing consent of the villagers themselves. That is the conclusion which forces itself upon my mind from the interviews which I had with s large num- ber of landholders. If, however, any attempt is before the impossible to secure rage that may be derived by owning land under different sources of. irrigation. Even with regard to this matter, if greater facilities could be secured to all the lands in s village it is just possible that the villagers would be quite content to have all their lands consolidated in s block. That is why I laid down as ? necessary corollary to sny l work of con. solidstion that the creation of. facilities for ,rr?gsraon should be seriously taken into consideration. If. this is attempted along with it the process of. consolida. a large numb. er of places much more than what would be required by them so as to secure the adv&n- ms, de to force all the wet lands which s man may own into s single holding it may be resented, just now, the real reason being that these lands are not of the same fertility, nor do they possess equal facilities of irrigation; but they will be prepared for s consolida- tion which will secure their wet ho?dings in two or three blocks instead of their being st present sostt?red in