') h""" .... J'

INDEX TO THE ANNUAL HEl'OUT Ol!' THE DEPAR1'.MFNT OF LAND RECORDS IN THE BOMBAY PRESIDENcY'

INCLUDING SIND, lo. Southern Division . .. 2&-27

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CHAPTER III.-SURVEY AND SF.TTLE:.!ENT 'VORK. Revenue Survey Work, Northern DiviBitm ... 29-31

. · Do. • Central Division 32 Do. Southern Division ··- 33-34

Itevenue Settlement Work, Northern Division Do. Central Division Do. Southern Division ...

City Surveys, Northern Division Do. Central Division Do. Southern.Division

Village Site Survey , Government Photozinco Office

CHAPTER IV.-ltECORD·OF-RIGHTS. Hecord~f-Rights in Northern, Cent):al and Southern Divisions General Remarks . .. . ... ... · ·•

APPENDICES. Statement No. I-Showing crop, was~e, boundary marks and other

inspection work carried out by C1rcle Inspectors ... . .... . Statement No. II-Showing the measurement and classification

work performed by Circle Inspectors ·: · .. · , . .. · . Statement No. III-Showing the test of Vill.aJ;;e. Officers a.nd CIICle

Inspectors' inspection work by Sub-dmstonal Officers and - Mamlatdars ... . ... ... ••• . _. .. Statement No. IV-Showing the details of work done by D1strict

Inspectors ... • ..

PART m OF THE LAND REVENUE ADl\UNISTR;\TION REPORT OF THE PROVINCE OF SIND. ,

Introduction of revised rates of assessment and proposals for re· settlement ... ... ..,. . • ..

Amount of work done by the ~ead Recor~ Office Indexing work done by a full-t1me Munsh1

AS2-o

... -·

35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

43 44

1 2 3

I . . '

1

1 .

1 .1 1

1-2 2

2-a a :J 3

:!-4 4

4-;'i li

5-G

(j

G-7 7 'i 7 7

'i-B B 8 8 1>1

8-\l 9-10

11

12

1., 'J

14

15 15 15-

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Inspection of the lwcord OJlice by the Superintendent, LII.Ild Records ••. . .. ...

City Survey of Shikarpur _ ... Superintendent's test of measurement work done by the Village

Establishments ... Survey Class for Revenue Officers _ ... Cost of the Land Records Department Introduction of Record of Rights ... Re-writing of Record of Rights ...

· l\Iaintenance of Record of High ts ... APPENDICES.

Appendix A.-Showing the estimated financial results of the new rates sanctioned .. . .. . ... ...

Appendix B.-Showing the work done in the Head Record Office in connection with sketches, &c., &c.

. Appendix C.-Showing the work done by the Head Record Office in connection with new measurement done by village establishments •••

Appendix D.-Showing the test of Taped:us-' _ and SuperVising Tapedars' inspection work by Sub-divisional Officers ... ,

P4li.AG!l.lPBB. Pacrs

4 1.5 5 15-16

G 16 7 16 8 16 9 16

10 16 11 16

17

... 17

18

No. A.D.-78.

From Poona, 20th January 19l!i.

F. G. H. ANDERSON, EsQ., M.A., I.C.S., Settlement Commissioner and Director, Land Records ;

To ' THE SECRETARY To GOVERNMENT,

_Revenue Department. Sir, . .

I have the honour .of submitting the Annual Report of the Department of Settleil!_ent and Land Records for the "year ending 31st July 1918 ..

CHAPTER I.

PREFATORY. · • ' 1. The cl:_arge of the Department was held by me throughout the year.

2. Messrs. 8. E. Reuben, V.B. Mardhekar and A. R. Dalal were Superin· t~ndents of Land Re?ords, Northern, Central and Sputhern Divisions, respec-tively, throughout the year. -- · .

3. During the year I toured in fi:ve districts each of Northern and Southern . Divisions and three of Central Division, examining the working of city surveys

-. pOt-hissa surveys and the survey of talukdari villages of Limbdi, in additio~ to the inspection of the Land Records and Registration offices. · In March and April I toured through Sind and inspected the city survey offices of Hyderabad

-Karachi and Shikarpur,- and the Hyderabad Central Land Record Office. ' . . . 4. The Superintendents of Land Records. toured extensively in their

Divisions, 'a.\td examined the work of the field parties, city surveys, p6t-hissa surve;rs, Record of Rights, and other Land Records work, and inspected the Distnct Survey Offices. · .

CHAPTER II.

LAND. .RECORDS EsTABLISHMENT.

Establishments under Divisional Superintendents. 5. · The establishments under the Divisional Superintendents were the

District Survey Offices, permanent field parties, and the establishments for City Surveys and . measurement· of sub-divisions. All were controlled by the Superintendents and supervised by District Inspectors, Survey Mamlatdars and Head Survey~rs. ·_

,1'ra£ning of Junior Civilians. 6. Only one Assistant· Collector in Ahmednagar District was trained in

survey and settlement matters by the Superi?-tendent, Land Rec~rd~. Central Division. Mr. Jagatsing Ailmal ~undanam, :peputy Collector m l::!ind, was sent to Foona to qualify in ~he dut1es ?f Supermtendent, Land. Records. .He was shown the working of v1llage and mty surveys, Record of Rights, p6t~hissa surveys, and District Survey and Central Record Offices.

