'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1902-1903' [‎20v] (34/106)

Chap. I.
POLITICAL.
10
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT*
[1902-1903.
Tributary States.
Savanur, and
Sdtdra Jdghirs.
Registration.
Municipality.
Medical Relief
and Vital Statistics.
6. 183 documents affecting property of the value of Rs. 52,832 were registered.
7. The opening balance of the Municipality was Rs. 765, the income Its. 4,263, the expen
diture Rs. 4,009 and the closing balance Rs. 1,019.
8. The Savanur Dispensary treated 12,444 out-door and 7 in-door patients. Births fell
from 528 to 495, while deaths rose from 1,443 to 1,686 owing chiefly to plague. Vaccinations
decreased to 455.
Education.
9. The number of schools open was 11 with an attendance of 512 against 12 in the previous
year with an attendance of 597. The expenditure fell from Rs. 5,637 to Rs. 5,515.
V.-THE DAKHAN.
SA'TA'RA JA'GHIRS.
Ruling Chiefs,
Residence,
Caste,
Age.
Where educated.
TLeirs,
Meberbin Parsh-
r4m Rao Pandit
Pratinidhi.
Aundh
Brahmin, Hindu .
46
Private tuition ...
Has male heir.
Meberban Mudhoji
R4o Naik Nim-
bilkar.
Pbaltan
Kshatriya, Hindu.
65
Do.
Do.
Meberban Shankar
R&o Chimnlji
Pant Sacbiv.
Bbor
Bahrain, Hindu .
49
Do. ...
Do.
Meberbdn Fatteh*
sing Sayaji Rije
Bbosle alijis
Bapu Sabeb.
Akalkot .*•
Mar&tha, Hindu..
(Minor).
Meberb-tn RAm
Rao Aba S&heb
Daphle.
Jatb ...
Do.
18
R&jkumdr College,
Rdjkot.
Has no male
heir.
Rtini Bai SAheb
Daphle.
Dapblipur
Do. ...
69
Privately at Mu-
dbol.
Do.
Area—3,812, square miles; Population (1901)—397,640; Gross Revenue (1902-1903)—Rs. 14,71,698 ;
Tribute to British Government—Rs. 35,235 ; Military Force—AQ3; Principal Articles of
Production —Rice, n4gli, sava, juvari, wheat, gram, cotton, bajri, groundnuts, jagri, sugarcane,
linseed, &e.; Manufactures— coarse or common shelas, cholis and common barnus, kamlis,
carpets, brass pots, &c.
General,
Season and Crops.
Revenue and
Expenditure.
Police.
Criminal Justice.
Prisons.
Civil Justice.
Registration.
Municipalities.
Public Works.
\ ital Statistics.
Medical
Institutions.
Education,
1. The Sattfra Jaghirs comprise the six States of Aundh, Phaltan, Bhor, Akalkot, Jath
and Daphlapur. Owing to the minority of their Chiefs, Akalkot and Jath were under the
control of an Administrator appointed by Government. The Chief of Bhor attended the
Coronation Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). at Delhi. The two eldest daughters of the late Raje Saheb of Akalkot were
married to Shri Ram Savant Bbosle Raje Bahadur, Sar Desai of Savantvadi, and to Shrimant
Ram Rao Aba Saheb Daphle, Chief of Jath, on 18th May 1902.
2. The rain was seasonable in Akalkot and the harvest good. In Jath the rain, though
late, was good, and the outturn of kharif and rabi crops averaged respectively 8 and 12 annas,
he outturn in Daphlapur and Bhor was very fair. The early crops in Phaltan failed almost
entneiy owing to inopportune rains, but the average outturn of the late crops was from 8 to
annas. In Aundh the rainfall was generally abundant, but it was unseasonable in places
and the outturn was uneven.
3. The combined revenues of the Jagbirs fell from Bs. 15,97,360 to Rs. 14,71,698 and
the expenditure from Rs. 15,16,790 to Rs. 13,98,980. Jath raised a loan of Rs. 25,000 from
Government.
4. The Police force consisted of 592 men of all grades, maintained at a cost of Rs. 65,878.
e number of offences reported was 656, in connection with which 476 persons were arrested
of whom 63 per cent, were convicted as against 68 per cent, in 1901-1902. The value of stolen
property amounted to Rs. 13,866, of which Rs. 6,057 was recovered as against the previous
year s figures of Rs. 16,358 and Rs. 8,961. S F
7 ^ Courts dealt with 1,900 persons, of whom 817 were convicted, giving a
percentage of 43 as against 55 in the previous year. ' b
6. There were 8 prisons, m which 347 persons were confined at a cost of Rs. 7,277
(exclusive of Aundh, for which figures are not available).
7. Out of 2,213 civil suits for disposal, 1,788 were decided against 1,942 in 1901-1902.
8. There were 4,507 documents registered against 4,882. Fees realized Rs. 4,927 against
Rs. 5,368. 6
y.
mere were 4 Municipalities (2 m Bhor and 1 each in Phaltan and Jath) with a:
aggregate income of Rs. lo,277 and expenditure of Rs. 14,598.
ISOIMOO^ 16 0Utla7 ^ works amounfced to Rs - 99,397 against Rs. 1,08,148 ii
-Dirths and deaths numbered 14,212
me increase in Uie
i ii , . , * ~ ~ — “-■.u'-'xwv* -*■ - 1 ',^anu. io,ooz respectively,
death-rate was due to plague. There were 11,320 persons vaccinated.
12. In the 6 medical institutions 47,735 patients were treated at a total cost of Rs. 13,839
The it nu “ ber of schools fell from 161 to 151 and the attendance from 6,461 to 5,765.
Ihe cost of education increased, however, from Rs. 36,168 to Rs. 38,507.