‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1879-80’ [199r] (404/752)
The record is made up of 1 volume (430 folios). It was created in 1880. 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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IRRIGATION.
1870-80.]
281
■Rpwari Canals Yerla Canals and Gondoli Canal have been
i 3 intained and have irrigated respectively 762, 362 and
duly as compared with 674, 228 and 116 acres in the
357 acr , Progress has been made with the storage works
pr T U Yerla at Nehr. Rs. 1,01,225 have been expended during
0Ilt ar and Rs. 3,55,632 in all up to date. The Mhaswad
/ e was resumed as a relief work and considerable progress
with the earth-works of the dam. Expenditure amounted
ma i e i 64 074 during the year. The Maini Tank has been
t( ^ + llv'completed. The total cost has been Rs. 2,34,036. The area
•^‘Tted was 1,083 acres against 668 acres in 1878-79. The
im ^ rr iQ-ated from the Chikhli Canal ^ was 269 acres as compared
ar, th 21 R The Krishna Canal cost in maintenance and repairs
p 1 8 819; the total expenditure has been Rs. 6,17,276. The
KS ‘ ^rigated was 2,755 acres as compared with 2,594 acres in
t ] 1 ^previous year. The canal has been planted for miles with
babul and other trees ; these have now grown into fine timber, the
thinning of which will annually produce a considerable revenue.
Rs 21 048 were expended on restoring the old
Begum
Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage.
Tank con
tinued as^a relief work. Progresswas similarly made with the Much-
kundi Tank. Various surveys in connection with irrigation pro
jects were carried on, but no work of importance was undertaken.
Early in the year His Excellency the late Governor of Bombay
visited the locality of the Gokak Canal scheme and proposed to
include in it the Jamkhandi territory and a portion of the Kaladgi
Collectorate. An estimate for the survey was prepared and has been
sanctioned. Meantime the first section of the project has been
commenced, including a weir and headworks on the Ghatprabha
River, with2| miles of main canal and a branch canal 11 miles in
length. This section commands a tract of country measuring 25,000
acres of goodculturable land. The cost is estimated at Es.4,lo,72o
audit will irrigate 8,600 acres. A convict gang 600 to 800 strong
was employed, throughout the year, on the first two miles oi the
canal, which is in hard rock cutting. They did work to e
value of Rs. 14,112. A site in the Nandi valley has been selected
for a storage tank. The catchment basin measures 155 square
miles. The dam to be raised will be 1,980 feet in lengt an
have a maximum height of 75 feet. The waste-weir W1 ®
feet in length and the storage capacity of the tank wr e /
million cubic feet. It is believed the people will eager y a e
the water, and the net revenue is estimated eventual y o
amount to Rs. 30,300.
The Madag Tank was maintained at a cost of Rs. 711. The
area irrigated was 420 acres compared with 392 last year.
other tanks have been maintained and improved, but seem o ca
for no remark. The bank of the Mavinkop Tank repeatedly
subsides. Shafts have been sunk to ascertain the cause ot tms,
but results are not yet ascertained.
No new works were carried out in connection with the ^ Deser
Canal.” The usual establishments were mamtarne unng
inundation season at a cost of Rs. 2,443.
e 499—36
Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND DISTRI
BUTION.
Sdtdra.
Kalddgi.
Belgaum.
Dhdrwdr.
Sind.
Begdri Divi
sion.
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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 1879-80. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai] in 1880.
The report is divided into three parts. Part I comprises a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 9-55). Part II (ff 56-265) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III comprises ‘Statistical Returns’ pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 266-429).
Part II comprises the following:
- ‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL. Tributary States’ (ff 57-86), consisting of: : Gujarát [Gujarat] States; Southern Gujarát; Marátha [Maratha] States; Southern Marátha States; Sind [Sindh] State; Aden
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 86-116), consisting of: Civil Divisions; Surveys; and Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards’ Estates
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 117-146), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 146-200), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forest; Mines and Quarries; Manufacture; Trade; Public works; Irrigation. Folios 153-154 comprise tables of graphs showing ‘Monthly abnormal variations of the meteorological elements in 1879’ and ‘Abnormal variations of barometric pressure’ covering 1876-79
- ‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 201-237), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance; Land Revenue; Sources of Imperial Revenue other than Land; Revenue and Finance other than Imperial
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 237-247), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; Vaccination
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTIONS’ (ff 248-262), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 263)
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 263-265), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-8. 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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