Tmining of District Inspectors. 7. N 0 class was held during the year as there were not enough men to

be trained. 1'raining of Circle Inspectors.

8 In the Northern Division a class was held in October and November. Out of 16 candidates all passed the final test .. IJ?- the Central Division a class of 19 Circle Inspectors and 2 karkuns from D1str10t Survey Offices was opened.

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The candidates were first given theoretical tr~ining in the variou_s kinds of field measurement. They were then sent to Wai T11luka for practical field work. After test of their work, all of them were found to ?ave .well understood the principles ·of survey work. They we:e also exammed m. prat-phalni work and distribution of assessment o-:er h_Issas. All the candidat~s passed. Of those 21 candids.tes, 12 were exammed m Revenue ~ape_r, 7 havmg passed the Higher Standard examination, and 2 karkuns from ~lst.rict Survey Offices being exempted from examination in this paper, 1_1 candidates passed. In the field work the candidates measured 1,450 new hissas. The usual fees were levied from the occupants of those hissas, thus greatly reducing the cost of this training.

In the Southern Division two Classes were held in Belgaum and Ali bag the former for Circle Inspectors of Karnatic Districts, and the latter for thos'e of Konkan Districts including TMna. Thirty candidates were trained in chain and cross staff and plane ta.ble survey, of whom 2G passed in the final examination. In addition to this, the measurer Circle Inspectors of all districts were specially trained in plane table survey. · ·

Training of Village Accountants. 9. No class was held in the Northern Division. In the Central Division

the talatis of Haveli and Mulshi Peta, trained in 191G, had to be re-instructed as they got no practice in measurement work after their first training, owing to urgent revenue and war work. Three classes were held and 47 talatis were given instructions in chain and cross staff and plane ta.bb survey. The Circle Inspectors of Ha.veli were also trained with these talatis, Fifteen untrained talatis were also trained in another class, of whom 13 passed the fiual test. A similar class of 33 tala tis was also held at R!lburi ;. of those 31 passed the final test. The trained talatis of Haveli and Mulshi measured 832 hissas in 78 villages. In Rahuri 108 hissas were measured in six villages by six talatis. In the Southern Division two classes were held for training village accountants in plane table survey, one at Gadag and one·at Devgad. At Gadag 46 kulkarnis and 5 Circle Inspectors were trained, of whom 48 were found fit to do independ-ent work. At Devgad 24 talatis were trained, of whom 19 passed the final test. The talatis of Devgad measured in the course of their training 216 hissas, for which the usual survey fees will be recovered. This will uduce the cost of their training; The result of their training is dealt with in a separate report.

. I District Survey (Jffices.

10. The Central Re.cord Office, Ahmedabad, was inspected by me lD March, and by the Superintendent, Land Records, in July. It disposed of 1,049 ca~es involving correction in survey records, leaving a balance of 507 cases. M1s~~lhne~us c~ses disposed of were o,556, leaving a balance of ~73. In addition, h1maya.t statements of Jalalpur, Olp:i.d, Chikhli and Sanand Taluka.s were prepared. The amount realised for extracts from survey papers and from sale of maps was Rs. 861. This.office has worked satisfactorily.

ll: ~he District Survey Office, Th~na, disposed of 312 cases in~olving correct10n 1n survey records, leaving a balance of 247 cases. 2,227 miscella-neous cas. s were also disposed of, leaving a balance of 241 cases. As usual, one .man from the p~t-hissa establishment was employed for njne months for correct10n work: he disposed of 20 cases affecting 25 villages. Rs. 672 were ~ealised from the sale of maps and extracts from survey records. The Supenntendent, Land Records, reports that this "office is unsatisfactory and ~oes not shvw improvement. The work has now been more organised, and Is under a new Headquarter Assistant. . .

12. All ~e District Survey Offices in the Central Division were examin~d by th~ Supermtendent, Land Records, and were found to be working s_atls-facto~ily. They had heavy work on account of Revision Settlement opera.twns, pot-hissa survey, abolition of patasthal assessment and land acquisition cases. The Tab system introduced in those offices ha~ ensured proper control and punctual disposal of the work. The pay fixed for the staff of these offices is small ~nd consequently good men are not attracted. It will be soon necessary to rev1se the scale of pay, temporarily relieved by the war allowance. ·

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13. In _the Southern Division all District Survey Offices were inspected ~y th~ Supermtendent except the Konkan, which was inspected by the Deputy Supermt~ndent. The ~ork t~rned out has been reported to be satisfactory, and

11 ·.great Improvement. m theu output is I"eported. Last year out of 13,15!) : c~ses 11,635 were disposed of. This year out of 13,730 cases 12,417 were disposed of .

. 14.. The ~e~~ction in a~rears of measurement cases (Statement II) is nottced m all DIVISions, but chiefly in Southern Division. The balance of cases at the end o,f the year in all districts (except Kaira) was only a matter of one to two months work.

District Inspectors.

