CHOLERA'S RAVAGES IN INDIA.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 209, 3 September 1900, Page 2

CHOLERA'S RAVAGES IN INDIA.

LONDON, July 16.—The Governor of Bombay, telegraphing to the Secretary of State for India, says that there were 9928 eases of cholera in the famine districts during the week ending July 7th, of which 6474 were fatal, and that in the native States there were 9526 cases, of which 5892 were fatal. The total number of deaths on the relief works was 5870, which was 3.9 per 1000. There has been a g-ood rainfall in Surat, Khandersh and the western part of the Deccan, and rain has begun in parts of North Gujerat, where the numbers"-demanding relief is continuing- to increase. The Viceroy of India telegraphs that there were- heavier general, rains last week to Berar and the central provinces of Hyderabad. Tbe rainfall was good, and sufficient for present needs in Rajputa. In Central India there were moderate general rains. The sowing of crops has partly commenced. The monsoon was heavy in Surat, and there were good falls in Ivattywar and Thana. There have been insufficient rains in the Punjab for dry-land sowing. Notwithstanding the imp-ovect prospects no diminution of relief Is possible. On the contrary, the figurelast week were the highest reported, village relief and advances replacing relief work. The condition of the surviving cattle in Western India is deplorable. The health returns from the central provinces are satisfactory. The total number relieved was 6,418,----000.