'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎246r] (75/150)

CHAPTER IT.—PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.
For—-
POWER, INDUSTRIES AND HANDICRAFTS
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR iqoi-iqo^
PAGES 118—124.
PART. II.
I. Agriculture.
For details see Season and Crop Report of 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. for 1910-1911, Report of the Department of
Agriculture for 1910-1911, and tables appended to the Agricultural Statistics of British India.
1.—Area of Available Statistics.
The number of villages for which statistics are available in 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 declined
by three, but the area covered by statistics showed a net increase of 3,737 acres. One Govern
ment and one Inam village in East Khandesh, two Inam villages in Ahmednagar and three in
Satara were surveyed and added to the class which return statistics. One village in Nasik
and four in Thana hitherto wrongly classed with villages for which statistics are available and
one in Ratnagiri which was given back to the Khot were transferred to the class of villages
which return no statistics. A village belonging to the Sangli State but hitherto wrongly
shown under Belgaum was also excluded, together with three Sharakati villages in Thlna
which were formerly shown as Government as well as Inam. In Sind the number of villages
returning statistics increased by 3, and the total area increased by 176,619 acres. The rough
survey of Bandh Vira Tapa led to an addition of about 280 square miles. In 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 about 444 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres returned statistics against 42 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees for which no statistics were
available. The corresponding figures for Sind were 301 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres against one lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees .
2.— Cropped Areas.
1 . Inclusive of fallows, which showed a net increase of 21,000 acres,'the total cultivated Area under
area 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. increased by 30,000 acres or o-i per cent. Unassessed cultivated land cultivation
increased by 27,000 acres, mainly through the addition of disforested land given out for
cultivation in the Poona District. In 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 gross cropped area decreased
in a few districts, especially in those of Ahmedabad, Khandesh and Sholapur, the diminution
being partly caused by the scarcity of fodder consequent upon the substitution of non-food for
food crops and the resulting increase of land set apart for grazing. The total decrease,
however, is more than made up by extended cultivation in other districts, notably in Poona,
Ahmednagar, Nasik and Belgaum. The area cropped more than once increased in Gujarat
and in the Nasik, Ahmednagar and Poona Districts on account of the favourable late rains and
he plentifulness of the water-supply. In Sind the favourable season caused an increase in
gross and net cropped areas and a diminution in fallows.
2 - Ihe area under food crops shows a net decrease of 2-8 per cent, in 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. Crops,
proper. An extension of the area under jowari, wheat and gram was more than counter-
a anced by the decrease under bajri, tur and other cereals and pulses. In Sind the area
11 or jowari and wheat rose by no less than 25 and 19 per cent, respectively, but owing to a
c ine m bajri and gram cultivation the net increase under food crops was only 5 per cent.
j n er previous year. The area under non-food crops in 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 shows an
10 per cent, over the previous year and of 23 per cent, over the average while in
cult! • re were corresponding increases of 22 and 6 per cent. The expansion of cotton
incr^ 1011 WaS mainl y responsible for this increase. The area under oil-seeds shows a net
ij- r eas ? 0ve r the previous year of 4 per cent, in 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. and 16 per cent, in Sind;
chiefl however, still short of the normal. The expansion in 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. appears
th e p m ra *h .°^-seeds, which are most commonly grown with jowari and wheat in
jowar■ eCCan, w hil e i n Sind both sesamum and jambho show increases. The area under
1 w as more than a million acres below the normal, but was 275,000 acres above