. . ~5. Statement IV shows the work done by these officers. In the Central DIVISIOn, Mr. Patwardhan of Poona and Mr. Hatwalne of East Khandesh and Mr. T~k.~kar of Sh~lapur ~re specially noticed for good work. In the Southern DIVISIOn Mr."Gllganchi of Belgaum and Mr. Bhagwat of Ratnaoiri are commended. But the quantity of inspection in Belgaum was poor ana"' 80 too in Dharwar, while upon Kaira I have already commented. , '

Circle -Inspectors.

. 16. Statement I shows ·the work. performed by these officials. I have received no remarks from the Collectors. on their work. The output in Snrat and Satara was good. The late Superintendent, Northern Division wrote: "As a rule the work of Circle Inspectors is perfunctory. In most of the' Gujarat Districts they are being relieved of all measurement work and should be able to devote more attention to other duties. Promoted talatis do not usually make good Circle Inspectors .. They have nothing to look forward to."

The boundary mark work by Circle Inspectors in Nagar seems poor: while the inspection of Record of Rights was inadequate in Ahmedabad, ;E'auch MaMls, East Khandesh, Sholipu_r and Ratnagiri and positively discreditable in Bijapur.

Boundary Marks repairs.

17. In the Northern Division generally the year's programme was carried out and the work is .reported to have been done carefully. In Kaira it was postponed. In some parts of Panch Mahals there were no railway facilities for the carriage of stones. The single mark system finds favour ·~xoept in Thana where numerous bends in rice fields and the difficulty of getting proper

. sized cut stones· induce retention of the old system. Circular mounds find favour in. Ahmedabad and Broach and large size stones in Surat and Panch Mahals.' In some villages of Surat (Olpad Ta,luka) square stone pillars put up some five or seven . years ago (during my . Collectorship) were all found intact

· and boundary marks repair was a very simple operation; This is the state to which we hope at long last to attain everywhere.

·In the Central Division the year's programme was generally carried out . except in Nag~r where 62 villages remained to ~e done. The single mark

system is reported to be much preferred by the cultivators.

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, fu the Southern Division also the year's programme was gone through, •{)nly Dh:l.rwar showing an arrear of 16 villages. The single mark system was tried in 13 villa.,.es of Kanara. In Kol:i.ba and Ratnagiri it has been dropped, while in above-ghat district~:~ it has .finally replaced the old system .

Boundary disputes.

lB. During the year the Superintendent of L.an~ Records, Northern Division, settled four old disputes between the Surat Distnct a?-d B~roda Stat.e. Owing to the deputation of field party. surv~yors on reclassificatiOn work m Ahmedabad the verification of boundanes WI~ Ba~oda Stat~ could not be carried out. In the Panch MaMls ther~ were mne dispute~ v;?th Baroda and the Mehlol estate, of which eight were disposed of by the DistriCt Inspector.

. In Gujar:i.t there were many boundary disputes between the Brit~sh territory ·and Baroda .State for settlement. Last year the number of such disputes was

reported to exceed one hundr~d. The Baroda Darbar had put in a proposal to appoint a special officer for this purpose and the papers are now ·before Govern-ment. The sooner a decision is .arrive~ at the better, as_ every year the number of such disputes seems to be mcreasmg and hampermg our more beneficial activities.

19 Statement III shows the inspection by Sub-Divisional Officers and Mimlatdars. As to the inspection by Sub-Divisional Officers, it would seem that in Ahmedabad, Nasik and Belgaum the tests of Record of Rights were inadequate; in Satira on the other hand, they are good. The tests by Mamlatdars of Crop and Tena~cy Register (very important for settlement purposes) seem poor in East Khandesh, N:isik, Nagar, Ratmigiri and Bijipur and tbe tests of Record of Rights entries are insufficient in Sholapur and Ratmi.giri.

J.Ieasurement of Sub-dit-isions, Northern Division. 20. Four parties of 8 men each under a Head Surveyor b~gan work in the

Panch l\fahals. Godhra, Halo! and Kalol Talukas were completed. The number of hissas measured were 50,371. · The progress of work was slow as the hissas were large and thickly wooded. The prevalence of plague interfered with the work. There were large vanta numbers with numerous hissas to be measured. Vanta numbers of o>er 60 acres in extent were measured on ·the minor trian-gulation system with a net work of theodolite stations and plane table inter-polation. The average cost over hissa comes to 7 annas. 381 theodolite stones were put in these. wanta numbers· in 15 villages of the Godhra Taluka and 2 villages of the HaJol Peta. They will be maintained by the General Duty Inspector, reviewing about 75 stones in three villages every year.

21. The suburbs of Ahmedabad were to be surveyed on the minor trian-gulation system: This could not be started till March on account of plague. One village, Usmanpur, is completed. Theodolite work is completed in Shekh-pur Khanpur, Changispur Chadavad, Paldi, Kochrab and Nag ina. Plane table work has now been started.

22. The following ta!Jllias now remain to be done:-Kaira :-. Matar, Mehmedabad (except 14 villages). Panch Mahals :-D9had, Jhalod. ( Ahmedabad :-16 villages of North Daskroi surrounding Ahmedabad

City (in progress), · Dholka, Sanand, Viramgam, Parantij and ModAsa,

\ , Dhandhuka and Gogho.

