'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎236v] (56/150)

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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
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ADMINISTRA
TION OP THE
LAND.
General.
Training Classes.
Record of Rights.
?6t Hissa
measurement.
-Alienation Settlements.
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In the Ahmedabad District land measuring altogether 7 acres and 90 square yards valued
about R, 24,400 was |^ed y^^totheD.tnc^ Loca^Bo^^
IndTremaLed over In Ahmednagar land measuring 8 acres^and 27I gunthas was assign’d
rent 3 free for the building of schools and dharmashalas. In West Khandesh 2 sanads for fo; -
Watans were granted, leaving only 5 sanads to be issued which rela.e to Bhil villages now und er
attachment, fn the Ndsik District sanads ° r r , 1 sanad^^reTs *7^ a >><'
no sanads now remain to be issued. In the Poona District 7 sanads were issued, 3 „ nd
Bombay Act II of 1863 and 4 to village servants useful to the community, leaving a balance „
67 case y s still pending. In Sitara altogether 50 sanads were issued, which included 1 sana
relating to an alienated village, 34 to persona Inams, 8 to Devasthan Inams 1 to a Wata
servic!) Inam and 6 to village servants useful to the community The number of sanads remain
ing to be prepared is now 276. In Sholipur inquiry is proceeding with reference to 81 sanads
e In aliVnafed villages. No sanads were issued during the year. t.
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for Devasthan allowances in alienated villages. No sanads were issued during the year. [
Befoaum the settlement of Kadim cash allowances is nearly completed only 3 cases remaining
under inquiry. The balance of sanads to be issued is now 23. In Dharwar r sanad was
issued under Bombay Act II of 1863 and a balance of 5 sanads 1 under this Act and 4 under
Act III of 1874, remained to be issued. In Kanara pieces of land measuring altogether 26
o-unthas were assigned for a general library, a girls school and a Local Board dharmashala and
cattle pound. In Ratnagiri one Inam takta was prepared and alienation sanads were issued in
7 cases In Hyderabad succession orders were made or resettlement, effected in the case of
36 deceased grantees of alienated land, with the result that 6,692 acres were resumed
878 acres were regranted.
4.- —Land Records.
and
/.—Presidency Proper.
1. The Land Record Staff continued to work in all the districts 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. proper
and in addition to their ordinary duties supervised the preparation and maintenance of the
Record of Rights.
2. Instruction in survey and settlement matters was imparted to Junior Civilians in their
respective districts under the supervision of the Divisional Superintendents. In all four Junior
Civilians and one Probationary Deputy Collector qualified themselves in the survey course.
Central Survey Classes for the training of Circle Inspectors were held in abeyance in view of
the introduction of the scheme under which a single Circle Inspector is to. be held responsible
for the measurement of a whole ttduka. Government have, however, decided that the classes
should be held in 1911 as usual. The classes for Village Accountants have also been
suspended. In some districts special parties of surveyors were organised for the measurement
and mapping of sub-divisions of survey numbers.
3. The initial compilation of the Record of Rights Register is complete in all Govern
ment villages 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. proper. The Record in the Bagewadi and Sindgi
Talukas of the Bijapur District, which was compiled last year, remained to be promulgated.
The Record of Rights and the Mutation Register were checked by Circle Inspectors, District
Inspectors, Mamlatdars, Sub-Divisional Officers and the Superintendents of Land Records.
The re-writing of the Record in the new forms sanctioned by Government was commenced in
some talukas during the year. Sections 10 to 12 of the Record of Rights Act were applied
to the following villages :—(1) Three villages in the Kalyan Taluka. (2) All villages in the
Vengurla Taluka. (3) The village of Poman in the Bassein Taluka. (4) All Government
villages in the Mulshi Petha. (5) The Inami village of Borkhal in the Satara Taluka. (6)
Rayghar, a Government village, in the Satara Taluka. (7) Eleven Sharakati Dumala villages
in the Baglan Taluka. (8) Two Sharakati Dumala villages in the Kalwan Taluka.. (9)
Four Government villages in the Haveli Taluka and (10) all Government villages in the
Maval Taluka.
4. The work of sub-division measurement in connection with the Record of Rights was
carried out in all but 10 villages of the Bardoli Taluka of the Surat District by means of e
plane table A basic surveying technique using an alidade attached to a horizontally mounted drawing board.  . The total number of sub-divisions measured was 23,006. In the C eI ^J a
Division the work was carried out in certain villages of each district in the Division.. e
total number of sub-divisions dealt with was 49,820 in 381 villages. In the Southern Division
measurement work was carried out in Dharwar and Bijapur. In the former district 0
maximum number of surveyors employed at one time was 12 with 2 Supervisors, who measure^
I > 95 ^ sub-divisions in all. In the Bijapur District a party of 16 measurers with two Supervisor,
completed the measurement of 9,046 sub-divisions.
5.— Sind.
Tiaimng Classes. 1. 1 he usual Survey Class was attended by one Assistant Collector, one Deputy
and 5 Mukhtyarkars, all of whom were granted certificates of competency. One Mu ^ 7 ^
kar, who had failed in the previous year, presented himself for examination only and g a
a certificate.