'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909' [‎104r] (69/132)

CHAPTER IT.—PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.'
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POWER, INDUSTRIES AND HANDICRAFTS
See—
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR 1901-1902, PART II.
PAGES 118-124.
1. Agriculture.
For details see Season and Crop 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. for 1908-1909 and Report of the Department
of Agriculture for 1908-1909 j also tables 3, 4 and 10 appended to the Agricultural Statistics of British India.
1.—Area oe Available Statistics.
The reporting area increased by 8,000 acres in the 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. proper but declined by
138 000 acres in Sind. The former increase was due to the introduction of the Survey Settle
ment into one village in each of the Nasik, Nagar and Th&na districts and into 5 villages in
Ratnagiri, while statistics of the two villages in Poona which had lost their records by fire in
the preceding year became once more available. In Sind the rough survey of a Tapa m Karachi
resulted in a decrease of 248^ square miles, part of which, however, was made good by npanan
changes and other survey operations.
2 .—Cropped Areas.
1. As a result of the better season the gross and net cropped areas increased by 1-71 and Area under cultiva-
1-69 per cent, respectively in tbe 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. and by 20'4 and 19-7 per cent, m Smd. The area
more than once cropped rose by 2*16 and 29-4 per cent, respectively. Current fallow decreased
in area by 5*13 per cent, in the 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. and 8**)2 per cent, in Sind.
2. In the 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. proper the gross area cropped was 2;42 crores of acres, an increase Crop-,
of 4 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees over the figures of the previous year. In Sind tbe area increased by 8 lakiis to 4 / lakns
of acres. The area under food crops increased by 5 and 17 ! per cent, respectively m the Presi ency
proper and in Sind ; that under non-food crops fell by 9-15 cent in the 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. ^rop r but
rose by 39 per cent, in Sind. Owing to unfavourable khanf rams the area under ba]!!
fell from 49 to 47 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres in the 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. proper. Under the influence o g
September rains, however, the lands left unsown were utilized for jow&n, the area u
increased by 10 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres. In Sind the favourable inundation and rainfall ie u
increase of 41 per cent, under jowari and 14*5 per cent, under bdjn. The area under paddy
improved by ■61,000 acres in the 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. proper, and exceeded the normal by 7 , >
the principal increase occurring in Gujarat. In Smd this crop < J ecllI ] e ^ ^ ^
remained 9 per cent, above the normal. The area under wheat fell by ^
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. and was 21*5 per cent, below the average, but m Sind t ere was op res or
of 94,000 acres or 22 per cent. The area under pulses showed an increase ct 2-,
about 1 per cent, in tbe 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. proper and of 72,000 acres or 21 per cen . m 1T J •
tion of oil-seeds in the 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. proper advanced by 69,000 acres or 5 per cen . g ^
12 per cent, in defect of the average. In Sind the area increased by 4, , , n ^ an
85 per cent. A general fall in the area under sesame was more than coun f V om 37'4 to
advance of 1*3 l&khs of acres under safflower. The area under cotton again e deficiencv
31*7 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres or by 15 per cent. The decrease, which was general, was due t J
of sowing rain, to damage by excessive rain and to extended cultiva 10
There was no alteration in the cotton area in Sind.
3. The irrigated area of the 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. proper further expanded by 2 ^000 acres
per cent, to a total of 8-47 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres. The increase was mainly under
and wells and was confined to East Deccan and Karnatak, where the amp ^ „ i n
provided the water supply and the absence of further ram made is
Sind the irrigated area rose from 28*93 to 34*58 kiKhs of acres, the increase