23: In Sura.t District the pOt-hissa. work of eight villages was formerly done by cham and cross-staff. A party of four surveyors under a Circle Inspector was deputed to surve,r them by plane table. The expenditure was met o~t of the e:-cess recoveries on account of pot-hissa phalni which were at the credit of the ~1str~ct.. In addition to this the party did pOt-hissa measurement !n the Bhagdan village of Madhar which had been left untouched, and also 111 the Bunda lands of Sarbhon and Puni. Numerous new hissas accumulated in the villages of Jalalpur were also cleared off. /

. 24. In . Thana p6t-hissa survey was done · by three plane· table ya.rti~s, :1Es1sted by SIX experienced plane-tablers from Gujarat, and three phalm parties under a.Head Surveyor. As usual, the revision of Record of Rights was done along With the measurement and amalgamation of sub-divisions in the Umber-gaon and M urMd TaJukas. They measured 12,367 hissas in 51 nlla5es ~y ~lane table and 22, 70u hissas in 81 villages by phalni and examined 89,li51 entn~s m the Hecord of Rights. The cost per hissa measured by plane t~ble 18 annas 14'25 (the men being new to the work and the terrain very d1fficul~ and by phalni 'annas 7•25. The total average cost per hissa is anna.s o·7~. Recovery statements for Rs. 26,280 were issued, out of which Rs. 22,000 wexe collected. ..

2GU 25. POt-hissa survey now remains to be done in one circle of Dah:.i.nu

3 of Vada, 3 of Mokh~da, 4 of Shah:!.pur, 3 of Bhiwndi and 9 villa"'es of Umber: gaon. Nearly two-thirds of the district is finished. The inland0 talukas now remaining are expe~ted not to give so much trouble as those completed. Next year all the work Will be done by plane table. ·

Central Division. . 26. At the beginning of the year 19 parties of 220 men under 2 Survey Mamlatdars were put on recess work of distributing assessment over sub-divisions measured in the previous year. One. headquarter party of 57 hands was kept to finish off the arrears of recess work left over by the field parties. In order to push on these operations more vigorously more men were trained and in November 24 field. parties totalling 278 men under the 2 Survey Mamlatdars took the field. Later on some men had to be drafted to Inam and City Surveys and the survey of the proposed extensions and vicinity of Deolali Cantonment. So finally there w~re 22 field parties of 230 hands and one Headquarter party of 25 men. All work was done by plane table. The parties worked in the Poona, Nasik, Ahmednagar, Sholapur and Satara Districts, measuring 244,359 hissas in 685 villages. Assessments were calculated for 144,138 hissas done last year and for 61,388 hissas done this year. Demand statements for Rs. 1,37,508 were issued during the'year, out of which Rs. 1,02,242 were recovered. The average cost per hissa comes to annas 4'17 for measurement and 3"17 for recess work.

In addition to the above parties 2 parties of 30 measurers calculated assessments on 22,848 hissas of Amalner, Parola and Chopda Ta.Iukas of East Kh:!.ndesh and 6 men measured 3, 7 50 new hissas in 118 villages of Bhusaval. Also 2 measurers measured 1,456 new hissas in Dhulia and calculated assess-ments of 1,472 hissas of Navapur and Sakri in West Kh:!.ndesh. Maintenance of the pOt:fUssa survey formerly done in Sholapur, Nagar, Poona and Nasik Districts was carried on by 8 hands, measuring 5,366 new hissas in 94 villages of Barsi, Kopargaon, Sirur and Kalwan Ta.Iukas. ' From the last week of April a party of 3 surveyors was sent to Deolali. There are 9 villages coming within their operations. , Of these, 3 villages were surveyed on the ?linor, tri!l'ngul!l'tion .system. As soon a~ .the traverse work is computed, detailed mappmg Will be taken up.

27. The progress of hissa survey work in' Central Division is as follows :-Taluka!i and Petas Talukos and Petas TaJUkas and Pot oa

completed. in hand. remaining. District.

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Taluk ... I Feto.s. Talukaa. Petas. Talukas. !.,etas. '

East and West KMndes~ · Comp/leted. ~ ~ Poona. ... 1. G , 1

and 58 Inam ViU11gBS of I I i Purandbar o nd llaveli. Sa tarn . ' 0 1 8 0 8 ~

Ahmednagar .... I

A 0 ~ 1 l' 0 Nasik :::I l 0 4 0 7 0 Bholapur ' 0 • 1 ' 0 2 0 ... . Roughly we . may say-the work is finished in Kh~ndesh ; more than ~:tal£

finished in other five districts.and the speed and efficiency of the operatiOns are now such that the remainder will take· less time and labour than the first half.

Southern Division. 28. In the Konkan there were 15 parties of 8 men each with a candidate

attached to each party, supervised by a Survey 1\Umlatdar. They measured .74,844 bissas in 71 villages of Mangaon, MaMd, Malvan and D~vgad Talu~as. 90 per cent. of the work was done by plane table. The ~utput IS small .owmg to the plane table being usfld for the first time by the ~arties. Also the VIllages done were most difficult and hilly. Th~ average cost IS annas 13 per measured hissa and annas 3·5 per amalgamated h1ssa. Out of the d_e~and statements ?f previous years Rs. 38,698 have been recovered in Ratrragm and Rs. 11,471 m

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KoHba, leaving a balance of Re. 3,282 and Rs .. 2,391 respoc.tively. No new demaud statements have been prepared as the q~est10n of chargmg survey fees accord-ing to the size of hissas was being considered by Government and disposed of by Government Resolution, Revenue Department, No. 8592, dated 22nd August HJ18.

