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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [50v] (99/137)
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Chap, IV, 60 BOMBAY administration report.
PRODUCTION
distribution. 2. The expenditure was distributed under different beads as under :«
Heads.
Amount.
[1907-1
Remarks
Capital — Rs-
Major Works—
Protective Works ... ... ... ••• (a)ll,19,752
Productive Works ... ... ... ... (^) 2,56,212
Minor Works and Navigation—
Works for which Capital and Revenue Accounts are kept
Revenue —
Major Works—■
Protective Works ... ... ... ... 87,375
Productive Works ... ... ... ... 9,91,729
Minor Works and Navigation—
Works for which Capital and Revenue Accounts are kept ... 3,52,264
Works for which only Revenue Accounts are kept ... 10,79,117
Agricultural Works—
Works for which neither Capital nor Revenue Accounts are
kept ... ... ... ... 14,69,067
Contribution Works ... ... ... ... 21,081
Construction of Protective Works—
Works for which neither Capital nor Revenue Accounts are
kept ... ... ...
Famine Relief outlay on Irrigation Works
Es.
13,75,967
1,47,725
10,79,104
14,22,381
14,90,148
(c)3,83,819
634
Imperial,
Ho.
Ho.
Ho.
•Deposit contri,
bution.
Imperial.
Grand Total
58,99,778
(a) Inclusive of expenditure in England Rs. 99,521
(b) Ho. do. „ 3,450
(c) Do. do. „ 6,017
3. The total is classified as under :—
Deccan and
Gujarat.
Sind.
Total.
Works ...
Repairs
Establishment ...
Tcols and Plant ...
Refun d.s of Reve nu e ...
Gratuitous Relief
Suspense Account
Receipts on Capital Account
• n• •••
••• •••
••• •
••• *•*
•• • •••
Rs,
32,03,673
4,11,995
6,77,759
1,34,686
3,689
-4113
-1,443
Rs.
5,57,275
20,35,348
8,19,205
65,998
15,706
Rs.
37,60,948
24,27,343
14,96,964
2,00,684
3,689
11,593
-1,443
Total ...
24,26,246
34,73,532
68,99,778
Hafchmati and Khari
Cut Canals.
DECCAN AND GUJARA'T.
Northern Division.
A description of these works was attached to the Administration Report of 1906-1907.
The rainfall gauged during the year at Ahmedabad and Prantij was 33-25 and 41-40 inches
respectively, the average for 30 years being 29*89 and 30*73 inches. The highest flood of
the year m the Hathmati River occurred on 18th August and rose 2*30 feet above the weir at
the head-works of the Hathmati Canal.
mv IVI 16 ^ari River the flood rose to 8 feet above the weir at Rdipur on 17th August.
1 e Dokh and Chandola and all the small tanks on the system had good supplies of water
dming the earlier monsoon rams, and, as the rabi or late rains failed, the storage was all used.
The area irrigated was :—
Name of the Canal.
1907-1908.
Area
irrigated.
Hathmati Canal
Khari Cut Canal
Acres.
6,572
6,160
Assessed
water
revenue.
Average of the past
10 years.
Gross
assessed
revenue.
Rs.
14,847
39,247
Khari 81ui;es
Rs.
15,561
41,967
Area
irrigated.
Acres
1,616
1,668
Gross
assessed
revenue.
Rs.
4,047
7,468
0 f ! h 0 ;bh'f han b U ! ieeS ' 1110 3maI1 tauks Gob , la i and Bherai useful owing to the failure
some raU crorr d ^ nce . cro P s ™ re g° otl > the «eawas estimated at 5,000 acres of rice and
some .aoi ciops were grown m addition.
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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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