'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915' [‎188v] (46/150)

Chapter II. 20 BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
ADMINISTRATION . . [191 ^
OF the_land. The Record-of-Rights was re-written in all the Government villages of it
Record-of-Rights. . D Ri s i on i as t year except Thana. The work in Tirana was found to be far fr 0 16 Nort k
this year revision was carried out hand in hand with operations for the measure aCCUrate ’ aild
divisions in 2 circles of the Kalyan taluka. The preparation of the record in surve ^ m ° f s4
villages has been completed in Tirana and is m progress in Surat. I n the Ce 1 i
the quinquennial re-writing of the record was in progress in the followina r f Divisio n
tdlukas :— . 6 H
Districts.
Poona
Ahmednagar
East Khandesh
West Khandesh
Sholapur
Nasik
Satara
Talukas.
... Khed, Junnar, Haveli and hrdapur,
... Shrigonda and Karjat.
... Erandol.
... Sakri and Nandurbar.
... Sholapur, Barsi, Madha, Karmala
Pandharpur, Sangola and Malsiras.
... Yeola.
... Nil.
This work except in Haveli of Poona, Barsi of Sholapur and Nandurbar of West PI 1
desh has been completed. Fair copying of the original records of in dm villages in Sp"'
district was completed during the year. The record of Javli taluka was found to be ^
inaccurate and had to be revised by a special staff. It has yet to be re-written, J n 7
Purandhar taluka of the Poona district and in Khandala mahal of Satara district the sub
division measurement disclosed that the record written previously in many villao-es is b
very bad state. It is to be re-written after the sub-division survey. In the Southern Divisio!
the preparation of the original record was in progress in the khoti villages of Kolaba and io
the Roha and Mangaon talukas of Ratnagiri. Fair copying of the record has been completed
in Roha and is in progress in Mangaon. In the Mandangad, Chiplun, Guhagar and half of
Dapoli talukas the re-writing has been completed. In the rest of the district it awaits the
completion of the sub-division survey. In Vengurla, Sangameshwar and Ratnagiri talukas
the record is being rewritten simultaneously with the measurement of sub-divisions. The
Record-of-Rights was newly promulagted in 4 villages of Ratnagiri one village of
Bijapur, 30 Azam villages of Belgaum and 11 indm and isdfat villages of Kolaba. The re
writing of the record in the coast talukas of Kanara is postponed pending the measurement
of sub-divisions.
Sub-division
measurement.
4. In the Northern Division measurement of sub-divisions was carried out by plane
in the Broach, Surat and Kaira districts. The Broach district has now been wholly com
The work remaining to be done is in Chikhli taluka of Surat, and Borsad, Matar, Mehmi
talukas and part of Kapadvanj taluka of the Kaira district. There were 15 parties of 8
measurers each under a survey Mamlatdar working in these districts. The work was done in
483 viliages. Out of 264,421 total survey numbers in these villages 66,528 survey numbers
were measured and 235,011 sub-divisions formed. In the Thana district the measurement of
sub-divisions was started in January with a staff of 20 measurers including 3 nimtdnddn
supervised by a head surveyor. The staff was subsequently increased to 47, new hands being
trained for the work. The work was taken up in the Kalyan taluka. These parties had
first to revise the Record-of-Rights in the field before taking up the measurement of sub
divisions. They revised 83,382 entries in the Record-of- Rights, measured 24,911 hissas and
amalgamated 7,000 hissas. The number of villages completed up to date is 434 in the Salsette,
Mahim, Bassein and Dahanu talukas and Umbargaon peta. In the Central Division the
measurement of sub-divisions was carried out to a greater extent than last year. There were
12 parties working in the field and 2 more stationed at headquarters for calculation of
assessments. The total number of men engaged on these parties was 300. The post of a
second survey Mamlatdar was therefore created to supervise the work. In addition to these
14 parties, 2 parties were working in East Khandesh, one in West Khandesh and one u
Kalvan taluka of Nasik district under the supervision of the respective district inspectors.
The plane table A basic surveying technique using an alidade attached to a horizontally mounted drawing board.  was used this year to a greater extent than last year. Seventy men sprea
over 7 parties under sub-nimtdnddrs worked the plane table A basic surveying technique using an alidade attached to a horizontally mounted drawing board.  with considerable success in tie
Khandala peta of Wai taluka, Satara district, in Purandhar taluka of Poona distric ant
Sinnar taluka of Nasik district. The other parties worked with chain and cross sta m
following talukas :—
Districts.
Talukas.
East Khandesh
West Khandesh
Nasik
Ahmednagar
Poona
Sholapur
... Yawal and Erandol.
... Dhulia and Sindkheda.
... Kal van.
... Sangamner, Parner and Kaijat.
... Indapur and Haveli.
... Sholapur.