In Karnatic also 15 parties of 8 m_en each with one trained candidate were on work, supervised by a Deputy Supermtendent. They m~asured 82,102 hissas in 300 villages of Belgaum, Khtlnipur, Gokik and Huken Talukas. The cost per hissa is anna~ ()·6. Out of the. demand statements for Rs. 42,740 the recoveries were, Rs. 21,836. A speCial party of 8 measurers was deputed to measure new hissas in Dhirw

7 261 ~ovemb~r a party of 14 me~surers and classers was put on the survey of in:i.m VIllages ~~ Pnrandh~r. Five villages were completely measured and classed and one village partially. They measured 8,358 acres in 4,842 hissas of 767 survey numbers and. classe~ 8,098 arable acres in 4,842 hissa.s. The survey was done on the mmor tnangulation system with plane table interpola.tion. The party employed on the survey of Miraj Junior State, as per Government Order No. 7568 of 18th October 1916, Political Department, was engaged from August to qctober on recess work of the Kawtha T!l.luka. Field work was commence~ m Novelll:ber and measurement and cln.ssification of the Talukas of Gudgen and Kuroh completed. In all 58 723 acres in 4 841 fields were measured and 67,770 acres in 5,592 fields class~d. '

33. Southtrn Division.-The strength of the field party at the beginning of the year was 3~ surveyor~, 6 learners and 1 clerk. Most of the surveyors were put on pOt-hissa and City survey work. Three surveyors were sent to Belgaum for measurement work. They disposed of 284 cases (320 survey n:nmbers) and measured 1,922 ne~ hissas. Five field party surveyors and 2 pOt-~ussa surveyors were sent to Dharwar. They disposed of 232 :r;neasurement cases (877 survey numbers) an~ lll:easured 812 hissas. Three surveyors were put on mea~urement of Inammishnt lands .. They measured 460 survey numbers in 77 villages of Ron, Navalgund and Hubli, thus completing the work in Dh:l.rwar District. ·

In Government Order No. 15226 of 17th December 1917, Government sanctioned the introduction of Survey Settlement in 16 villages of the late Sirdarin Umabai Biwalkar's Jahgir in Panwel. Two surveyors were deputed from March to June. The work is being done on the minor triangulation system. Theodolite wqrk of 10 villages has been completed, though some of it needs revision, having been misconceived.

Pa1ma Estate Survey. 34. Five surveyors were employed on this survey. Two villages were

completely surveyed and classed and some classification work remaining in two {)tber villages was completed. Theodolite work was done in two more villages. Six villages have thus been completely surveyed and classtii.ed. At· the end of the year the Desai of Parma represented that survey operations in hia villages should . be stopped as on account of unseasonable and insufficient rainfall the kumri crop was lost and the paddy .crop was about half of a normal year, He was therefore unable to incur the survey expenses in addition to giving relief

·to his people. On the advice of the Political Agent the survey has been stopped. The six villages completed will be settled when the settlement of the adjoining Savantwadi villages i~ taken up.

Revenue Settlement Work. 35. Northern Div'ision.-Revisions of Matar and Mehmedabad Talukas

. _ were sanctioned by Government. · The revised rates were introduced late in ·the year. · ·

36. Central Division.-The Superintendent submitted proposals for the settlement of ~wo inam villages in Bbimthadi and Purall:dhar T~lukas. Revision rates were introduced in 567 Government and 21 mam villages of Taloda, Sbabada and Shirpur Talukas of West ~handesh, Chopda of .Eas: Kha?desh, Tasgaon of Sa tara and Sirur of Poona and m Government lands m 9 mam VIllages of Taloda and Shahada. Revised akarbands were prepared for four talukas of Poona., three of Sa tara and one of N asik. The Superintendent als? ~ubmit:ed ·proposals for the Revision Settlement of the Kawt~a. Taluka. of the MuaJ (J un10r) State which were sanctioned by the State authorities.

S7. Southern Division.-The Superintend~nt submitt.od pr~posals f.or one inam village in Dharwar. Settlements were mtrod:nced m 21 mam v1~ages. Revision Settlement Reports for the Kurund~ad (Semor) State and two vill~ges of Wadi Jahgir were submitted by tho Special Officer, Mr. Kumble. Revised rates have been approved by the State. . .

CITY SuRVEYs. 38. Northern Dt'vision.-In the. t?wns of Nadiad, ~and and Borsad ma!ly

appeals were made against the dec!Slons of the Enqmry Officer. A SpeCial

Officer wall appinted to hear ~ese appeals. l'Japa are bch~g printed and sanad~ will be issued soon. The mamtcnance sta!l has been appomtcd and are prepar-ing the Record of Rights and property registers. ·

In Thana, Bandra and ~odhra. the maintena_nce survey?rs are preparing Record of Rights, and the m~mten~nce of. these City_ sun:eys 1s reported to Le going on satisfactorily. In Vnamgam, mamtenance IS gomg on.

