'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎169r] (69/148)

1909
.1910.]
^REGISTRATION'—LOCAL BOARD ADMINISTRATION,
6 1 '-'iJ.a.p. in.
PROTECTION.
2 The number of registrations has declined from 95,406 to 85,034, a decrease which is Registrations,
fin all four districts but is most marked in Nagar and Sholdpur. The value of trans-
^■ s in the aggregate has also decreased from Es, 58,32,391 to Es. 49,49,504. The
ffpfse is attributed partly to the closing of Village Eegistiation offices and the opening of
k ecnstry offices in their stead and partly to the amendment of the Transfer of Property
Act*
3 The transactions between agriculturists and agriculturists numbered 42,818; those p art ; es to
u Parpen sdvkdrs and agriculturists numbered 25,248. The proportion of the former to the transactions,
later is slightly higher than last year. ♦
4 , Thirteen Village Registration offices were abolished during the year—S4t4ra 5, Nagar 1, Changes.
ShoMp ur P ooria ^ ’ aGC ^ 6 new ^ u b-registry offices were opened in these four districts.
5 . Receipts have fallen by 11 per cent, to Es. 33,952. The exrenditure has also Financial.
1 creased from Es. 48,086 in 1908 to Rs. 46,631. This is due to the abolition of Village
R ^istration offices and to smaller commission. The expenditure would have been smaller still
L 6 Es. 2 100 but for the increase in the pay of Village Registrars’ karkuns from Es. 10 to
Its 15 per month. The total deficit was Es. 12,679.
3.—Joint Stock Companies.
1 . The number of new Joint Stock Companies registered during the year was 49. Of General,
these, 30 are classed under “ Trading ” and 8 under “ Mills and Presses. , ’ Twenty-one companies
went into liquidation during tee year and 9 companies under liquidation Mere finally dissolved.
Three Provident Societies went into liquidation and 2 others have been struck off as
defunct.
2. The number of documents registered rose from 1,209 to 1,326 and fees realized rose Registration of
from Rs. 20,453 to Rs. 21,738. The expenditure increased by Rs. 308 to Es. 2,173. expenditure nd
3. Proceedings for default under section 69 were instituted against two companies and Prosecutions,
one prosecution under section 65 was initiated. All were convicted and fined.
9* Local Board Administration*
For details see the Annual *R.eport on Local Boards for 1909-1910 and tables under Local Boards printed in
Part VIII of the Statistics of British India.
1. The number of District Local Boards was 25 and the number of TfUuka Local General.
Boards remained 212. The members numbered 3,643, of whom 25 were ex-officio, 1,993
nominated and 1,625 elected. The elective system was not in force in the Paneh Mahals,
the Peint taiuka of N4sik, 6 t4lukas of K4nara, all talukas in the Upper 8 ind Frontier
district and all tdlukas of Thar and Parkar district except Mirpurkhas. The average number
of meetings held by the District and Taiuka Local Boards respectively was 4*1 and 4-7 in
the Northern Division, 3 and 5 in the Central Division, 4 and 5’8 in the Southern Division
and 3 and 7‘4 in Sind, The average attendance was 8-5, 8’65, 7*37 and 6’25 respectively.
2. The aggregate income of the Boards was Es. 68,66,878, an increase of Rs. 3,89,031 income,
which is shared by all divisions. The increase in the Northern Division was only Rs. 4,469,
but in the Central Division the increase of Rs. 88,805 was chiefly due to larger realizations
of the local fund cess on account of the favourable season, and to larger grants from
Government. The increase in the Southern Division, amounting to Rs. 1,69,592, was prin
cipally under Provincial Rates. It occurred iu the districts of Kolaba, Belgaum, Bijapur and
PharwAr,—notably in the last two—and was due to recovery of the arrears of past years.
r fhe income in Sind, which fell in the preceding year by nearly one lAkh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , showed an increase of
■fts. 1,26,165 in the year under report due to the causes noted in other divisions. The incidence
of taxation per head of population was highest in JNasrat (Rs. 3-10-10) and lowest in the Parkar
hduka (Re. 0-0-2).
3. The total expenditure was Rs. 69,16,258 compared with Rs. 6b,85,0b7 in the Expenditure,
pieceding year. The amounts spent on Education, Medical Relief and Civil M orbs (including
water-supply) were respectively Rs. 23,76,810, Rs, 3,73,547, and Rs. 36,90,686. he
ex penditure on Education and Medical Relief increased by Rs. 2,21,909 and Rs. 46,424
respectively, while the amount spent on Civil Works showed a decrease of D*
. aggregate closing balance of the Boards was Rs. 28,62,166 compared with Es. 29,85,985
111 ^be preceding year. Only in Broach was the balance below the prescribed minimum,
p . 4* In all divisions, roads and bridges absorbed the greater part of the expenditure on Works.
Wil Works, while school-houses, dispensaries and dharmshalAs were the most importan
; ems under buildings. Nearly 4 £ lAkhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees were expended on the improvement^ of water-