'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎149r] (29/148)

SUMMARY.
1909*101^
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The inundation was on the whole good though not so favourable as that of Sind *
eding year. The fair irrigating level at Bukkur was maintained for
days between 28 fch July an ^ 17 th September compared with 59 days
^tbe previous year, and an average of 44 days during the decennial
in • The level on the Kotri gauge, however, was maintained for 80 days
^ erl ° ared with 79 days in 1908-1909 and an average of 46 days in the
COm ^nial period. The canals in the Indus Bight Bank Division worked
^T’Tactorily but there was heavy erosion north of Sukkur and several important
sa 1! L were carried out on the Kashmor Bund. In the Left Bank Division, the
Charge in the Nara Supply Channel was very deficient up to the end of
1S 1 ow i n g to the low state qf the river and the accumulation of silt in the
hannel but on the removal of these obstaeles there was a fair discharge.
The area cultivated under the Jamrao Canal was only 167,400 acres, being
lower than the average for the past ten years by 57,500 acres.
40. With the addition of 74 miles of line opened during the year, the Railways,
total length of railway open for traffic in 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. was
4 318 miles. Work was in progress on the Bombay Harbour Branch of the
Great Indian Peninsula Railway, on the Idar Road-Brahmakhed extension
of the Ahmedabad-Parantij Railway, on extensions of the Bhavnagar-Gondal-
Junagad-Porbandar Railway from Sihor to Palitana and from Shdhpur to
Kutiyana; and on extensions of the Gaikwar’s Dabhoi Railway from Miyagam
to Sinor, from Dabhoi to Jarod and from Kosamba to Zankavav. The most
important works completed during the year comprised, on the broad gauge section j
the relaying of 40 miles of the Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway
with heavier rails and the construction of a new station building at Kandivleei
and on the metre gauge section, the new alignments of the Ahmedabad-Dholka
hailway and of the main line of the Rajputana-Malwa Railway into Sabarmati*
On the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway 20J miles of the metre gauge
section were relaid. Several applications for the construction of light railways
were under consideration.
41. There was a slight decrease of 3J lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in the gross revenue which
amounted to 15 crores lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The decrease of 60 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in revenue under
the Imperial head was partly counterbalanced by an increase of nearly 57 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
under the Provincial head. The gross expenditure increased by 48 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees and
aggregated 7 crores 69 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , Imperial expenditure increasing by 34§ lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees and
Provincial expenditure by 13J lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees .
The favourable character of the season w T as the main cause of the rise of Imperial.
32 Mkhs in the Land Revenue. There were also appreciable increases of 4^
4 and 3 ^ lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees respectively in the revenue from Salt, Stamps and Lxcise, while
the profit on the nickel coinage, now largely in demand, is responsible for the
improvement of nearly 3 | lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in the revenue from the Mint. The abnormal
decrease of 1011 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in the Opium Revenue is more apparent than real, as the
receipts for the preceding year were swollen by the payment of pass fees in advance
in order to secure priority of export in 1909-1910. The only other noticeable
decrease in revenue was under the head of Customs, mainly owing to the
reduction of imports of certain articles liable to duty and to changes in the
trade on the Portuguese frontiers. Imperial expenditure increased most notably
^der the head of Refunds and Drawbacks where a special opium refund and
c ertain adjustments account for the advance of 34 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . Revisions of e^tablis
nients raised the expenditure under several heads while reductions under ot er
heads find their cause in the smaller payments of grain compensation and other
scarcity allowances, or in the absence of the payment of the royal bonus which
had increased the expenditure in the preceding year.
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