Revision of the city survey of Ahmedabad and its suburbs was started Thirteen tikkas have been completed in the year and up to data of report one: third of the whole city is finished. Revision of the city survey of Broach is also being attempted by the existing city survey staff.

39. Central Division.-New surv~ys in ~eola. and S~tara. were ta~en up during the year. In Yeola the survey JS neanng completion and enqmry has been started. In Satara the surrey is in progress. Both these towns hare been well done.

In Nil.sik tba enquiry and Record of Rights were completed. Sanads are being issued. A maintenance staff is also appointed. In Bhus:l.val the survey and enquiry are finished. A maintenance staff is being appointed. In Poona the enquiry was finished and sanads arc being prepared. Two surveyors are appointed for maintenance. Igatpuri City Survey has been revised by the maintenance Surveyor, and property register prepared.

40. Southern Dit~ision.-Byadgi and Shahapur (Sangli State) were com-pleted during the year. :Maintenance staffs have been appointed at Belgaum, Bagalkot, Gadag, Ranebennur, and Byadgi, and are reported to be working satisfactorily. As maps are being printed, systema.tio revision could not be made during part of 'the year but is now in full swing. Record of Rights was introduced in Gadag and Ranebennur and is being introduced· in Belgauru and Baga.lkot. -

· · Villaae Site'jSurfJey. 41. The Record of Rights has been maintained in. the village sites formerly

surveyed in Surat and Broach. The work is done fairly well. Maps have been printed. Sanads are being prepared for the Broach village sites and recoveries being made.

PhotozincograpMc Office. 42. A detailed report on the working of this office is separately submitted

to Government. . ·

. CHAPTER IV. RECORD OF RIGHTS.

· _43. ~n Kaira t.J;e Record of Rights due for rewriting in Borsad, Ka~adwanJ, Nad1ad, and Anand, could not he taken up as the talatie were on stnke. In P?-nch Mahala th!l Record was introduced for the first time in the village of Chitrodia., Jhllod Taluka. The rewriting of tho Record of Rights, as reported by the Superintendent, Land Records, was completed as follows:-

Diatrict.

Thana

Surat

T•luka.

... Dahinu Umbcrga.on

Vada Mokhada Shahipur :M:urb:l.d

• Village.

• .. Chinchni Circle. ... N4rgol Circle (3 other circles were

revised with pot hissa. survey). .. . Chinch gar Circle. .. . Khodala Circle. • ... Kinoli Circle. . d . .. Vidhe Circle (2 other circles rev1se

with pot hissa survey). Bassein ... Agashi Circle. Ehiwndi · ... Bhiwndi Circle. SalseHe ... Khairane Circle.

... Whole District and also in Bhdgddri villages of-

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Olp:l.d ·. . .... 1!a.~ar, Khalipor. Choras1 ,;, 1 village.

i J ali!.Ipur 1 ,

Di>tricl.

Broach

Poona

Sa tara

Ahmednagar

East KMndesh

West KMudesh Nasik

Belgaum.

Kanara

Kolaba

Ratnagiri

Bijapnr

Dharwar .

T:.luka.

I ... Broach

A' mod ' Jambusar

Wdgra Ankleshwar Wagra

... Sirur Bhimthadi Purandhar

... Khatav Koregaon Patan

... Kopargaon Nevaaa

... Bhad

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work fell a victim to intluenza ut 'l'h:\nu, in November l!J18. Mr. A H A t' ' I . t d L' • t a t t th ffi . . u Ia now substantive y appom e as ouperm e? en b e o ce has been Ill

pum:tual and helpful:· and I must also notice tho great efficiency to which ~~t Deccan Sub-division survey par.tiesba.ve been brought by Mr. W. :R. Sane an~, the Gujarat parties by ~Ir. Bhallal Hargovnnclus.

I han• the honour to be ' Sir,

• Your most obedient servant ' F. ANDERSON,

Settlement Commissioner sud Director of Land Records.

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APPENDIX A.

Statement I &~owing crop, waste, boundary marks and other i11spectio•ts carried out by Cwcle Inspeclo'l's in the Ditricts during the ycctr 1917-18.

Name of Diab'io'-

1

Northam Dh!Uion.

.lbmodabad R&ira ~ ... Panch M:ah&la Broach Sura.• Thana

CmaWal D£t~is£ora.

Eas\ Khandeah Weai Kbaodeah Naaik . .lbmedn&llar Poon• Bhola.pnr Sa,ara

llelgaum Bijapur Dha.rwar Kolaba Ra.tnaciri Kana.ra

•

....

l ...

Number of Circle Jnapeo-tora in theDi• 'rid,

18 21 14 It 2S sr

'4s II< S8 48 S5 16 5S

50 92 4I 9S 29 89

Number of villaJ::ea io e&eb

Distric,.

Toh.I.

s

41i5 li~JQ

""' 40I 1!21

1,624

1,801~ 1.216 l,ti9ii

• 1,875 1,176

roo 1,2-47

001 1.026 1.290 1,633 1,337 1,419

Number inspeo-

led,

4

465 6!l9 403 ,..,. 704

1.309

U8I 1,!UO 1.614 1,376 1,1'18

700 1,2(7

9!6

::~~ 1,642

99I I,SOS

Crop and Te-nancy inspection, Wa.sl.o Inapoetion.

