'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1903-1904' [‎76v] (40/112)

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BOMBAY ADMJNISTBATIOIT REPOET.
Chap- II.
ADMINISTRA
TION OF THE
LAND.
Levelling operations.
Northern Division.
Central Division.
Southern Division,
Sind.
[1903'
'190},
January 1904 after a lapse of 29 years, and observations are now being recorded there,
Observatory at Port Albert Victor (K^thiafwar) was closed in April 1904, after four comDb
years of observations, which will furnish sufficient data for the prediction of the tide/'
the future. 111
The tide tables for Indian Ports, including ten ports under the Bombay Government f
the year 1904 were published as usual.
2. There were no levelling operations in the 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. during the year,
3. Revenue Surveys.
1. In all three divisions of the 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. Proper the temporary establishments ^
either augmented or replaced by the appointment of six permanent Surveyors. In the Nortl/
Division the Survey party was employed in the Kaira and Ahmedabad Districts in conuecth
with the measurement of lands taken up for famine relief works and of other lands. A total 51
1,762 survey numbers, with an area of 6,328 acres, was measured. Two of the permane 1
Surveyors were employed for six months in instructing the Survey Classes of Circle Inspector
The stall of Correction Classers carried out corrections in Survey Records necessitated k '
measurement of lands taken up for famine relief works and dealt, in all, with M22 s L
numbers. The staff of Register Writers were employed on the preparation and duplication j
the akarbands of six tdlukas and on the preparation of the himayat assessment statements for R
Matar Taluka. *
2. The Akr^ni field party was maintained at its full strength, in addition to the net
six permanent Surveyors. Its work consisted of the complete measurement and classification o'
four inam villages and the partial measurement and classification of one infim village in the Ndsil
Poona and Satara Districts, the complete measurement of 14 villages and the partial
measurements of two villages in the AkMni Pargana, the complete classification of 13 villas
in the Akrfini Pargana, and the erection of boundary marks in four villages in the Nasit
District. The Survey DaftarddPs establishment prepared the alcarlands of 77 Government ui
20 infim villages of the Khandesh, Nasik, Sdtara and Sholapur Districts, and did worH
connection with the settlement reports of 499 villages of the Nasik and Kh&ndesh Districts. Ttf
Survey Daftard^r gave instruction in settlement work to the Circle Inspectors attending tk
Survey Classes. ° [
3. . Six permanent Surveyors displaced the temporary field party. They conducted
classes in Survey for Circle Inspectors. The temporary classes helped in working off arrears
of correction work in the Kolaba District Survey Office and the arrears of measurement wort
in the Bijfipur District.
. the usual five Survey parties were engaged in various parts of the province
Iheir operations extended to 27,498 survey numbers with an area of 138,290 acres. %
s rength of the establishment was reduced from 48 to 43 men, so the area covered was somewhat
ess than in the previous year. Two other Revenue Surveyors, working independently,
measured 4,6 JO acres. In addition to this, arrears to the extent of 1,459 survey numbers whicl
had been akeady measured, were cleared off by being plotted on the maps and entered,
the Village Register^ A Survey Class was held for the training of Assistant and Depi
Colleetors and Muktiarkars. Ihe total, cost of the Land Record Office, exclusive of the«
t n 6 Arfoto 'T uch ls . met from tlle village cess fund, was approximately Rs. 97,497 again
Rs. 1,00,248 in the previous year. > o *
4. Bombay Forest Survey.
rn, , Th 7 e R .on rest Sum> y P art y carried on operations in the Northern and Central Circles. Ii
cnwriJl in aJ U f 16 W! 68 were surveyed on the 8-inch scale, while nearly 82 square miles wa
were S1 ^ - e & i ame sca ^ e - Satdra and Khandesh Districts 576 square miles
comnletld y hl e the advanoe triangulation A surveying technique in which the position of a network of points is determined by creating a series of triangles between them and measuring at least two of the internal angles and one side length. of 677 square miles w
Ztv nntrtooWb! T 4 ° f th f« 0 P“ a tions was Rs.”78,449. In addition to this*
16-ffich scale. k h SU1 ' Vey 0t Matheran HiU Sta tion and completed 3'33 miles ontk
3- Settlements.
1. 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. Proper.
Talulms^f^Surat^wPv/ 6 ^ 8 ^ sanctioned by Government for the Mfindvi and P^ 1
cent, in the assessnmnf nfTT ^ ° £ these settl ^ents was an increase of 4'6 pi
rates for one iX vilL^ T™ Mluka and . of 8 ' 19 “ ‘tat of the latter taluka. Re*
year. In the Central n- U1 ' aua d vere i sanctioned, and will he introduced during the eorra
villages in the Khdn.Wb n-If 1 - 0 ? or l glna ! settlements were introduced in 188 Governmfi
in the districts of Kh - i a 1 ?*' a ', 1 revised rates in two such villages, while 7 inam villaj?
result S an iimasTff^ A t h “ edM « ar aad Satdra were settled or re- ettled, the total B<
Settlement of four M nh 9 «, P f: ° ent A. in the asse ^ment. Proposals for the Re*«
- ement ot tour tdlukas of the Sholapur District were sanctioned.