'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1903-1904' [‎92r] (71/112)

1903-1901.]
PUBLIC WORKS.
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t, b™g alow . with out-houses for the A’bkari Inspector at Taloda (estimated amount
Bs. j ) was m piogress. The warehouse for storing g4nja and subsidiary buildino-s at
Ahmednagar were completed at a cost of Rs. 24,587. A warehouse at Vita, estimated to "’cost
Us. o,l , roi the storage oi ganja was commenced and an expenditure of Us. 7,328 wa®
incurred. ;
Hot-water appliances for baths were fitted up at the Government House, Malabar Point
Bombay, at a cost of Ks. 10,804. The additional bed-rooms at Government House, Ganesh
Khmd, were completed at a co-t of Rs. S6,23l against an estimate of Rs. 37,546. The work
of renewing Zenana compound walls to the servants' quarters, Ganesh Khind, was almost
completed at a cost ot Rs. 5,904, the estimated amount being Rs. 6 138. The works of
rebuilding certain servants quarters at Ganesh Rhind (estimate Rs. 5,571V renewing* the
cedmg of the Ball Room at Government House (estimate Rs. 13,209), renewing the roofs of
Ros. 1 and 2 btat Bungalows, of terraces and floors of arcades (estimates Rs. 19,392 and
Rs. 4,5/1 respectively), renewing the floors of various rooms (estimate Rs. 10 466) were in
progress. The block of two bed-rooms with bath-rooms for the Government House '
Mahableshwar, commenced m the previous year, was completed (cost Rs. 3,583).
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,616,
-n I h o e n W ° rk eonver ^ n g tk 0 Nagarkliana at Bijdpur into a museum, estimated to cost
Rs. 0,939, was commenced^ the expenditure during the year being Rs. 2,794.
)a 7; was in % A sum of Rs. 1,862 was spent in maintaining the Elephanta Caves at Ghdrdpuri, which
ation in the Cm are . on }7 a F cl: 18 eolo g lca l remains 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. District, and these were inspected by the
ustoms stafUj. Executive Engineer. Out of the eight arch geological remains in the Thana District seven
5. 10,530. were . r 0 P ai ™ 0r conserved at a cost of Rs. 45L All the eight were inspected by the Executive
Engineer. Out of the ten archseological buildings in the Kaira and Panch Mahals District
; ost Rs. 1,61,8| s ^ s were repaired and four were conserved at a cost of Rs. 828. All of them were inspected
mpleted ataes Executive Engineer. Out of the 47 archaeological buildings in the Ahmedabad District
17 were conserved and one was repaired at a cost of Rs. 23,099 while 29 were inspected by the
n 40 ^ Executive Engineer. A photograph of the Mosque of Balol Khan Qoazi at Dholka was
u t-il t akea - While excavating for the purpose of repairs the old floor of the Roza of Batwa
old Jail bmldiiji (Burhan-nd-din Kutbul Alamos Tomb) some ancient gold and silver coins (the former weioRina*
l minor addition about 96 tolas and the latter about 6 tolas) were discovered and these were handed over to
Its. 12,694, w the Revenue Department. Out of the three archaeological remains in the Surat and Broach
