ABSTRACT
Mr. Smith himself was selected for the duty. He was stationed at Kaliganj, remaining, however, subordinate to the Sundarban Commissioner, and being employed in the Sundarbans during the cold season. The Sundarbans formed the subject of a long report by the Board in 1855, and various suggestions were thrown out for their improvement. In 1857, owing to the spread of cultivation, the Superintendent of Embankments raised the question whether Government was obliged to protect the Sundarban grants. In 1860 the management of the Government property there was made over to the Sundarban Commissioner, with instructions to clear the jungle, lease out the land to rice cultivators, keep the embankments in repair, and collect the rents of the town. Government thus acquired the right, title and interest of the municipality and became the proprietor of the whole property with the exception of the free-hold town lots.
