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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [52v] (103/137)
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Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
64
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION RETORT.
US07 -%
The sluices of Lake Whiting were kept closed for about 3 or 4 days at a time, thri 0
month in April and May 1907 and again in January, February and March 1908 } when tl^
river above the lake was dry and accurate observations of the levels of water at the begi^ij, 9
and end of each period were taken to ascertain the loss due to evaporation and absorption 1 q
lake, and the results are as under
Month.
April 1907
May 1907
January 1908
February 1908
March 1908
• • • •••
• • • • • •
• •• •• •
••• •••
Average loss per day.
•0200
•0310
•0076
•0101
•0171
Surveys, fyc.
Plans and estimates for enlarging the water-supply main to Yer&vda Central Prison a n( ]
for providing a complete set of steam pumping maehinery for use at the Poona Water-Supply
Station were submitted to Government during the year. The estimate for the former wo/
amounts to Us. 59,298 and for the latter, to Its. 73,389.
In the East Khandesh District, besides the gauging of the Elvers Aner at Ganpur, Manai
at Saigaon and Tapti near Bhusdval, carried out on behalf of the Superintending Engineer oti
Special Duty (Protective Works), the River Waghur was gauged at Raipur, in connection with
the proposed storage tank at Raipur in the Jalgaon T&luka. A considerable number of projects
drawn up by the Special Duty Overseers on the preparation of famine programme of villao'e
works were examined and disposed of during the year. In the West Khandesh District, the
rivers Bori at Purmapada, Arunawati at Karwand and Kan at Khandbara were gauged in con
nection with storage tanks. The completion of the Karwand Project is in abeyance, but the
Purmapada and Khandbara Projects are in hand. Surveys for improvements to a number of
bandharas and channels in the^ Nasik and Ahmednagar Irrigation District were in progress
during the year.
At the village of Chandnapuri in the Sangamner Taluka of: the Ahmednagar Collectorate
experiment was commenced to test the advantage and usefulness of terracing and field embank
ments for which estimates on a large scale have been prepared for famine purposes.
Results of new administrative measures affecting the Department which have been tried.
The block system of irrigation introduced on the Nira Canal continued to work satis
factorily. An experiment on the distribution of water by time and measurement on Distri-
butary No. 2 ) of the Nira Canal, which has about 200 acres of sugarcane under it, has been
ordered. Arrangements were made for the measurement and distribution of the water for ths
experiment.
The telegraph line on the Nira Canal continued to prove of great assistance in the efficient
regulation of the discharge of the canal.
Southern Division.
The area under irrigation and the gross assessed revenue on all the First Class Irrigation
Works in the Southern Division are shown below in two statements : in the first they are
detailed by works, and in the second, by Districts. The figures of the past year are compared
with those of the average of the previous ten years :—
Name of work.
1907
•
o
o
00
Average of previous
10 years.
Area under
consolidated
assessment.
Area
irrigated.
Assessed
revenue.
Area
irrigated.
Assessed
revenue.
Major Works.
Krishna Canal ...
Acres.
5,036
Rs.
33,020
Acres.
6,373
Rs.
47,093
Minor Works.
Rewdri Canal ...
Upper Mdn River Works .!! ”,
Yerla River Irrigation Works
Chikhli Canal
Maini Tank
Muchkundi Tank ... ...
Gadikeri Tank
Dambal Tank
Medleri Tank
Madag Tank
Asundi Tank
Mavinkop Tank
Gokdk Canal, 1st section, and Storage Works.
1,248
837
3,781
321
1,552
4
(a) 377
(b) 366
109
758
(e) 283
{d) 561
7,714
4,322
2,709
16,821
1,487
7,649
12
1,987
2,204
766
2,641
1,126
2,338
34,571
713
1,003
3,041
316
' 1,467
49
{a) 341
(i) 374
95
861
(<•) 316
(d) 553
9,726
4,030
. 3,539
11,896
1,559
5,168
414
1,987
1,980
637
2,417
1,357
1,936
44,313
(a) 337 acres.
(b) 144 ,»
(<?) 185 acres.
[d) The ; whole
area.
Total ...
17,911
78,633
18,855
81,233
Grand Total ...
22,947
1,11,653
25 ; 228
1,28,326
Name of District.
Belganm ...
Dhdrvvdr Irrigation ... ...
S&tdra.
Bij&pur ... ...
8,091
2,077
12,775
4
36,558
9,075
C 6,008
12
10,067
2,199
12,913
49
46,300
8,327
73,285
414
Total ...
22,947 (
1,11,653
25,228
1,28,326
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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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