'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [‎46v] (91/137)

Chap. IV*
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION RETORT*
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Educational
Colleges.
Schools.
year being Rs, 1,577 and Rs. 4,109, respectively. A sum o£ Rs. 1,625 was expended
preparing glass frames for the old carpets in the Asar Mahal. The construction of a trophy
old relics in front of the Nagarkh^na of the Gol-Gumbaz, the provision of lightning conduci^ 0
for the mosque in the Ibrahim Roza, and special repairs to the J£1 Mandir, estimated to cr^f
Rs. 3,313, Rs. 732 and Rs. 2497, were commenced, and Rs. 2,294, Rs. 531 and R s .
respectively, were expended thereon. The Nagarkh^na, which has been convertedinto a Museum*
was repaired at a cost of Rs. 147 and other old buildings at Bijapur at a cost of Rs. 3 (W
The number of ruins inspected by the Executive Engineers w r ere :—Belgaum 7, Ratnkgb*
and Kolaba 2, S&tara 2. The Executive Engineers, Dharwar, Kanara and Bijapur District- 1
also inspected some of the ruins in their Districts. The four arch geological remains of interest
in the Indus Left Bank Division, viz., (1) the Buddhist Stupa at Thul Rukh^n, (2) the tomb
of Nur Mahomed Kalhora at Moro, (3) the tomb of Ghulam Shah Kalhora at Hyderabad, and
(4) the tomb of Ghulam Nabi Kalhora at Hyderabad, were all kept in a good state of preserva.
tion, the expenditure during the year being Rs. 2 only on repairs to item (2) and Rs. 81 on items
(3) and (4). All these tombs were regularly inspected by the Executive Engineer and
subordinates and numbers (3) and (4) were also visited by the Superintending Engineer. The
monuments at Miani and Duba were also repaired at a cost of Rs. 65. The Mir Masum's
Minar and tomb and the Masumi Syed's tombs at Sukkur were inspected by the Executive
Engineer and found to be in good order. Ordinary repairs were effected to the Jami Ma?jid at
Khudabad and Yarmahomed's tomb near Khudabad in tbe Western N£ra District.
The construction of a new Lecture Theatre and Students’ Hostel in connection with the
Grant Medical College in the compound of the Sir J. J. Hospital, Bombay, estimated at
Rs. 86,390 and Rs. 2,40,752, respectively, was in progress. The construction of the new
Veterinary College at Parel, Bombay, and of Students’ Quarters and out-houses in connection
therewith was nearly completed, the expenditure being Rs. 1,77,637 and Rs. 75,829, respect
ively. The work of adding a floor to the main building of the Wilson College, Bombay (Deposit
Contribution), estimated at Rs. 45,789, was commenced. The stucco ceiling in the rooms and
porch of the Grant Medical College, Bombay, was replaced by a planked ceiling at a cost of
Rs. 2,709.. During the year a further outlay of Rs. 12,226 was incurred in making additions
and extensions to the Male Training College, Ahmedabad, and the Practising School for the
Mahdlaxmi Female Training College at Ahmedabad, which was in progress in the previous
year, was completed at a cost of Rs. 21,259. In connection with the Deccan College Poona
the works of constructing (1) additional students’ quarters and subsidiary buildings (2) a resi-
dence with out-houses for a Professor and (3) additional accommodation for servants were com
pleted at a cost of Rs. 86,314, Rs. 19,085 and Rs. 6,115, respectively. A sum of Rs 5 032
was also paid during tbe year for payment of compensation for land taken up for the extension
of the College. In connection with the College of Science, Poona, the works of (1) constructino'
quarters and subsidiary buildings for students and (2) extension of the workshops were conT-
pleted at a cost of Rs. 54,453 and Rs. 9,940, respectively, while the works of (1) additions to the
main buildings to accommodate the Physics Department and new Chemistry and GeoWv
to o“ g L an Vris and R *° the worksh °P ( En ^ n ? Boiler room), estimlw
9 7’p AA, s - 3 > 9 were m progress, the expenditure daring the year beino-
Rs ,,, 95 and Rs. 3,247, respectively. In connection with the Agricultural College and Rp enrch
Institute at Poona, an expenditure of Rs. 2,96,100 was meurred to the end of the Tear on the wort
of constructing Chemistry and main buildings, apiproach roads, Professor’s buncalow ] i.
mgs m connection with the Demonstration Farm , in planting kndpre erhngS and T “
land compensation, against an estimate of Rs. 5,67,527. AddS fnfniZ for ?
Training College, Poona, was provided at a cost of Rs. 2,997. The work of amnia,V 1
or the extension of the Male Training College, Poona, aid erS q „aZ7t 5if
students was m progress, the expenditure during the year bein- Rs 8 756 tT. 7 r
construeting servants' quarters, making minor improvement and acquisition o kid to "'"T ° £
Rs 2 9 e Thea'ddr Ding Poona, was in^rogress, the expelZnro duifthe
ns. iix Ihe additions and alterations to the Male Training Colleo-e Dh.-irJL ^o ,® y 5 • , I
year s report, were completed at a total cost of Rs. 55,668. The quarters fofa ^ r 1 . 11 “
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B mbay, the expenditure incurred being Rs. 79,127. The construction nf *
quarters m the same compound estimated nf co . nstn ^ion of menial servants
stalls and 2 syces’ quarters and ateTsef oflatr^ l
co^tructtoToT^newTookiroornTriTEetaT? ll • RS ' P°f, & T Rs ’ 8 ’ 254 < -pe“.
Society’s School at Byculla BombayTDeJ^f p 8 /-v. r 16 f° yS • and girls of the Education
nearly- completed. A stthotraOhMa to fhe f tl ” ated at Rs - 26,701, was
commenced, and a snm of Rs 4 105 w na ™™nd d 1M,la , Dlstriot , estimated at Rs. 8,684, was
house at SMhpur, in the same District ‘ShTdT m “T 1 ,”/, certaln additions to the School-
Snrat District and at SukaTtirtl n the b! “h tT, a ‘ the Bal ' dali Muka of the
Ils. 4,512, respectively were to ™ Br °ach Taluka (Local), estimated at Rs. 5,356 and
Nadidd, estimated It Rs Tp o« progress -,. 4 I dd,tlons , and alterations to the High School at
ddri High sXolan d subsid,W to dd^^m^ C ?“?, leted : The eonstrnetion of = the Sb-
Td-lukdars was completed at a cost^of ^’ 0 ^^ ira ^ or the sons of
pietea at a cost of Rs. 31,345. The extension of the hostel of the Nadi^d