‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1882-83.’ [‎9v] (27/498)

[1882-83.
VI
marn-
bombay administration report.
homes aggrieved at the Rajd, Saheb having allowed ^anis who stoned
age procession of the Bohordhs, and at the imprisonment of the
the procession. £ +
have been made to adapt the Indian o es reDortec i that the governments
the Penal Code for the use of their people. It is repoitea ® , ,
of Cutch and Cambay are employed upon such adaptations. n
^ Code has been in force for some years, and is now
for the limitation of suits is to be enforced. ^ as a 80 im ;f orm itv In the
late the weights and measures in use, and to reduce them „ h j
latter state the Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). proposes to codify the laws on the modd °f Eng^ la^,
with modifications adapted to the people. The Deccan Agriculturists Relief Act
has been enforced in Phaltan by the Joint Administrators to he rayat^the
same advantage as their neighbours m the Deccan, and the popu ai y
sure may be assumed when it is observed that the people of Aundh voluntarily
petitioned His Excellency the Governor on his way through the state to app y
the Act for their benefit. The Chief of Aundh has been able to comply with their
request, and the Chief of Kurundviid has won popularity by permitting his rayats
to transfer their property at pleasure,—a privilege which was denied to them m
the days of his fathers. “ The simple habits of the people ” in Jawlidr, writes the
Chief, “ induce them generally to adjust their own disputes. They are unwilling
to seek relief in Court if they can help it, from which ignorance deters them still
further.”
As a rule most of the Maratha states have been surveyed, or a survey is in pro
gress, but in Gujarat several important states still retain their ancient land system.
In Cutch the revenue is collected in kind, and there is no great desire to change
the system for a fixed payment in money. A few villages have been surveyed,
and a money rate levied as an experiment, but the change is not appreciated.
There is much waste land in this state, and the sparse population coupled with the
cost of wells restricts the spread of cultivation. Experimental rates will be intro
duced into Palanpur, and if found successful the survey will be extended. The
Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). levies from one-half to one-sixth of the crop as the share of the state.
The I'dar Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). remonstrated against the loss of revenue caused by the survey, and
the rates were in consequence increased. The result was unfortunate, as a large
area of land was thrown up, and since the young Chief has come into power, efforts
have been made to fix upon some suitable terms of compromise, and agents have
been employed to procure settlers from the overcrowded parts of Gujarat. Bariya
and Liinavada have been surveyed, but in Narukot a plough-tax or certain
customary rates are taken. In Bansda and Sachin the work has been finished,
but something remains to be done in Jawhar. The rates in Sachin, though very
much reduced, are still higher than the British villages over the border. The
survey in Bhavnagar has been completed, and in Vankaner the Chief has abolished
all extra cesses, and confines himself to his share of the crop. The surplus in
the Janjira treasury has enabled the administration to commence the survey
hitherto deferred for want of funds. The state rent is paid in kind and sold to
merchants, who buy the rice and other produce for export. The work is not
quite finished in Kolhapur; but here the survey has lowered the rents, except in
the dependant states, where they have been increased by one-third. The delay
in the disposal of the inquiries into ahenations has been overcome under the rules
sanctioned after the visit of His Excellency the Governor in 1881, and the work is
now being rapidly disposed of, and the alienees confirmed in their possessions. The
rates in Miraj and Kurundvad are not high ; but as land is available in Sholapur
on easier terms, the recovery of these states is not so rapid as might be wished.

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