1------,,.--- 1--

Number of d&YII ae\ua.Uy devoted to iDI•

Jl8CitiOD work.

5

Toto! Number of occu-

pied survey Num· bera.

6

Number Number of aar- of waat.e

vey oum~ onu1~ Numbor ben bora io~tpoc~

aod aub- other 'cd. diviaioua thao tested. forc11,,

r 7 . ,

--~ - ---1--·1-~ I

_:!

Average.

]98 I ]'18,'130 1B2 816,9'/7

68 80,18'1 128 18Ull 127 246,197 16S 200,619

1!18 89

1!36 65'1

90 2I3 21I

194 2IO 87

89•9

"i4·4 I

208,948 142,407 249,652 ll40,m 227,850 112,648 256.otO

1'76,881 1'16,101 185,993 155,34'1 187,216 137,'190

81,014 8'1,825 16,04.9 18,4'10 9'1,0'16 fii,S85

24,206 24,699 !la,'lti2 27.40I 29.4'18 11,516 b0,019

28,036 86,805 46,665 16,915

6,5:M ~'1.95\.t

ss.m 1fl.9'l8 12,089 10.~9 11,657 1B,ll49

8,R37 13,407 11.2Da

5,6"..0 9,465 Sl,690 l,l8 u:69-2 ]jlg,ooo 9.1~ 26,7!i!'J

17,231 -2b3.169

I ,, 11.6061 15,trl0 !ll.frlO 16.2U 11.733 10.169

94,011 H,2H4 ~~,136 OO,lr.T 16,9-lli 64,857

Tbe rep,.ir ot bound-a.rY markf \Va.• pottL-P 0 De d darioa t.he year.

oo•3

:

1

i :~~: I ::_:~----~-; __ oo_~_;·-'-I_:_::_~_L ::: 1 ------------------~---·~--- --~-----~--~------F. ANDERSON,

Settlement Commissioner and Director c.f Land Itecords.

') 6 ') >..1 t)

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APPENDIX A-continued.

Statement II showing the measztren~ent and classijicatio11 work performed by Circle Inspectors during tl1e year 191'1-18.

Arrears at tbe New cases received beginning of tbe during tbe

year. year. Name c! District. ----- -----

Measure- Classifi. :Measure- Classifi. ment. cation. ment. cation.

1 2 s 4 5 I

S. Nos. S. Nos. fr.~orllwrn Di

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APPENDIX B.

Stat~1n.e~t III shQwing the test of village offictTI' and circle inspectoTS' work by Sub-D,vu~onal Officers and Mamlatdars in th~ di1trict1 dt~ring the year 191?-18.

Name of 41eh'lot.

1

JSUb-tlivit>ion&l OllicOl'S

···1 MAmlaW6ro

{SuboodiYieioaal Omeera

Panob Kabat&. Mimlatdllre

Broub

Surd

Th&aa

Ead del!lb,

Woslo des h.

NasJk

•.. tSub-dlvltlona.l Otneer• KAmlddi.n

(Sab-divilional O.mcerl

···\ Mtlml&ld6rs •

..• {Sub-diviaional Omeer•

H&mlatd(lrs

{Sub-divisional Otrieen

K'ban- ' MA.mlatdara .

{

Sub-divisioo&l OfH.oers Khan-

. HU.mlatdlra - .

.•. { SniHUY_isional Officers

H&mla~i.ra

• {Sutrdivision.t Omoers Ahmednacar ...

. M6.mt&fidAra

Sbolipur

S&Ura.

Bijapur

DhllrwAr

KoiB.ba.

Rat.nRu;lri

···{Sub-divisional Otllcora

MMnlat.dt\ra

···{Sub-divisional Oftl~ers Mllmlold!oro

···{Sub-clivislo"uW Om.cerJ

M&.mlatdt\ra ·

···{Sub-diviJtional Ollieera

MD.mla\dt\.ra

.•. { Snb-diviai~oal Officer&

Mt\mla.tdfuoe

···{ Sub-divieional Officers

MllmlatdO.rs .

···{Sub-divisional omcora M8.mla.k18.ra

···t su~diviaional omcol'l Mt\mla.t.d&r•

···{Sub-divialono.l omcers Mtimla.tdtU:s •

No. or yUla&:el.

No. or So"eJ' No. of numbers in UJ

No: or which arop and v i:aee bound- Tenaucy Record wbieh

au ••• obecked. bir'b

No. or eo,rlol obecked

Tot•l I ·-to tbe I Number

dlatrlel lolpee,ed.

markll and inepeo .. r---.---1 dea'h

ed. VIllage Oirc!la reRia,era Om , lo11pe• were cen ~~·· obeokecl. work. Work.

Ia Vtllan Form• VIand

VII.

::: . : l : } ~ } 3 }

\3

···t ... I

···\ ... i ... 1 ...

···i ... 1

. . .1

...

