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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [250r] (47/192)
The record is made up of 1 item (95 folios). It was created in 1921. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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CHAPTER
II.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND.
I.—Surveys.
1.—Topographical Survey.
During the year under report topographical survey operations were carried
out in the Bij4pur and Dh&rw&r districts.
2. — Tidal Operations,
Tidal operations were continued at Karachi and Bombay (Apollo Bandar
and Prince’s Dock). All the tidal observatories were inspected and the tide-
gauges cleaned, adjusted and left in good working order.
3. “—Magnetic Survey.
The magnetic observatories at Dehra Dun, Toungoo, Kodaikanal and
AlMg were visited for the purpose of taking magnetic observations for the
comparison of instruments.
4. —Revenue Survey.
1. The permanent strength of the Gujarat field party is 10 surveyors. Northern
Two of these were deputed on city survey work, one was placed under the
Assistant Settlement Officer, Ahmedabad, for settlement work and one was on
sick leave throughout the year. The remaining 6 men did measurement
of land relinquished by the Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway, measurement
of land required for Nadihd-Kaira Railway, measurement of Jambusar-
Dewan road, important measurement work in Kaira district, boundary
verification in Surat and Jambusar and classification of villages of Chandana in
Kaira and Yasodra in Ahmedabad. They measured 2,922-| acres in 2,000 survey
numbers and classed 2,285 acres in 925 survey numbers, verified boundaries of
26 villages with villages of Baroda State and laid down 119 traverse stations
for measurement of roads and railway lines. The survey of Kharaghoda salt
works was undertaken at the request of the Excise Commissioner. All the
work has been completed and maps sent for printing. The cost of this survey
was Rs. 887 which will be paid by the Excise Department. The village of
Gadakpur in Ranch Mahals was surveyed by 2 men on the minor
triangulation
A surveying technique in which the position of a network of points is determined by creating a series of triangles between them and measuring at least two of the internal angles and one side length.
system. Forty-three traverse stations were made and 135 survey numbers of
1,099 acres measured. Seventy-six days were taken for this survey. For the
survey of the village Yasodra in Ahmedabad 2 men were sent for 64 days for
traverse work. Sixty-eight theodolite stations were made. Four men then
measured 385 survey numbers of 971 acres in 105 days. Classification of this
village has also been completed, and settlement proposals are being framed.
Tor the survey of village Charal in Ahmedabad 2 men did traverse work for
50 days and laid 50 traverse stations, after which four men measured 1,806
acres in 124 days. For the survey of village Ghoda in Viramgam traverse
survey was completed by 2 men in 136 days, making 172 stations. In the
village of Chandana in Matar, riverain and bhatha lands were measured on a
frame work of triangulated pillars. Only 7 theodolite stations were made on
file side of the village where there was alluvion and diluvion. Four hundred
and thirty-two survey numbers were classed. All this survey work was done
° n the minor
triangulation
A surveying technique in which the position of a network of points is determined by creating a series of triangles between them and measuring at least two of the internal angles and one side length.
system. 14 was tested by the Superintendent of
hand Records and found satisfactory. Maps of compieted villages are being
prepared for printing. Measurement of roads and railway lines w r as done by
field party surveyors on a frame work of triangulated pillars. Ten miles of
Jambusar-Dewan road with 90 theodolite stations, 2} miles of Tavra-Shukaltirth
mad with 20 theodolite stations and 9 miles of the proposed Kaira-Nadiad
milway line with 90 theodolite stations w T ere completely mapped. Out of the
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Annual administration 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. , providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. during the financial year 1919-20. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1921.
The report is divided into two parts. Part I comprises a report ‘GENERAL SUMMARY’ (ff 231-238).
PART II (ff 239-322) comprises the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- ‘CHAPTER I. – PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL. TRIBUTARY STATES.’ (ff 239-249), consisting of: I. North Gujarat; II. South Gujarat; III. North Konkan; IV. South Konkan; V. The Deccan; VI. Kolhapur and Southern Maratha Country States; VII. Sind [Sindh]; VIII. Aden; IX. Condition of the People
- ‘CHAPTER II. – ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND.’ (ff 250-256), consisting of: 1. Surveys; 2. Settlements; 3. Waste Lands; 4. Land Records; 5. Wards’ and other Estates; 6. Revenue and Rent-paying Classes
- ‘CHAPTER III. – PROTECTION.’ (ff 256-269), consisting of: 1. Course of Legislation; 2. Police; 3. Wild Animals and Venomous Snakes; 4. Chemical Analysis; 5. Criminal Justice; 6. Prisons – Civil and Criminal; 7. Civil Justice; 8. Criminal Tribes; 9. Registration; 10. Local Board Administration; 11. Municipal Administration; 12. Rent Acts; 13. Indian Reforms Scheme; 14. Military (Indian Defence Force); 15. Marine
- ‘CHAPTER IV. – PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.’ (ff 270-304), consisting of: 1. Agriculture; 2. Weather and Crops; 3. Co-operative Societies; 4. Horticulture; 5. Forests; 6. Mines and Quarries; 7. Power Industries and Handicrafts; 8. Trade; 9. Public Works; 10. Railways; 11. Tramways
- ‘CHAPTER V. – FINANCIAL REVIEW.’ (ff 305-314), consisting of: 1. Financial Review, 1919-20; 2. Land Revenue; 3. Irrigation Revenue; 4. Public Works Revenue; 5. Customs; 6. Salt; 7. Excise; 8. Cotton Duties Act; 9. Stamps; 10. Income Tax; 11. Local Funds
- ‘CHAPTER VI. – VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF.’ (ff 314-318), consisting of: 1. Births and Deaths; 2. Emigration and Immigration; 3. Medical Relief; 4. Epidemic Diseases; 5. The Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory; 6. Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; 7. Acworth Leper Asylum [hospital for people affected by leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease], Matunga; 8. Sanitation; 9. Vaccination; 10. Veterinary
- ‘CHAPTER VII. – INSTRUCTION.’ (ff 318-320), consisting of: 1. Education; 2. Literature and the Press; 3. Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. – ARCHEAOLOGY.’ (f 321), consisting of: Archaeological Survey of India, Western Circle
- ‘CHAPTER IX. – MISCELLANEOUS.’ (ff 321-322), consisting of: 1. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; 2. Stationary; 3. Printing; 4. General Miscellaneous.
There is a map 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. on folio 229. The report also includes the following photographs:
- ‘RESIDENCY SCHOOL. Crater, Aden.’ (f 292)
- ‘POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE SHOLAPUR [Solapur].’ (f 243)
- ‘HOSTEL BUILDING FOR THE NORTHCOTE HIGH SCHOOL SHOLAPUR.’ (f 245)
- ‘BUNGALOW FOR THE SANITARY ENGINEER TO GOVERNMENT, YERAVDA [Yerwada or Yerawada]. (North West Elevation).’ (297).
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 230. In a small number of instances, there are discrepancies in the spelling, phrasing or inclusion of sub-headings between the table of contents and the body of the report. In these cases, the sub-heading as it appears in the body of the report is included above.
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- ‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’
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