‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [‎274v] (96/192)

BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[ 1919 . 1920 ,
fodder. There were two District Local Board bulls in the Upper Shi d
district. They covered 63 cows during the year. Progress was nwl ? Dtier
the year towards the establishment of the Willingdon Cattle Farm at Km'
8 .—Fairs and shows.
1. No horse shows were held during the year owing to the sc ’i
fodder.
and 2. No cattle fairs or shows were held 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. prone-
mule show was held at Larkana ; money prizes and medals were awarded ^
2.—Weather and Crops,
1.—Meteorological Department of Western India.
1. There were two observatories under the control of the
usual for the season were of frequent occurrence and the accompanying ^
was in excess of the normal. An advance of the monsoon occurre
Bombay, viz., those at Bhavnagar-Para and Jamnagar. The observatory t
Surat was inspected by the Meteorologist’s head clerk in December 1919, a
2. The observations from Bhavnagar-Para were satisfactory, but those
from Jamnagar were not. Extracts from the logs of vessels that touched the
port of Bombay were sent to Simla. Telegraphic summaries of weather
experienced by mail steamers were sent to Simla from the 30th May to the 9th
December 1919.
2.—Note on the Weather 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.
during the year 1919-1920.
1 . The chief features of the weather 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. and the
adjacent parts during the year 1919-1920 were :—■(!) An unusual dryness
during April 1919, the excessive rainfail in May over the Peninsula with the
exception of the Konkan and the abnormally dry weather in May in northern
India with the exception of Sind and Bajputana due to a prolongation of cold
weather conditions ; (2) the setting in of the monsoon at about its usual date in
the Peninsula, its fitful character in June and the early part of July, its non
penetration till about the middle of July into northwest India where intense hot
weather conditions prevailed in June, the concentration of its activity in northern
India and the central parts of the country in August, its withdrawal from these
areas early in September and the abundant rainfall it gave in the Peninsula in
September; (3) the widespread rainfall 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. with the exception
of Sind in the beginning of October, the weakness of the monsoon during the
rest of the month, and its unusual activity in November and the more than
usually heavy rain associated with winter disturbances in northwest India
in December ; (4) the abnormally heavy rain in 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. with
the exception of Sind and in the central parts of the country in connection with
a disturbance in the Arabian Sea early in January, the remarkably low
temperatures in the first fortnight of February and the high temperatures in the
last week of the month in northern India and the unusually dry weather in
March over the whole 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. .
2. Several disturbances of the winter type advanced into northwest India
from the west during the month of April 1919, but the associated precipita ion
was on the whole light except in Sind and Bajputana. In the Peninsula e
usual thunderstorms were comparativly rare and in 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. e i
were chiefly confined to the south Bombay Deccan. Thus the raina
the month was in defect by 92 per cent, in the Konkan, 89 per cen . m
Bombay Deccan and 33 per cent, in Kathiawar while it was equal to t e s
normal amount in Gujarat and was in excess by 154 per cent, in m
chiefly to a heavy fall at Jacobabad on the 20th. During the mon 0 N ge
the weather in northern India was affected by six disturbances. live 0 ^
were of the cold weather type and the rainfall associated with them ^
fined chiefly to the Punjab and the surrounding districts. They were,
a potent factor in retarding the developement of the usual hot wea ^
in northern India. But over the greater Dart of the Peninsula t