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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [61r] (120/137)
The record is made up of 1 item (67 folios). It was created in 1908. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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IRRIGATION REVENUE.
81
l907 .1908.]
5. Irrigation Revenue.
The revenue credited to this head falls under two categories, wz.—(1) the direct reoeints
f the Irrigation Department, and (2) the irrigation share of the land revenue assessed with
f venee to the supply of water from canals, tanks, dams and other sources created or main
f W by the Public Works Department. The works are also divided into three classes • the
first includes entirely new works and works restored or extensively improved for which capital
i r g V enue accounts are kept j the second includes old works which are maintained by the
rLartment an a for which only revenue accounts are kept; and the third includes agricultural
works for which neither capital nor revenue accounts are kept. The direct receipts on account
of works for which capital and revenue accounts are kept were as follows:—
Half Imperial and half Provincial.
(D
( 2 )
(3)
Total ... 13,75,536
Productive Public Works—
(a) i'ind
\h) Deccan and Gujar&t
Protective Public Works—
[a) Deccan and Gujarat
Minor Irrigation Works—
(a) Sind
(&) Deccan and Gujarat
Rs.
1,93,548
4,62,3>3
4,71,750
90,150
1,59,700
The corresponding receipts for 1906-1907 were Rs, 11,34,166. The irrigation share of
land revenue on account of works for which capital and revenue accounts are kept was as
follows:—
Half Imperial and half Provincial,
(D Productive Public Works—
(a) Sind
(5) Deccan and GujarAt
(2) Minor Irrigation Works—
(a) Sind ... ... ...
(5) Deccan and Gujardt ... ... ...
Rs.
... 23,14,288
4,031
... 11,33,693
6,883
Total ... 34,58,898
The following table shows the financial position at the close of the year of irrigation works
of all classes for which capital and revenue accounts are kept:—
'
Capital
outlay in
the year.
Capital
outlay up to
the end of
the year.
Working
expenses
during the
year.
Net revenue
during the
year, direct
and indirect.
Productive Works
Protective Works
Minor Works and Navigation .“
Rs.
3,46,048
11,40,235
88,372
Rs.
3,74,93,283
1,18,42,749
1,40,68,485
Rs.
11,65,281
1,16,492
4,45,005
Rs.
18,06,974
3,55,258
9,45,424
Total ...
15,74,655
6,34,04,517
17,26,778
31,07,656
V ' ■
The revenue and expenditure on account of works for which only revenue accounts are kept
were as follows :—
Works in Sind.
Works in the
Deccan and
Gujardt.
Total.
Gross Revenue ... f Dir ect
(Indirect
...
Rs.
88,415
20,88,937
Rs.
6,595
5,01,339
Rs.
95,010
25,90,276
^ orking Expenses
* Total ...
21,77,352
5,07,934
26,85,286
... ...
8,44,601
4,01,568
12,46,169
Net Revenue ...
13,32,761
1,06,366
14,39,117
b 999—21
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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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