. There is
already a small canal colony on the Sohag Para Canals and arrangements
for the colonization of the Ganji Bar are now in progress.

[Sidenote: Area, 3156 sq. m.
Cultd area,
2224 sq. m.
Pop. 857,711;
61 p.c. M.
18 p.c. H.
17 p.c. S.
4 p.c. Ch.[13]
Land Rev.
Rs. 37,55,139
= L237,009.]

The ~Lyallpur district~ occupies most of the Sandal Bar, which a quarter
of a century ago was a desert producing scrub jungle and, if rains were
favourable, excellent grass. It was the home of a few nomad graziers.
The area of the district, which was formed in 1904 and added to from
time to time, has been taken out of the Crown Waste of the Jhang and
Montgomery districts on its colonization after the opening of the Lower
Chenab Canal. Some old villages near the present borders of these two
districts have been included. The colonization of the Sandal Bar has
been noticed on pages 139-140. The figures for area and population given
in the margin are for the district as it was before the addition of the
trans-Ravi area of Montgomery.

[Illustration: Fig. 111.]

Lyallpur is divided into the four _tahsils_ of Lyallpur, Jaranwala,
Samundri, and Toba Tek Singh. It consists almost entirely of a flat
plain of fertile loam with fringes of poor land on the eastern, western,
and southern edges. The cultivated area is practically all canal
irrigated. The rainfall of 10 inches does not encourage dry cultivation.
The chief crops are wheat, the oil seed called _toria_, cotton, and
gram. The area of the first much exceeds that of the other three put
together. There is an enormous export of wheat and oil seeds to Karachi.

[Illustration: Fig. 112.]

[Sidenote: Area, 3363 sq. m.
Cultd area,
1214 sq. m.
Pop. 515,526;
82 p.c. M.
Land Rev.
Rs. 11,67,965
= L77,864.]

~Jhang~ now consists of a wedge of country lying between Lyallpur on the
east and Shahpur, Mianwali, and Muzaffargarh on the west. It contains
the valleys of the Chenab and Jhelam rivers, which unite to the
south-west of the district headquarters and flow as a single stream to
the southern boundary. The valley of the Jhelam is pretty and fertile,
that of the Chenab exactly the reverse. In the west of the district part
of the Thal is included in the boundary. The high land between the river
valleys is much of it poor. Irrigation from the Lower Jhelam Canal is
now available. There is a fringe of high land on the east of the Chenab
valley, partly commanded by the Lower Ch