ABSTRACT
Proposals were made for reclamation work and the repair of embankments in the Government estates, and the raiyatwari rules and leases for the Bakarganj Sundarbans examined in detail with the intention of adapting them to the requirements of the 24-Parganas. The revenue of the resumed grants remained at Rs. 6,368, derived from Shikarpur 2nd portion, Mansadwip 2nd portion and Sagar Island 3rd portion, with the addition of Rs. 25 collected from the Port Commissioners of Calcutta for a semaphore on Sagar Island 1st portion. The reclamation of 2,750 bighas in Sagar Island was completed and 808 acres were settled with 305 colonists. Reclamation was also commenced in 1,570 bighas of Sagar Island, 300 bighas of the second portion and the remaining 110 bighas of the third portion. The history of the three portions of Sagar, being the area in which the reclamation scheme has been applied can be narrated most conveniently together.
