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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1902-1903' [41v] (76/106)
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1902-1903,
Chap, IV.
52
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
Gok&k Canal Storage
Works.
Gadikeri Tank,
Small tanks.
1901-1902.
1902-1903.
Name of work.
Area
Irrigated.
Water-rate
Assessment
Area
Irrigated.
Water-rate
Assessment.
Acres.
Rs.
Acres.
Rs.
Yerla River Irrigation
Works.
3,185
14.565
838
6,465
Chikhli Canal
412
1,841
409
1,900
Maini Tank
1,671
5,881
1,502
5,168
Muchkundi Tank
140
454
90
164
Dambal Tank...
204
583
382
1,041
Medleri Tank...
54
376
118
856
Madag Tank ...
892
2,115
939
2,042
Asundi Tank ...
179
817
168
852 ^
Remarks,
Decrease in area and assessment was
due to scanty supply. An additional
length of v,aste weir to close the
existing gap at Nehr Tank was com!
pleted at a total cost of Rs. 3,032.'
Decrease in area and assessment was
due to good and timely rainfall
The supply of water in these tanks
was ample throughout the year.
Supply was Sufficient for all require-
ments.
The work of pitching the dam was
completed.
Sangogi, Hullur
Goregaon Tanks.
Capital expenditure was incurred on ( 1 ) Extending Distributary No. I of Grok^k Canal
(Shendi Nala extension); ( 2 ) Constructing an Inspection Bungalow at Balobal • and ( 3 )
Improvements to the Regulating Outlets of the Gokak Canal. Items ( 1 ) and Vg) were
completed during the year. The tank overflowed on the 13th June 1902, and the maximum
flood of the year occurred on the 18th July 1902 when the water level rose to 2*84 feet
above the present weir crest, the discharge being estimated at 41,494 cubic feet per second
equal to a run-off of 0-05 inch per hour from the whole catchment basin ( 1.080 square"mi]es') ,
JoLn ° rage WaS firsfc drawn upon 0li the 9fch Febrl:i ary 1903. The area irrigated was
!3 389 acres as compared with 14,335 acres in 1901-19 02, showing a decrease of 7 per cent
solely due to timely and ample rainfall. The water-rate assessment amounted to Rs. 32 661
being a decrease of 12 per cent, over the previous year. The work of raising the* Konur-
th^ g 1 ^ 00 ^^ 1011 Wltl1 the raism g tbe mills pick-up weir was also completed during
_ Improvements to the Gadikeri Tank estimated to cost Rs. 6,500 were taken in hand
during the year and Rs. 2,935 were expended.
Repairs to the tanks at Mamdapur, Timsagar and Kendur and to the Banshankari
JAond m the Bijapur District were carried out at a cost of Rs. 5,318. In the Belgaum Dis
trict torty-seven tanks were repaired at a cost of Rs. 19,482. The expenditure on the survey of
wenty-two tanks and lining out of tanks in progress was Rs. 2,871, Repairs to forty-five
i s m the DMrwdr District were completed or in progress at a total cost of Rs. 5 i 356
LIT 7 er , e 110 c u m P 1 aints about water distribution on the Dharma and Naregal Canals, and all
e tanks ^P^^on them received several replenishments. Surveys for repairs to fourteen
kthfi R f , b^'-r ‘‘l T f U ° f thS . K4nara were in progress. RepaL to two tanks
f Collectorate were m progress, the cost incurred being R S F 132 for current
, ^ F 13, for special repairs. Total expenditure on repairs surveys &c of tink* in
the Southern Division was Rs. 80,444. P * surveys, &c., oi tanks in
and Inspection chaukies at the Sangogi and Hullur Tanks in the Bii 4 pur District were
constructed during the year, and an outlay of Rs. 3,570 was incurred in protecting the works
1 * ae ^ 7 fa “ me , ^bour. On the Goregaon Tank the work of excavating^rial pits along the
line of puddle trench for the preparation of the tank project was in progress
Hullm-VaTpJojecK f ^ ^ in0Urred f ° r SarV6yS f ° r P re P a ™tiou of Saugogi and
also executed toiL W Mailao 0 ufTa S „k n t h^ e t !T g ° gi T? Hullur Ta “ ks ; Certai “ re P airs were
Rs 1 07 480 nnr] *]. l p , lank, tee total expenditure incurred from 33.—Famine being
xts. 1,07,480, and the normal value of the work dope was Rs. 90,358. ®
TFork done by the Superintending Engineer on Special Duty.
estimates submftted^rGovernmentfCT-l ? 6 PanCh Mall4,Is were surveyed, and the plans and
(a) A small tank and canal on the Suki Nala near Kaligam (Dohad).
^ (i) A small tank and canal on the Titudi Nala near Kadwal (Jhalod).
The following work was also done : —
O) Surveys for a small tank and canal East of Limbdi (Jhalod).
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Annual administration report of the Bombay 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. , providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. during the financial year 1902-03. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai] in 1904.
The report is divided into two parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 7-14). Part II comprises chapters I-IX (ff 15-56).
PART II comprises the following:
- ‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 16-22), consisting of: I. North Gujarat; II. South Gujarát; III. North Konkan; IV. South Konkan; V. The Dakhan [Deccan]; VI. Southern Mahratta Country States; VII. Sind [Sindh]; VIII. Aden
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 23-25), consisting of: 1. Realization of Land Revenue; 2. Surveys; 3. Settlements; 4. Waste Lands; 5. Wards’ and Other Estates; 6. Revenue and Rent-paying Classes
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 25-30), consisting of: 1. Course of Legislation; 2. Police; (no item 3) 4. Chemical Analysis; 5. Criminal Justice; 6. Prisons - Civil and Criminal; 7. Civil Justice; 8. Registration; 9. Local Board Administration; 10. Municipal Administration; 11. Military (Volunteering); 12. Marine
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 30-46), consisting of: 1. Agriculture; 2. Weather and Crops; 3. Horticulture; 4. Forests; 5. Mines and Quarries; 6. Manufactures and Industries; 7. Trade; 8. Public Works; 9. Irrigation; 10. Railways; 11. Tramways
- ‘CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 46-51), consisting of: 1. Financial Review, 1902-1903; 2. Mint; 3. Currency; 4. Land Revenue; 5. Irrigation Revenue; 6. Public Works Revenue; 7. Customs; 8. Opium; 9. Salt; 10. Excise; 11. Cotton Duties Act; 12. Stamps; 13. Income Tax; 14. Forests; 15. Local Funds; 16. Municipal Revenue
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISITICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF’ (ff 52-53), consisting of: 1. Births and Deaths; 2. Emigration; 3. Immigration; 4. Medical Relief; 5. Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; 6. Sanitation; 7. Vaccination; 8. Veterinary
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 54-55), consisting of: 1. Education; 2. Literature and the Press; 3. Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 56)
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 56), consisting of: 1. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; 2. Stationery; 3. General Miscellaneous.
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 6. In a small number of instances, there are discrepancies in the spelling, phrasing or inclusion of sub-headings between the table of contents and the body of the report. In these cases, the sub-heading as it appears in the body of the report is included above.
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