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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1902-1903' [42v] (78/106)
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Chap, IV.
54
[1902^1903,
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
Eiver Gauges.
Expenditure.
An attempt is being made to gauge the rivers also in connection with the above pr 0 ,
jects. The following gauges have been put up :
(a) For the Ghat areas, observations extending from 1st. June to 31st Decem.
ber, except in the case of the Sina River, observations for which were taken for the
whole year.
District.
Project. .
River.
Site.
Bhor State
Nira ...
Nira ...
Natambi.
Bhor State
Nira ...
Gunjowni
Mohori.
Belganm
Gok4k
Tamraparni ...
Rajgoli.
Satara... ...
Krishna
Koyna
Helwak.
Nasik ...
Godaveri
Kadwa
Karanjawan.
Nagar ...
Mula ... ...
Mula ...
Rahuri.
Nagar ...
Sina ...
\
Sina ••• ... •»»
Hatwalan.
(h) For pick-up weirs and canals, observations extending from 1 st September
to 1st June or the beginning of the monsoon, viz. 3 for the period when the discharges
are less than 2,000 cusecs :—
District.
Project.
River.
Site,
SctitcLI cb « • • •••
Krishna
Krishna
Pundi.
Nasik ... ...
Godaveri
Godaveri
Nandur Madhmesh.
war.
Poona ...
Ghat Tanks ...
Kukari
Shirapur.
Poona ...
Do • • • • • • •
Ghod ...
Katapur.
The total expenditure for the year has been :—■
Rs.
Establishment ... ... ... ... 1,03,844
Works ... ... ... ,33,901
Tools and Plant ... ... ... ... 34,641
Total ... 1,72,386
Establishment. # The establishment under the Superintending Engineer on the 31st March 1903 con
sisted of one Executive Engineer and two Assistants on the permanent establishment; two
temporary Assistant Engineers under covenant from England and four engaged in India;
nine Sub-Engineers, ten Upper Subordinate Surveyors and twenty Lower Subordinate
Surveyors, all on the temporary establishments.
Character of the
Inundation.
Desert Canal.
Unhar Wah.
Begari Canal.
' SIND.
The inundation of 1902 was a very bad one. In June the river kept up well, but it
fell in July, and in August was -lower than it had been during the last 40 years, with the
exception of 1899. Fortunately, exceptional and heavy showers of rain fell all over the
Province at intervals throughout the season, especially in August and September when
most needed and were the means of saving the crops over a vast area, which must have
otherwise suffered severely, if they had not failed entirely. The fair irrigating level of
13 feet at Bukkur was reached on 31st July, but was only touched for 5 days in the season,
as compared with 42 days in 1901, and 55 days in 1900. The highest level at Bukkur wai
13 o feet on 1 st August as compared with 16-4 feet on 15th August 1901. Water touched
S emb “kments. The river at Kotri did not reach the fair irri-
gating level ol 17 feet, during the season, its maximum height being 15-9 feet on 4th August,
Indus Bight Bank Division.
The remodelling of the Desert Canal was practically completed. The work done during
the KTndhkot R ’ Y /““fUT ° f Y Ad , io Wah and two distributaries from
Rs ^6 627 Tl ] ’ ^ T l6S m eDg Y respectively. The outlay on works was
factorilviu sniJ^ it na1, ln f ]udl “g lts benches and distributaries, worked fairly satis-
was cIoLd Y llh iah^y^Orf^^ir ^ 10 " “ ^ ° n 6th JuM 1902 ^
the oui e v W R dfenin Y f tbe ® a *kd bra nch of the UnMr Wah and its head regulator was completed,
suted badlV nud g 4 yea I Under rep0rt - Y ng Rs - 8 ’ 2 79 - The dhand w bich feeds tlY canal
resortedloho sate th U e P £ p r Satlsfactor y th ™ghout season and rotation had to be
Thei^^^tbiTl^YU". 3 ^ June and closed for repairs on 20th December,
pply was on the whole satisfactory especially in the lower part of the canal.
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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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