'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [‎38r] (74/137)

CHAPTER IT.—PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.
- For—
POWER INDUSTRIES AND HANDICRAFTS
See—
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR 1901-1902, PART 11
PAGES 118-121.
1. Agriculture.
Tfov details see Season and Crop Report of tlie 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. for 1907-1908 and Report of the Department of
Agriculture for 1907-1908 ; also Tables 3, 4 and 10 appended to the Agricultural Statistics of British India.
1.—Area of Available Statistics.
The reporting area 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. proper and Sind increased by 24,000 and 11,000 acres
respectively. Introduction o£ the Survey Settlement in the forest area in Nasik, and in 4
villages of Sdtara and 9 villages of Ratndgiri accounts for the increase 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. ;
cultivation in areas thrown up by the river, and survey operations for that in Sind. Six villages
in West Khandesh (19,000 acres) are excluded owing to their absorption in forest, and 2
villages in Poona (2,600 acres) owing to the loss of village papers by fire.
2.—Cropped Areas.
1. In consequence of the unfavourable season the gross and net cropped areas decreased
by 2*8 and 2‘5 per cent, 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. , and by 17 and 16 per cent, in Sind, while the area
cropped more than once diminished by 16*2 and 29 per cent, respectively. The area under
current fallow increased by 10 2 per cent, 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. and per cent, in Sind.
2. 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. proper the gross area cropped was 2*38 crores of acres, a decrease of
7 Kkhs from the figures of last year : in Sind it was 38*9 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres, a decrease of 7‘9 l&khs.
The area under food crops decreased by 8 per cent, and 14‘6 per cent., and the area under non
food crops by 2*4 and 28 per cent, 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. and Sind respectively. Owing to un
favourable kharif rains the area under b4jri fell from 57 to 49 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres 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. ,
but the area under jow&ri, though*still 16 per cent, below normal, shows an increase of 6*7
Idkhs of acres over last year. In Sind, on the other hand, the cultivation of bajri shows a small
increase of 12,000 acres, while that of jowari declined by 70,000 acres on account of the un
favourable inundation. The same cause accounts for a fall of 2 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres under paddy m
Sind, 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. showing a slight improvement of 4,000 acres. In both, the figures aie
well above normal. The area under wheat fell by 13,000 acres 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. and was 21
per cent, below the average. In Sind there was a decrease of 2 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres, again owing to
the low inundation. The total area under pulses fell by 4‘5 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres and 1 14kh of acres
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. and Sind respectively, the decline being general and shared by all Ci '°P®*
The cultivation of oil-seeds 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. shows an increase of 106,000 acres, oi which
87,000 are claimed by safllower. The arfea under sesamum and linseed fell by 27,000 and
14,000 acres respectively. On the other hand, the area under oil-seeds in Sind was only
264,000 acres against 484,000, a fall of 45*4 per cent, below last yen’, and 34 3 per cen .
below the average. The cotton area decreased by 2 Idkhs of acres 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. and increase
by 9,000 acres in Sind. Except in Dfiarwar, Bijapur, and South Gujardt conditions were no
favourable for the crop, though the area was above the average by 26*6 per cent, in e
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. and 42*7 per cent, in Sind.
3. 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. proper the irrigated area amounted to 8^ I4khs of acies, compare
with 6'7 Idkhs last year and a normal area of 8 Idkhs. The percentage to the net aiea cioppe
rose from 2*8 to 3*5 per cent. The heavy rain in Inly and August provide e wa er
supply, and the absence of rain in September and October made its full use necessary. lon
from all sources expanded, the area under wells increasing from 419, 00 to ^ _ , acies,
that under canals from 113,000 to 145,000 acres, and that under tanks 10 m , 0 .
acres. In Sind the irrigated area declined from 33*4 to 26*8 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres, owing to e ow
inundation. The percentage to the net area cropped was 80 against per cen .as year.
The area under irrigated crops expanded by 157,000 g,eres in the Pre»idenc) (rice ’, u aues,
wheat 34,000 acres), but decreased by 833,000 acres in Sind.
Area under
cultivation.
Crops.
Irrigation.