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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [303v] (154/192)
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 IV. 122
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
D.—Southern Division.
[ 1919 - 1920 ,
The first class irrigation works in the Southern Division irrigated
of nearly 30,000 acres with a gross assessment of Rs. 1,33,500. This sho U ^
increase of 3 per cent, only in the area irrigated, while the assessed re^ ^
shows a decrease of about 24 per cent, when compared with the average
previous three years. The small increase in the irrigated area is^ due t
larger area of monsoon low rated crops being irrigated during the wAf
season, owing to the failure of early rains, and the falling off in the asses]
revenue is due to a decrease in the area of high rated crops such as sugarcane 6
The Krishna canal is the only major work in this division. The work of
removing silt therefrom, which continued in progress from last year, was com
pleted. The area irrigated on this canal was about 5,500 acres and the gross
assessed revenue amounted to Rs. 33,400.
The most important of the first class minor works in this Division is the
Gokak canal with its storage reservoir at Dhupdal. The weir crest was as
usual, temporarily raised by two feet with a view to increase the storage of
water for the rabi season and to meet the demands of the mills at Gokak. °
The work of improvements to the Dharma canal was completed during
the year. The canal yielded during the year by direct irrigation a gross revenue
of Rs. 4,634 against Rs. 83 of the previous year.
The remaining works are small and there is nothing of interest to record
regarding them.
The total area irrigated by the second class works in this Division was
about 74,700 acres and the irrigation share of the assessed consolidated revenue
amounted to Rs. 1,98,300.
10.—Railways.
1. The total length of railway open for traffic 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.
(including Sind) on 31st March 1920 was 5,255 # 81 miles, including 20*50 miles
of line newly opened, viz., Yaretha-Samia section of the Ambaji-Taranga
Railway.
2. Of the lines sanctioned for construction, work was in progress on
(i) Harbour Branch Extension (overhead connection) to Victoria Terminus (5'
6" gauge), 2’12 miles; (ii) Savar Kundla (via Dongar)-Mahuwa Railway,
with a branch from Dongar to Port Albert Victor (metre gauge), 55*54 miles;
(hi) Motipura-Tankhala Railway (2' 6" gauge), 26*29 miles; (iv) Dewusna
(Bhoyani)-Bechraji Railway (metre gauge), 22*12 miles ; (v) Choranda Koral
Railway (2' 6" gauge), 11*68 miles ; (vi) Kuranga-Arathra Railway (metre
gauge), 37*02 miles ; (vii) Ambaji-Taranga Railway (2 r 6" gauge), 20*50 miles;
(viii) Dholka-Dhandhuka Railway (metre gauge), 38*27 miles; (ix) Larkana-
Dodapur Branch via Kamber and Shahdadkot (2'6" gauge), 54*23 miles;
(x) Jamnagar-Khambalia section of the Jamnagar-Dwarka Railway extension
(metre gauge), 34 miles.
3. The following surveys were completed or were in progress during
the year :—•
(a) Agra-Karachi (broad gauge) Railway.
(b) Vasad-Katana Railway.
(c) Modassa-Dungarpur Railway.
(d) Dandeli-Bhagwati-Kirwatti Railway.
(e) Jhar-Kantala Railway.
(f) Petlad-Bhadran Railway.
(g) Patan-Chanasma Railway.
(h) Bechr4ji-Mudhera Railway. .
4. Among the important works completed and in progress during
year were:— _ . ; ? gik
(1) On the Great Indian Peninsula Pailway. —The lining of the ne ^ , ,
tunnel; the reconstruction of the Bhola viaduct and of the Sungam
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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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