‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [‎252r] (51/192)

1919 - 1920 .]
SURVEYS.
5 .—City Surveys.
27 Chapter II,
ADMINISTRATION
OF THE LAND.
1. In Kalyan enquiry was completed and writing of property register Northern Division,
and sanads is in progress. Proposals for sanctioning establishments and
equipment for maintaining the city survey have been submitted. In Bhiwandi
survey and enquiry are completed. In Umreth enquiry was completed. In
Kapadvanj both survey and enquiry have been finished. Re-survey of Bulsar
(first done in 1870) has been completed and enquiry is in progress. Survey of
Ahmedabad was begun anew as records of the old survey were burnt in last
year’s disturbance. Traverse work was nearly finished and house measurement
is progressing. In Broach the old city survey work is being reviewed by the
maintenance staff. Five thousand six hundred properties in 11 sheets
have been revised. _ The revision showed that most of the properties had
so changed that tracing of the corrected sheets required skilled tracers who are
not available at Broach. Endeavours are being made to send a good tracer
from Poona. Maintenance of the survey in all cities formerly surveyed is going
on satisfactorily. One surveyor reviewed the last two cities. At Bandra,
Godhra and Thana the first cycle of review has been completed and the second
cycle begun. Sanad fees, aggregating Rs. 6,050, remain to be recovered.
Three village sites were surveyed along with the survey of the area of the
suburbs of Ahmedabad. Six village sites in this area remain to be surveyed.
The survey of 15 village sites of Surat and Broach surveyed formerly are being
maintained properly by the talatis. Complaints have been made that the talatis
of Surat are not being paid promptly the fees for recording mutations: it is
being rectified.
2. Enquiry work at Satara, which had much prolonged owing to absence Central Division,
of house-owners, increase in the estimated number of properties and many
tenures of land, was finished by end of May. Proposals for a maintenance
establishment and equipment have been submitted to Government. Survey of
Pandharpur and Amalner has been completed and enquiry in both towns is in
progress. In Shirpur survey is in progress. The town of Bhagur was surveyed
as it came under the proposed extended limits of Deolali Cantonment. It was
then proposed to apply a city survey. An enquiry officer has lately been
appointed but enquiry has not yet been started. In Poona Suburban Muni
cipal limits enquiry has been completed. It is found that a small area between
the river, railway, boat club and District Judge’s bungalow remained
unsurveyed by oversight. This will be done soon and the property register
completed. Revision of the city survey of Ahmednagar was taken in hand.
Traverse and house measurement are in progress. Maintenance of cities
formerly surveyed is going on satisfactorily. In Ahmednagar traverse stations
were not demarcated during the survey. This is being done now. Second
round of review is started at Jalgaon, B&rsi and Dhulia. Government have
sanctioned the city surveys of Shirpur, Vambori, Dharangaon and Erandol
which will be started on completion of those now in hand. A tracing office with
two tracers has been opened in Poona under the , Superintendent of Land
Records. They traced the city survey sheets of Yeola, Broach, Byadgi and
Kalyan. Sheets of Satara, Sholapur and Poona Suburban area are in hand.
The village sites of Sansari, Belatgavan, Yihitgaon, Yadner and Shingwabahula
were completely surveyed along with the survey of villages coming under the
survey of the environs of Deolali Cantonment. The village site of
Kandurbahula has been traversed. House measurement remains.
3. City surveys of Athni, Navalgund and Guledgudd were started. Southern Division,
traverse and house measurement have been completed in Navalgund and
huledgudd and enquiry has been commenced in the last city. In Athni traverse
has been completed and house measurement is in progress. The revision
oi the city survey of Dharwar has been completed. Enquiry is in progress.
evision of Gadag and Hubli city surveys is in progress. Sanads have been
Prepared in Belgaum and Ranebennur and are in progress in Byadgi and
agalkot. Fees for all these city surveys will be recovered shortly. Main-
euance of cities recently surveyed is going on satisfactorily.
f: The town survey of Garhi
actioned during the year. The
Yasin
work
and the city survey of Sukkur were Sind,
at Garhi Yasin was practically