‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [‎254r] (55/192)

1919 - 1920 .]
LAND RECORDS.
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The Record of Rights was promulgated for the first time in one lapsed
inam village of Mai van taluka. The Maxwell Inversion System introduced
in Navalgund and Honavar talukas is reported to be working well and the
Settlement Officer is confident that it will win acceptance as the best system
As the exemption from record of rights of surveyed city and village sites has
now been cancelled, the Record of Rights Act is applied to ail cities surveyed
under section 131, Land Revenue Code, and the Record is prepared in the
form of Property Register.
Chapter II.
ADMINISTRATION
OF THE LAND.
4 . This work consists of (1) general measurement of all sub-divisions for Sub-division
the first time and ( 2 ) measurement of new sub-divisions that have been formed measurement -
after the original measurement. The work is detailed below
In the Northern Division original measurement of sub-divisions was done in
Matar and Mehmedabad talukas of Kaira by five parties and 72,201 hissas were
measured in 117 villages. Thus the whole of Kaira district has been
completed. The average outturn per day was 13*3 hissas. Considering that
the men were new recruits freshly trained, the output was remarkably satisfac
tory. Average cost per hissa comes to 8*06 annas. Looking to the higher
scale of pay we had to give, the average cost is astonishing. Next year the
cost will be perhaps more. Four surveyors under a nimtandar were employed
in surveying suburban villages of Ahmedabad together with survey of village
sites. Field work in seven villages was completed. The plots measured in
detail were 3,953 and 2,805 acres in 748 agricultural survey numbers and
4,297 acres in 840 non-agricultural numbers were measured. Office work of
these villages is being done. Now only six village sites remain to be measured.
Original work now remains to be done in Dohad and Jhalod talukas of Panch
Mahals and the non-talukdari villages in Dholka, Sanand, Yiramgam, Prantij,
Modasa, Dhandhuka and Gogho talukas of Ahmedabad. This will require at
least one fair season to complete. Pot hissa survey fees amounting to Es. 444
were recovered in Ahmedabad, Es. 5,407 in Kaira and Es. 23,470 in Panch
Mahals. Es. 12,461 in Ahmedabad and Es. 1,217 in Panch Mahals remain to
be recovered. The Ahmedabad figures include charges for surveying pot
hissas in the suburbs of Ahmedabad. The number of new hissas measured by
Special Measurer Circle Inspectors in all the districts of Gujarat was 17,611.
In Thana original pot hissa survey was commenced from December by four
parties under a survey mamlatdar and 30,533 sub-divisions were measured and
30,457 other entries in record of rights were examined in 95 villages.
Average cost per hissa comes to annas 14 and 5 pies. The increase in the
pay of surveyors and nimtandars has raised the cost. The average outturn
per day was 7*75 hissas measured and 7*73 entries in record of rights tested.
During the year recovery statements for Es. 27,105 were issued. Fees reco
vered amounted to Es. 27,910 including past arrears. Still Es. 12,227 of past
arrears are to be recovered. Original po t hissa survey now remains to be done
in three circles of Yada, three of Mokhada, four of Shahapur and two (88 villages)
of Bhiwndi. Sufficient well-trained men are not available to push on this work.
Every endeavour is being made to increase the staff. With the revised grades
of salaries it will be possible to recruit more men and to expect more zeal for
work. In Thana the field work is com menced from December and not from
November as in other districts. Thus the parties lose one month’s output.
The survey mamlatdar has been asked to see whether work cannot be started
m November in Thana as elsewhere. Three hundred and twelve new hissas
were measured in Thana. In the Central Division at the end of last year there
were 15 field parties and 3 head-quarter parties with a total strength of 207
men. Till about end of November these parties were engaged on distributing
assessments on the sub-divisions measured in 1918-19 and preparing extracts
of maps to be supplied to Kabjedars. For pushing on pot hissa survey work,
C1 ty surveys, and survey of inam villages, 40 recruits were trained at Poona
and Satara. After the training and examination only 30 candidates were
mund suitable. Out of these 28 were added to different parties. Fourteen
oompetent measurers were trained in theodolite work to push on the survey of
mam villages on 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. After examination only eight were
°mid useful. At the opening of the fair season 17 parties of 164 measurers
Were sent out for field work and two parties were kept at head-quarters one at