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1902-1903.1 PUBLIC WORKS. 43 Chap. 17.
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A sum of Es. 1,29,675 was expended on various works connected with Government House, distribution.
Malabar point to complete the scheme for rendering it suitable for the accommodation of His
Excellency the Governor, his staff, Body Guard and servants. A plain railing round the |“^ r e ““nt 0 GOT- al
compound of the Secretariat Building at Bombay, which was m progress in the previous year, ernment officers and
was completed (cost Es. 3,314). The bungalow for the Assistant Collector, Thana, on Pdrsik secretariat Offices.
Hill was completed (cost Es. 14,403). A bungalow for the Assistant Collector at Broach was
commenced and completed (cost Rs. 10,368). Additional bed-room accommodation at Government
House Ganesb Khind, was in progress, the revised estimate for which amounts to Es. 37,080,
and a dispensary and office ^ith servants^ quarters were constructed at a cost of Es. 6,3-27.
The additional storied building for the Government House at Mahabaleshvar (cost Es. 6,616)
was completed. The construction of a block of two bed-rooms with bath-rooms for the
Government House at Mahabaleshvar, estimated to cost Es. 3,9 14, was commenced.
An ornamental wooden shed round the tank, Juma Mosque, Ahmedabad (a contribution an(1
work), was erected in place of the existing plain one of corrugated iron (cost Rsf. 3,229). <]
Certain improvements in the compound of the Shah A'lam Roza, estimated to cost Es. 3,408,
were in progress. Certain special repairs to the Gol Gumbaz, Ibialiim Roza and oubei buildings
at Bijapur ^were carried out. The total expenditure on archaeological buildings and remains
during the year was Rs. 22,660 (inclusive of Rs. 5,628 from contributions)*
A sum of Rs. 76,314 was expended on the new Anatomical Rooms for the Grant Medical
College, Bombay. Additions, and alterations to the Alahalaksbmi Female Tiaimng College,
Ahmedabad, estimated to cost Rs. 38,325, were in progress, and certain additions to the
PrincipaFs quarters, Male Training College, were carried out (cost Rs 4,877). The work or
constructing two Lecture Halls at the Deccan College, Poona, which was greatly delayed by
plague, is approaching completion (cost Rs. 18,068). An upper story was added to the workshop
of the College of Science, Poona, at a cost of Rs. 7,309. The construction of the Male and
Female Training Colleges at Poona, estimated to cost Rs. 1,76,648 and Rs. o7,293 respectively,
including residences, was commenced during the yeai\ and a boarding house with out-houses for
the Training College at Dhulia was in progress, the estimated cost being Rs. 38,630. Tke
construction of new buildings at the Training College, Dhdrwar, estimated to cost Rs. 42,9/4,
was commenced and an expenditure of Rs. 19,222 incurred. Residential quarters for the
masters of the Training College at Hyderabad were in progress. The expenditure was
Rs. 21,024 against an estimate of Rs. 33,373.
The Lord Harris Primary School at Bombay was completed (cost Rs. 47 312). The floors Schools,
of the Eeay Art Workshops in the compound of the Sir J. J. School of Art at Bombay were
improved by substituting stone pavement for mud (cost Rs. 3,851). The work of certain
additions and alterations to the High School at Broach was completed (cost Rs. 5,362), Some
materials for the hostel for the High School at Nadiad, estimated to cost Rs. 31,057,^ were
collected and Rs. 8,529 were spent. The construction of the hostel for the Telang High School
at Godhra, estimated to cost Rs. 18,798, was commenced. The work of constructing a school-
house at Matar for girls was completed (cost Rs. 3,636). The school-house for boys and girls
at Mahudha was in progress, the expenditure being Rs. 9 ^463 a^ain t 6 6 S ^
Rs. 16,881. A dormitory for 28 boys at the Reformatory School at Yeravda was m progress,
estimated, cost Rs. 9,920. School-houses (incorporated Local) at Dholwad and Belhe in the
Poona District were in progress, the estimates amounting to Rs. 3,162 and Rs. 3,825 respectively.
An Orphanage and Training School at Poona (a contribution work) was completed at a cost of
Rs. 41,34|). The Northcote High School at Sholapur was completed at a total cost of
Rs. 50,582 against an estimate of Rs. 47,752. The Local Fund School at Malsiras in Sholapur
was also completed at a total cost of Rs. 3,671. The construction of three Local Fund schools
at Akola, Belapur and Sheogaon in the Ahmednagar District was in progress, the total
expenditure during the year being Rs. 11,976. The work of renewing and raising the roof of
the Sardars’ High School at Belgaum (cost Rs. 14,696) was completed. The construction of a
school-house at Jugal in the Athm Taluka of the Belgaum District, estimated to cost Rs. 2,520,
was in progress. Materials for the erection of hostels for the High School at Ratndgiri,
estimated to cost Rs. 27,426, were collected. The new High School and gymnasium at Bijapur
(cost Rs. 46,199) were completed. The construction of a Technical School at Wakawli in the
Eatnagiri District was in progress, the expenditure during the year being Rs. 3,406. The
Kouramal Chandanmal Boys' School at Bhiria in the Hyderabad (Sind) District was completed
at a cost of Rs. 2,734. A boarding house for the High School at Shikarpur (cost Es. 16,900)
and additions to the High School at Shikarpur (Rs. 11,805) were completed.
The thatched roof over the Protestant Church at Sholdpur was replaced by Mangalore tiles Ecclesiastical,
at a total cost of Rs. 5,859. The St. Sepulchre's Cemetery at Poona and the cemetery at
Ahmednagar were extended at costs of Rs. 7,550 and Rs. 2,519 respectively.
The work of providing a lantern to the Central Criminal Court in His Majestys' High Law and Justice,
Court buildings at Bombay, estimated to cost Rs. 12,884, was commenced. Improvements to
the drainage of the Claremont Premises used as 2nd and 4th Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. Magistrates' Courts
at Mazgaon, Bombay, were completed (cost Rs. 2,892). The Mamlatddr s Katcheri at Nevasa
in the Ahmednagar District was converted into a Court-house at a cost of Rs. 4,185. A new
Court-house for the District and Subordinate Judges at Nasik was in progress, estimated cost
Rs. 94,964. The construction of a Subordinate Judge's Court-house at Belgaum, estimated to
cost Rs. 18,377, and additions and alterations to the Ad4lat buildings at Ratn4,giri, estimated