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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [49v] (97/137)
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Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
V
Accommodation
for Travellers.
58
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT. L^907-l9og %
Unmetalled Hoads—Partially bridged and drained.
Northern Division
Central Division
Southern Division
Road from Sanjau to Talasari, 2nd section, Kavad to Udva (Provincial).
Road from Khardi to Parali, 1st section, Khardi to Temba (Provincial).
Road from Karjat to Rhimashanker, 1st section (Local).
Road from Gokhirvva to Vajreshwari (Local).
Metalling the road from Gokhirwa to Vajreshwari (Local).
Road from Shdhpur to Khutal, 1st section, Shdhpur to Shenwa (Local).
Masonry bridge over the Vaitarna iRiver on the Vibigaon-Khodala Road
(Provincial).
Motlabai Wadia Road from Ichhapur to Suvali (Local).
Road from Bamkhadi, near Dungri to Ohond.
Completing the road surface from Khurd to Bhimashanker (Provincial).
Improving the Baramati-Nira Station Road (Provincial).
Metalling the Kurduwadi-Pandharpur Road (Provincial).
Improving the Sholapur-BArsi Road, 2nd section, in the Shol&pur District
(Provincial).
Improving the Pandharpur-Janoni Road (Provincial).
Improvements to the Khandesh Nizam Frontier Road (Provincial).
Constructing the Parola-Dharangaon Road (Provincial).
Constructing the Shirpur-Chopda Road, 2nd sec non, from Auer River to
Obopda (Local).
Constructing the road from Pachora to Warkhedi (Local).
Constructing the Bodwad-Jamner Road, 2nd section, from Maldhabhadi to
JAmner (Local).
Constructing the Yaval-River Road (Local).
Constructing the Bhusdwal-Varangaon Road (Local).
Constructing the ChinchpAda Feeder Road (Local).
Constructing the Shirpur-Chopda Read, 1st section, in the West KMndesli
District (Local).
Constructing the Nandnrbar-Niz&mpur Road (Local),
. Road from Bija'pur to Kagwad, section from Athni to Kagwad via Shedbal
Railway Station (Provincial).
Constructing the road from Mandangad to Mahapral (Local).
Constructing the road from Nagothna to Roha over Bhisikhind (Local).
Completing the KArli-Bibikhind Road (Local).
Constructing the N&gothna-Pali Road (Local).
Constructing the road from Uran to Jassai (Local).
Completing the Almel-Shirdhon Road (Local).
Hoads banked and surfaced with muram but not drained.
Northern Division
Southern Division
... Road from Bulsar to Khergclm (Local).
... Completing the road from Bddami to Mulkavi (Local).
Roads cleared only.
Central Division ... Constructing the Vellunji-Ghanwell foothpath (Provincial),
Constructing the Kalwan-Deola Road (Local).
Southern Division ... Constructing the road from Bilgi to Konnur vid Galgali (Local).
Indus Left Bank Division ... Roads in the squared portion of the Sakrand Taluka commanded by tli9
Dad System.
The Inspection bungalow at Paud in the Poona District, estimated to cost Rs. 4,310, was
nearly completed, the expenditure during the yeac being Rs. 4,271. The Inspection bungalow
at Velapur on the Pandharpur-Poona Road in the Sholdpnr District, estimated to cost Rs. 5,125,
was commenced during the year^ the expenditure being Rs. 2,479. The Inspection bungalow
at Anjeneri Hill in the Nasik District, estimated to cost Rs. 5,581, was in progress, the outlay
being Rs. 4,933. The new Inspection bungalow at Y&val (Local) in East Khandesh with out
houses, commenced last year, was completed at a cost of Rs. 4,991. The inspection bungalow
at Khed in the West Khandesh District was completed at a cost of Rs. 5,489, and that at Ner
in the same District, estimated to cost Rs. 4,548, nearly completed. The Rest-houses at Rane*
benur in the Dhdrwar District and Kumbharwada in the Kanara District, and the additions
and alterations to the Rest-house at Campoli in the Katnagiri and Koldba District, which were
in progress during the previous year, were completed at a total cost of Rs. 7,454, Rs. 5,700 and
Rs. 4,357, respectively^ Continued progress was made with the Inspection bungalow at
Deogad in the Ratnagiri and Kolaba District and the Inspection bungalow with out-houses at
Aita in the Satara District, the total expenditure being Rs. 4,880 and Rs. 5,170, respectively*
An Inspection bungalow at Rajapur in the Ratndgiri and Kolaba District and one at Anshi in
tl- KWa District, estimated to cost Rs. 4,918 and Rs. 4,815, were commenced and Rs.
and Rs. 3,008, respectively, were expended on them. The construction of the bungalow at
Jangri village between Kotri and Thano Bulakhan, commenced last year, was completed at a
cost of Rs. 0,452. J ; r
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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 1907-08.
The report is divided into two parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 7-20). Part II (ff 21-69) comprises chapters I-IX.
PART II is divided into the following chapters, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- ‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 21-28), consisting of: North Gujarat; South Gujarat; North Konkan, Nasik and Khandesh; South Konkan; Deccan; Kolhapur, Southern Maratha Country States and Dharwar; Sind [Sindh]; Aden; Condition of the People
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 29-31), consisting of: Survey; Settlements Proper; Waste lands; Wards and other Estates under management of Government
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 32-37), consisting of: Legislative Authority; Course of Legislation; Police; Wild animals and venomous snakes; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons – Civil and Criminal; Civil Justice; Registration; Local Boards’ Administration; Municipal Administration; Military (Volunteering); Marine; Cooperative Credit Societies
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 38-58), consisting of: Power Industries and Handicrafts; Agriculture; Weather and crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Public Works; Irrigation; Railways; Tramways
- ‘CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 59-64), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Irrigation Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Sea Customs; Land Customs; Opium; Salt, Excise; Cotton Duties; Stamps; Income Tax; Forests; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS’ (65-66), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration and Immigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (f 67), consisting of: General System of Public Instruction; Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 68), consisting of: Archaeological Survey Party of West India
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 69), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Established Church of England; Established Church of Scotland; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 5. 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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