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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [51v] (101/137)
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Chap. IV. 62 BOMBAY ADMINISTI6AXJ.UJX fl9C7-lr t0Si
PRODUCTIOIT . . .
ANI) rlnrino. the recent famines, was entrusted to the Executive Engineer, Ahmednagar District
distbibutioit. o£ t ' he p ra v a ,a Project lately sanctioned by the Secretary of State £ ot
nain features of this large project are the construction of a masonry da m 250 f ee( .
India. The main features of this large project are rue T v " '.'Tteet
high at Bandardarra situated in the ghaut area of the Ahmednagar District, the laismg of the
existin 0 * low weir at Ojhar and the widening and extension of the existing Ojhar Left Bank
Canal "and completion of the Right Bank Canal. The estimated cost of rhe project i s
Rs. 86,44,841, including indirect charges, and the canals are estimated to iiri.,ate 4J,440 acres.
Eunds were not sufficient for work along the whole project, and the limited amount
available is being spent on providing masonry works to the Right Rank Lanai and bringing
a portion into use, as soon as possible.
.An estimate amounting to Rs. 1,00,002 for making a portion of the Mutha Canal water,
tffiht was sanctioned during the year. The object of the work is to try and stop percolation
from the portion cf the canal above Poona City. The canal will be widened so as to have a
capacity of about 1,000 cusecs with a full supply depth of 10 feet, and the bed and sides of tlie
canal will be lined with 6 inches of mortar. As it is not feasible to close the canal, the work will
he carried out in lengths of 500 feet, the water in the canal being diverted through a corrugated
iron flume 500 feet in length placed in a cutting on the upper bank of the canal, d’he
expenditure during the year was 11,944 on the flume and diversion.
Second Class Irrigation Works.
Of Second Class Irrigation Works in the Nasik and Ahmednagar District, 38 bandharas
were repaired at a total cost of Rs. 37,214. Four < kutcba ; bandharas were converted into
‘ pukha' ones and the work of converting another was in progress. In West Khdndesh the
restoration of the Dhanrat Bandhara in Navapur Peta was in progress as well as repairs to the
Pimpalner, Nadipar and Kusumba Upper bandharas, the total amount spent being Rs. 14,475.
The following table shows area irrigated and gross assessed revenue on the irrigation
works in 1907-08 as compared with the average of the last 10 years :—
1907-1908.
Average of past 10 years.
Name of Work.
Area
irrigated.
Gross
assessed
Revenue.
Area
irrigated.
Gross
assessed
Revenue.
Major Protective Works.
Acres.
Rs.
Acres.
Rs.
Nira Canal including Shetphal Tank
Mhaswad Tank ... ...
...
l
38,325
2,563
11,016*
3,07,228
19,011
58,192*
40,082
l,618f
6,733
1,99,423
8,811t
22,009
( Total
Productive Works,
Lower Panjhra River Works
i Waghad Tank
Kadwa River ) Palkhed Canal
Works. "j Ojhar Tambat ...
( Wadali Canal
Lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
Canal
Mutha Canals
Ekruk Tank ... ...
51,904
3,84,431
48,433
2,80,243
• ••
2,795
1,929
601
376
517
7,313
6,371
15,068
37
13,167
3,762
2,093
3,325
3,45,239
49,923*
2,637
2,059
547
437
752
9,501
3,902
16,240
115
11,191
2,695
1,667
1,389
2,99,780
30,719
Total
...
19,902
4,30,614
19,835
3,63,796
Total, Major Works
• ••
71,806
8,15,045
68,268
5,94,039
43. — Minor Works and Navigation.
Hartdla Tank ... ...
Mh&swa Tank ... ...
Jamda Canals ... ...
Parsul Tank
Ojhar Canal
Bh&todi Tank ...
Matoba Tank
Kdsurdi Tank
Shirsuphal Tank ... ... ...
Bhaldalwadi Tank
Koregaon Tank
Ashti Tank
Pathri Tank ... ... tmt
182
935
6,123
933
2,849
1,195
1,615
128
1,405
1,116
543
4,569
343
545
3,162
12,096
3,807
6,148
5,364
8,966
680
4,647
3,143
1,583
22,826*
1,110
20
375
2,557
509
6.105
883
2.105
102
1,015
1,385
240
1,991
87:
569
1,243
7,128
2,061
9,972
4,937
11,536
579
2,293
3,076
560
5,854
312+
Total
Second Class Irrigation Works.
Poona Irrigation District
N^sik and Ahmednagar Irrigation District
East KhaJndesh District
West Khiindesh District ... ...
...
21,935
74,077
17,374
50,120
• •4
696
30,846
479
10,075
3,480
1,78,506
3,345
79,411
727
28,518
646
8,697
3,508
1,88,351
5,222
66,838
Total
...
42,096
2,64,742
38,588
2,63,919
Grand Total
...
1,35,837
11,53,864
1,24,230
9,08,078
* Approximate figures, the assessment papers for the rabi season are under revision,
t Average of six years. + Average of two years.
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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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