"تقرير عن إدارة رئاسة بومباي لسنة ١٨٨١-١٨٨٢" [ظ‎‎١‎٣‎٣] (٥٨٩/٢٧١)

Chap. IV.
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1881-82,
Indus
Conservancy.
Offices.
• fninrat had it not been for receipts from the
short crop m br 3 , The rates for this article were
Eajputana-Malwa li y- ge a-bome traffic, but as yet without
reduced to compete mth Wi ^ trafgc ^ ^ ^ _
s tie b - b - & c - l ^
^t^mToTt^heavier traffic was an increase in working
Ihe res™ „„ lU w p ioll 1S 387 per cent, on the gross
expenses to Ks. ’ ’ t way wa s in bad condition and had
S bTSe Jd i» B™J““rt*. ••'J ‘l-" Btock r
to be iene^ j charges Government now make a contn.
frt'th toSand totheG. I. P. Railway Company for the
maintenance of law and order as distinct from the special duty
“fTuarding the company’s property and goods traffic.
CANALS.
51 sunken trees and other obstructions were removed from
the bed of the Indus, and as for some time past the dead trees
on the banks have been carefully removed, the obstructions from
this cause have been gradually decreasing The inundation
wa favourable, and although only one inch higher than in
1880-81 it caused a considerable amount of damage to forest
land It appears that the river is forcing an outlet to the sea
through the Hydri Channel which has been closed for twenty
years, while the Hajamri Channel is silting up.
The traffic on the river declined, and it is supposed that wheat
was sent by the Rajputana Railway to Bombay in preference to
the river in consequence of the great facilities offered ^7 ^ ®
railway and at the Prince's Dock in loading for export; but
the Indus Valley Railway traffic in wheat also increased very
largely. The voyage from Ferojpur to Kotri occupies three weeks
in a native boat, and the freight is 3^ annas per maund of wheat
and 6 annas per maund of cotton, but there is little or no return
freight procurable. In spite of the decline of traffic the number
of boats rose to 3,320, which exceeds by 99 the number m the
previous year. The rules for the registration of boats have been
improved, and evasion of the law will now be more difficult.
The receipts from fees from vessels plying on the river and
other sources amounted to Rs. 46,925, and the expenditure,
including special repairs to the tug, to Rs. 4,57,202.
TELEGRAPHS.
There were 32 offices open at the close of the year in
and 7 in Sind. New offices were opened at Barsi and Bijapur
and one at the Cotton Green, Bombay. A temporary
open for nearly three months at Badani in Sind during the tioo
and used by the Public Works Department for observations i
connection with the Kashmor bund. The office at Junagad wa
transferred to the Bhavnagar and Gondal Railway. Two o
are worked by military signallers and three are worked by cler
in the Collector's or Executive Engineer's offices.