'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909' [‎115v] (92/132)

BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Chap IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
58
[ 12 08«1909,
9- Irrigation.
In the year 1908-1909, the expenditure on Irrigation Works throughout the P re
amounted to Rs. 65 Idkhs compared with 59 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in the previous year. This outlay was d"
between Sind and 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 in the proportion o£ 35^ : 30. ^ 1Vl( kd
2. The expenditure was distributed under different heads as under :—
Heads.
Amount.
Capital —
Rs.
Rs.
Major Works—
Protective Works ... ... •••
Productive Works ... ... ... > •••
Minor Works and Navigation—
Works for which Capital and Revenue Accounts are kept
(a) 15,06,229
(b) 2,58,244
17,63,473
2,68.331
Revenue —
Major Works-
Protective Works ... •••
Productive Works ... ... •••
Minor Works and Navigation—
Works for which Capital and Revenue Accounts are kept
Works for which only Revenue Accounts are kept ...
88,144
10,86,570
3,51,721
11,94,456
11, 4,7 4
15,46,177
Agricultural Works—
Works for which neither Capital nor Revenue Accounts are kept .
Contribution Works ...
14,62,795
30,747
14,93,542
Construction of Protective Works—
Works for which neither Capital nor Revenue Accounts are kept.
•••••»
(c) 2,94,130
hoiuarks.
Imperial.
i Imperial and
a -Provincial.
Do. do.
Do. d .
Do. do.
Deposits contribu
tions.
Imperial,
amine Relief Outlay on Irrigation Works
Grand Total
65,25,367
(a) Inclusive of expenditure in r England .. Rs. 94,130
(b) Do. do. 15,840
(c) Do, do. ... „ 80
3. The total is classified as under :—
Deccan and
Gujar4t.
Sind.
f
o
Works
Repairs
Es ablishment
Tools and Plant
Refunds of Revenue ...
Suspense Account
Receipts on Capital Accounts
...
...
Rs.
17,61,685
4,24,972
,36,591
70,248
1,460
4,059
-784
Rs.
5,29,598
20,54,528
8,96,182
38,164
2,871
6,893
R .
2 2,91,183
21,79,500
16,31,773
1,08,412
4,331
10,952
-784
t ^
Total ...
29,98,131
35,27,236
65,25,367
DECCAN AND GUJARAT.
Northern Division.
The Hathmati Canal.
kne rainfall gauged during the year at Ahmedabad and Prantij was 32*51, and 40*4o
inches, respectively, against an average of 29-38 and 30*68 inches for the past 30 years
including that under report. There was a flood in the Hdthmati River on the Nth August
1508, and the water rose to a height of 4rl0 feet above the ciest of the weir, the rainfall being
4 i5 inches on that day at Pdar Ahmednagar. The canal was running full to the end of
September, and the discharge continued more or less satisfactory till the end of May 1909?
when it fell to 24 cusecs only on the 31st May 1909. Surplus water was passed into the
Khan River vid the Bhujwa Channel.
The Chandola Tank, which is the principal regulating tank in the Khari Cut system
supplied from the Raipur Yv eir on the A.hdri River was filled thrice during the year, the l&sf
nlling being during December 1908 by water supplied from the Bokh Reservoir, and good rabi
and hot weather irrigation was the result.
The highest flood during the year in the Khdri River occurred! on the 9th July 1908, the
depth of water being 6-6 feet above the weir crest at Raipur. The area irrigated and assessed