3 KacheriaU District two. were inspected by the Executive Eugineer. All the three are in fairly o>ood order.
Lad (cost Rs, 2 j The expenditure during the year was Rs. 643, The archseological remains in the Poona
iacheri at II District, viz., the Hill Fort at Shivneri, the Ganesh Caves at Junnar, the tomb of Dilawarkhan
ted, the expei a ! Khed, the Karli Caves and the Bhaja Caves, were inspected by the Executive Enoineer and
td Shevgaonii found in good order!. The expenditure incurred was Rs. 2,154 on works and Rs.^ 1,234 on
spectively) m repairs. The expenditure on works was for provision of quarters for a custodian and railing
5 for the woii an 6 gate to the entrance to the caves at Karli. An experiment was made in destroying shrubs)
s for theMamli: ro °^ e t 0 o i n the walls and bastions of the Fort at Sholapnr with Atlas Preservative * 3 A at a
Is. 3,684 agail cos ^ .°^ Es. 198. The only archeological remains inspected during the year by the Executive
atdar's Rack Engineer, Sholapur, were the Forts at Sholapur and Karmdla. Repairs to the Malikarjun's
rtain improveffl ^ 0 m P| e Karjat, Damdi Musjid at Ahmednagar, Laxmi NarayaAs temple at Pedgaon, and
KMndesh Disl Eevks temple at Mandavgan in the Ahmednagar District were carried out at a cost of Rs. 210,
deuce for a Res 0ut °f which Rs. 136 were expended in wire-fencing round the Laxmi Narayan’s temple at
ras completed l Eedgaon. Damdi .Musjid was inspected. Conservation and repairs of certain archaeological
Bail Hongalii bui ^. m ^ s anc ^ remains in the Khdndesh District were carried out and an expenditure of Rs. 344
an expendit® ^ as klcu H e( * ^ ul ’ing the year. The Pandavas’ Wada at Erandol was inspected by the Execu-
ie DMiwarhist ^ V0 Engineer. An expenditure of Rs. 135 was incurred in maintaining the archaeological
66 and Rs, v. 1D ^ S m tke Nasik district, and the Executive Engineer inspected (1) the temple of
16 008 rpsoecflif ^ aeskwar ^apfashring Hill, ( 2 ) the Pandav Lena Caves, (3) the Gondeshwar temple at
i R s P an( i tl ? e Aesk war's temple at Sinnar. The three groups of dolmens at Konur in
^ QQ>n wpli fii ^°. k ^ k EMuka in the Belgaum District were preserved, and the Asad Khan s Darga and
^ J ^B - 0 Jam tem ple in the Fort of Belgaum were repaired and maintained. In Dharw^r and
a • E-dnara the items on the list were maintained and preserved. In the Satdra District, the
• lr * Les Endhist Caves in the. Karad and Patan Talukas were repaired and kept in a-ood order. At
nC u 5 'a E 1 japur the restoration of Gol Gumbaz, estimated to cost Rs. 11,032, was commenced and
3 sabaa, ca a St 2,271 were expended. Certain special repairs to the Ibrahim Roza (cost Rs. 18 247) and
ctioned esci other buildings at Bijapur were carried out. In addition to these, the number of “ Remains ^
Hast year; we inspected by the Executive Engineers were Belgaum 4, Bijdpur 39, DIMrwdr 8, Kdnara 7,
1 cost ol W*' Ratn^giri and Kolaba 1. The following .are the four Remains of archaeological interest in the
Iso converted Indus Left Bank Division, of which, the first two are in charge of the Executive Engineer
ddent cithern Hyderabad Canals District, and the other two in charge of the Executive Engineer
3,o02 agai^ entral Hyderabad Canals District:-'—(1) Budhist Stupa at Thul Rukanj (2) Tomb of
LandReco# Nur Mahomed Kalhoro at Moro ; (3) Tomb of Gulam Shah Kalhoro at Hyderabad ; (4) Tomb
1 0 f i of .Gulam Nabi Kalhoro at Hyderabad. All of these were inspected by the Executive Engineers.
/,872, resp^ His Excellency the Viceroy visited the two tombs at Hyderabad in November 1903. The
ury and following buildings and remains in the Indus Right Bank Division were inspected Jami
the ttfo a1 ^ Mahomed's Tomb at Khudabad, Dadu Taluka, Mir Masum's Minar and Tomb
ts of Rs, Vj an( f ^ a0 Masumi Sayed's tombs at Sukkur. A caretaker was engaged from 16th November
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Chap. IV.
PRODUCTIQISr
AND
DISTRIBUTION-
Excise Buldings.
Residences for Local
Governments,
Government officers
and Secretariat
offices.
Museums,
Monuments and '
antiquities.