'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎174v] (80/148)

Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION’
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPOST.
BOMBAY AUMiJN
year. Nineteen stallions were on the re ^ r f e ployed afstud was 18-87 i* 1<i
11 in Gujardt. The average number ^st 648 last year, an avera|e of 35 !?
year and the number of mares covered was 603 a a.ns ^ - ot 3 5 ltJ ^
stallion. The average per stalhoum /Lt of feed, keep and trLit ^ “ «>e
S.^a^fBs°'Kt y r- ^ debase is due to less stabling rep^^W
transfers.
Fairs and Shows.
Horse Shows.
Cattle Fairs and
Shows.
1 Two Horse Shows were held during the year-one at Ahmednagar under the Ar mv
1 . iwo Morse ^ no ^ b Ahmedabad under the Civil Veterinary Department. Tn +7
Eemount Department an the number 0 f entries was 387 against 464 last year aiH
lT 40 e inT 906 W Buis 1,965 was dltributed in prizes and 2 silver medals were awarded for ft,
best “ are at the following places :-MWad, Sholapur Ahmedea^,
Ja , Jon Bairimdti, Yeola, Nevasa, Panvel, Viramgdm and Ahmedabad. The first two we t
or“ed by the Veterinary Department which also nested the ™mam ln g ei ght. At
Mhasvad 339 animals competed for prizes, an increase of 7 , at S olapur 398 entries shew ,- la
increase of 39. The entries at Panvel and Ahmednagar weie 28 and 2 lespectively. Tlie
prize money provided was as follows :-Panvel Es. 500, Mhasvad Es. /50, bholapur fi s . 900)
Ahmednagar Es. 1 ; 500.
In Sind. Cattle Shows were held at Shik&rpur and Talhar (Hyderabad). At the former
136 animals competed against 337 last year. Out of Es 490 allotted for prizes, Es. 225 were
expended. This Show must be counted a failure. At Talhar 589 animals competed, a large
vif AAO R«. fs90 were awarded in prizes.
Number of
observatories.
Observations.
Principal featuies.
Monsoon.
Rainfall,
2. Weather and Crops.
I.—Meteorological Department of Western India.
1 . There were 2 second and 21 third class observatories against 2 and 22 respectively in
the previous year, the third class observatory at Pachpadra having been closed, during the year,
In addition there are two non-departmental observatories at Ahmedabad and Jamnagar.
2 . Breaks in the observations occurred at Mount Abu, Belgaum, Sholapur, Bhuj and
Ahmedabad. *No change was made in the Daily Weather Eeport. E xtracts were made from the
logs of 927 vessels whieti arrived in ports. Telegraphic summaries of weather experienced by
pr& O. steamers was telegraphed to . Simla till the middle of December 1909, and during the
break in the rains in August 1909 information collected from steamers was telegraphed to
Simla.
2.—Note on the Weather in 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 1909-1910.
1. The chief features were (1) the setting in of the monsoon on the West Coast on the
normal date but a slow expansion inwards; ( 2 ) steadiness of the monsoon throughout except in
the break from 10th to 19th August; (3) excess in the rainfall in April in the north and excess
in May in the south ; (4) failure of rainfall during the retreating south-west monsoon period;
and (5) scantiness of rainfall during cold-weather period and from January to March 1910.
2. The monsoon first reached the Konkan on the 5th J une, 8 days earlier than last
year, but it did not penetrate freely inland. Monsoon conditions were not established till the
27th June in Gujarat, Kdthiawdr and the Deccan. During July and till the 6 th August
the distribution of the rainfall was on the whole favourable, after the 6 th August a
well-pronounced break was dominant everywhere throughout 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. , but after tne
19th the current revived and from the 26th August there was abundant rainfall.
The retreating south-west monsoon period was remarkable for the failure of the rains
over the greater portion 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. , so that deficiency in the rainfall in October varied
from75 to 100 percent.
In November, Sind,^ Gujardt and K4thidw4r were rainless, while the Konkan and the
Deccan received only half the normal rain. The deficiency in the north was made up 7
fairly heavy rain in December, but in the Konkan and the Deccan the rainfall was still m
defect. Ihe cold weather and transition period were almost entirely free from rain.
On the whole the rainfall of the season was normal.
3.— Note on the weather at Bombay eor 1909-1910.
1 . 1 he south-west monsoon rains appeared to have commenced regularly from 4t J
une and ended on the 29th September. The total fall for the year amounted to 71 ^ *
being .3'94 inches below the normal of 24 years, 1873 to 1896. June •’’received a fall of 1
inches, July 0 f 3P37, August of 7-82 and September of 15*35 inches against the respe ctl