"تقرير عن إدارة رئاسة بومباي لسنة ١٨٨٨-١٨٨٩." [ظ‎‎٤‎٦] (٤٥٦/٩٩)

Sind ..
Northern Division
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1888-89>
the issue of sanads. The total number of sanads issued during the year of report under
Bombay Act II of 1863 or to hereditary and village officers was 207.
In the Kaira district six sanads were issued during the year. In Ahmedabad 18, and
in Thana 30, sanads remained for issue.
In the various Collectorates of the Central Division 47 sanads were issued, and 277
remained for issue. The last number is exclusive of an estimated number of 2,608 sanads
to be issued to the gadkavis or descendants of the old garrisons of the hill-torts in Satara.
Forty-one sanads were issued in Dharwar and 113 in Ratnagiri. The numhei still to
be issued in the various Collectorates of the Southern Division was estimated at 1,873,
including 498 sanads to be re-issued in Ratnagiri.
Collection of Land Revenue.
Information respecting the amount of land revenue collected in the Rresidenc^ during
the year 1888-89 will be found in Chapter V of this report. The following table, compiled
from the Collectors Administration Reports, exhibits the number of occupancies in each
district and the number of distraints levied for the collection of the year s revenue .
Province or Division.
Central Division
Southern Division
Collectorate.
Number of
Occupancies.
Number
of
Distraints.
Thar and P&rkar ...
Unknown.
None.
Shikdrpur
54,542
231
Hyderabad
27,460
1,329
Upper Sind Frontier ..
2,591
97
Karachi
18,359
46
Total ...
102,952
1,703
Broach ...
50,345
1,097
Ahmedabad ...
63,282
44
Panch Mahkls...
26,261
53
Kaira ... *
114,185
39
Surat ...
76,100
96
Thdna ... ... ...
78,501
5
Total ...
408,674
1,334
KMndesh
134,407
168
i N&sik ...
71,094
12
ShoMpur
46,865
) Poona ...
69,338
1 Skt&ra
74,387
Ahmednagar
70,245
18
Total ...
466,336
198
Belgaum ... ... ... ...
50,262
2
Dh&rw&r ... ... ...
62,220
1
j Ratn&giri
119,852
182
'i Kanara ...
31,463
47
i Kolaba ... ... ...
43,182
2
, Bij^pur
77,205
6
Total ...
384,184
240
Grand Total ..
1,362,146
3,47t>
The total number of distraints levied in the whole Presidency was 3,475, a number not
excessive in proportion to the total number of occupancies—1,362,14b,—and less by 104
than the number levied in the previous year. The decrease is satisfactory in view of the
fact that the season of 1888 was generally unfavourable. The decrease was distributed
over all parts of the Presidency except the Northern Division in which there was an
increase of 325 distraints. In several districts, such as Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar an
Sholapur, which suffered exceptionally from want of rain, there was either no increase, or
an actual decrease in the number of compulsory processes resorted to. This was in p a “
due to liberal postponements of the instalments in extreme cases; but as a rule e
cultivators were found to pay with little demur on a mere warning of severity. The decrease
in Sind was ascribed to the increasing appreciation on the part of landholders in some
districts of the necessity of making the payments of the land revenue a first charge on e
produce.
Waste Lands.
The following statistics respecting the waste lands of the Presidency, taken from
annual reports of the Collectors of districts, cannot in all cases, especially where the surv y
is still incomplete, be relied upon for perfect accuracy. This remark is especially app ica
to Sind.
to
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