'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎176v] (84/148)

Chap* lY•
PRODUCTION
and
distribution.
Working plans.
Forest offences.
Forest fires.
•
Free grants.
Plantations and
natural reproductr
Communications
and buildings.
Financial results.
Area.
Boundaries*
Working plans.
Surveys.
Forest offences.
Forest fires.
Communications
and buildings.
Free grants.
Financial results.
Area.
Boundaries.
Offences.
Fires.
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BOMBAY ADMINTSTRATIOH KEPOBT.
[1S09-
■1910.
3 . The working plan for the Dohad ^
Government. ^ W fhe Wo'rkmg ^ns S^veyors.
laid out at a cost of Rs. , y previous year prosecutions numbered 374, out of wii h
4. Includiug arrears from the p y r P 0 £ the 307 eases tried by Magistral
67 remained to be decided at the cim ^ ^ percentage o£ convictions obtained Wa «
264 resulted in convictions and 43 >n ^ The number of offences dealt with under
86-0 compared with 8d'U in tne i d ^ amount recovered as compensation wa.
section 67 of the Indian F / te t s ," a S p d ld increased from 16,039 to 17,976.
■R«? 4 886 The number of cattle impounaea
■ K ' S * ' ‘ fires was 1,561.806 acres and the cost of fi ro
5. The area successfully protec a £ 3 and Rs> 22,064 respectively in 1908-1909
protection was Rs the area of 46,192 acres of the previous year.
The area burnt was 48,842 acies a ^ decreaged £rom Rs . 6,050 to Rs. 5,724.
6. The value o im ev S 1 ^ rubber plan tations at Mulund and Kavesar in South
7. The progress of the expe t Casuarina plantations were started at Akshi
ThslnaDivision was on the w ^ panch MaM i s planting by transplants from a
and Nagaon m Kol ^J ) ^ £ oree t m patches was carried out with success. The expenditure
forest nursery and by sowing m rore.i p I
incurred under this head amoun e o ; i t? 17 520 on buildino'S and Rs 2 2£/L
S A sum of Rs 5,129 was spent on roads, Rs 17 520 on buildings and Its. 2,284 on
8. A sum oi rtb. , r bead amoun ted to Rs. 24,956.
other works. Ihe total y 10,12,482 to Rs. 10,87,741 and fr„ m
9. Reveuue and ™ Xely, leaving a net surplus of Rs. 5,65,409 against
Rs. 4,85,944 to Rs. J),2^ - 1 y in expenditure was due to 20 per cent, bonus paid
ttwSfof lands inthe Tbana District upon which the teak trees which have been sold
were situated.
2.— Central Circle.
1. The area of reserved ofproposed S SefLS" ntoft
Iiulfan^OTest Ae't'aud awaitbg settlement at L Le of the year stood at 7 snuare miles and
3-24 scres - ^ d mark sucll , aB ca ; r „ s , stones, etc., were erected along 327 miles at a
cost of* R^^HO^against^iOS miles at a cost of Rs. 3,345 m the previous year.
3 No new working plans were made during the year bn the rev.sed working plan of
Touavia-Khauddla in the Poona Division prepared by the Dms.onal Forest Officer, Work.ng
PlTs was forward^ to the Commissioner, Central Division, for submission to Government.
The working plan for the babul forests m the BdUra Division has been aban one .
4 Operations were conducted during the year by the Survey of India in the KMndcsh
236 sauare miles being surveyed in detail on the 2 scale and 326 miles of boundary
on the 4" scale. q No part of the cost of survey was debited to the Forest Department but aa
expenditure of Rs. 2,350 was incurred on account of arrears of mapping work:.
5 The number of prosecutions amounted to 495, of which 346 resulted in
36 in acquittals, 87 remained undisposed of at the close of the year, whi e e ' -
witbdrawn or transferred to other heads. The per^ntage of convictions rose ^ 8 J & a J0 '
Under compoundings the number of eases declined from 9,241 to 7,114. Ihe number ot am
impounded fell from 135,/61 to 110,82/. ,
6. The area burnt decreased from 350,036 acres to 318,911 acres wine e cos
increased from Rs. 9,544 to Rs. !7,lo9.
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The expenditure on roads amounted to Rs. 3,487 and on buildings to Rs. 13,542.
8. The value of free grants increased from Rs. 3,412 to Rs. 5,482.
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9 The total revenue increased from Rs. 6,79 985 to Rs. 6,99 945 while the es P*®. < A|
eoreased from Rs. 5,56,718 to Rs. 5,27,452, leaving a surplus of Rs. 1,72,493 compared writ
1 9A7 in flip nrpppflino* v/ear.
3.—Southern Circle.
1. The area of reserved forest increased by 4 square miles and that of protected
decreased by 2 square miles.
2. Sixty-seven miles of outer boundaries were demarcated at a cost of Rs. 1>26 •
3. The number of prosecutions increased from 340 to 388, the percentage of
being 80, the same as in the previous year. The number of offences compounded > gt
against 2,203 in 1908-1909 and the amount of compensation recovered was Rs. V
Rs. 3,553. The number of cattle impounded decreased from 13,641 to 13,162. ^
4. The area protected against fire was 1,014 . square miles compared p rev iou9
miles in 1908-1909, the percentage of failure working out to 9*8 against 13’2 m
year.
5. The value of produce allowed free decreased from Rs. 17,974r to Rs. 8,184.
Free grants.