: } 9 }

11

s } 19

;} : } 6 }

a

9} 10

: } 8 l

u . } 10

3 } 11

q 11 J

2 B • 6 ' •

439 ~~L : -= )--~-.i\XI-!--73-T !--~-Til- --1.678 - UBi 6.116i UIIO 116 6.008

11011 I { 187 • 1!81 eog liO 1.131 130 I{ :~ :~. :::: 1·: : ::::

/ 401 IJ -~ ~·:: :::: 1·: ::: ::: l •a~m 1.46i 8,oso 1.m m r.408

{ 1191 1.488 U115 t;t lilT I,DOI

S!ll T5T B.llll 8.15111 II,T61 091 IJ.lTI

l.lmt{ 1.916 {

1.6M {

1.1116 {

1.116 {

roo{ 1.1147 {

ll61 {

1,111.5 {

1.190 {

1.63i {

1.331 {

1.

•

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APPENDIX B-continued.

Statement IV showing th8 detail$ of work done by the District Inspector of Land Records of tile Districts during the year 191?-18.

--..,---.....,-~~~7_.!-"-~---"I---:---------,T-

Di11trlol.

1

...VartMrn Dit~irimr.

.o\bmedabad Ku.ir& P•neb Ma.bab: Brna.eb Surali Tba.ua

Central I Divi .. dor~. ',

Eu' KhB.adeeb --·1 West Khi.ndesh .. . Nll8ik .. . Ahmednas:ar ---~ Poona ... Sboli.pur SAt8.u.

Southn-n Dit!U&on.

BeiQ:aum Bija:pur Dh&rwiLr Iolli.ba Ralin&girt K&nara

Di&tdd.

"""I

' i '

Numbet· of e1 • .. 1 .,. villagM in ::;; ~ Crop and wade lnapeet.ion numbere checked 1 ~

the districts. _ .1

'1

1----.---1 .. :': : ---------------;------- • ~

To&al.

2

465 529 t 4,872

... H.I; .... I

"6aa I ••• !

I ai

"'as \ ' ... 88,

F. ANDERSON, Settlement Commissioner and

Director of Land Records.

l;i

Part III (If the Land Be_venue Administration llepol't of th( Prorince uf Smrl j(rr the yea1· 1917-18.

No. Bev, 1307 of liJHl.

REvt;NUE DEPARTMEN'r:

Office of the Commissioner in Sind, Government H01ue, Karachi, 5th December 1918.

During the year revised settlements were introduced in the unproteoted k~J:cha; dehs of the ~andhkot and Kashmo:re Talukas in the Upper Sind Frontier D1st~ct. Appendix A shows the estimated financial results of the new rates sanctioned. ·

' The reports of the Settlement Officers for Talukas Umarkot, Digri Jame~' a bad and the Jam!ao tr!l'cts of the ~Iirpurkhas, Sinjhoro and San ghar 'Talukas

are under the consideratiOn of the distnct officers or the Commissioner. · - 2. . The amount of work done at the Head Record Office is detailed in

AppendiCes B and C. The _number ?f correction cases disposed of (Appendix D) . -was 3,816 out of 3,959 compared With; 4,877 out of 4,986 in the previous year.

However, the work actually done wa_s In excess of that done during the previous year a~ the numbe~ of survey numbers affected was 29,911 compared with 22,110 In the precedmg year. The small number of only 26 mistakes was diR-

. covered in entries relating to 1,211 survey numbers which were examined in . the office of the Superintendent, Laud Records .. The arrears of correction work at the close of the year show an increase over previous year's figures and are chiefly due to certain territorial changes in Taluka Guni of the Hyderabad District. This necessitated the 'preparation of a fresh record for which the requisite information could not be .furnished by the taluka office in time.

The number of land registers prepared was 239 relating to four taJukas and those for one t:U~ka were in han~ at the end of the year.' There remains only

• · ontl t:i.luka of whiCh the· land reg1sters have yet to be prepared. -The number of maps prepared for supply to Government officers with or

without payment arid to private individuals on payment was 6,752. Of these 1,229 were prepared for classification of lands to be command,ed by the proposed Right and Left Ba:Dk Canals. In all 2,618 maps were prepared for classifica-tion work during the year under report and the preceding year, out of which 885 were supplied during the year and the rest were kept in reserve pending the resumption of classification work.· . The number of maps corrected and kept in the Record Office for use as office copies or for future reproduction was 169.

· The total number of maps dealt with thus amounts to 6,921, compared with -6,385 in the preceding year; ' .

Appendix C, which relates to the new measurement work done by the village establishment, shoW$ that the papers of survey numbers received for examination and entry in the Record Office declined by nearly 3,000 to 17,521. All the papers received in the Record Office were disposed of, leaving no arrears at the end of the year. · The number of survey numbers of which measure-ment papers were returned .without entry for .ame~dment show~ an excess over previous year's figure. This result an~ the 1nordmate delays 1!1 measurement noticed in paragraph 6 below are attributed to·wa_nt of atte~t10n ~n the part of the tapadars to this brancl:t of work .. The attentiOn of the mspectmg.reve~ue {)ffi.cers is being invited to this and the Importance of the survey work IS bemg urged upon them. As rPmarked last year further improvement in this direction and in the general efficie.ncr of tapadar~ may be expected when the propo11als

_ -submitted by the CommisSI~ner for the Improvement of the pay and prospects .. of the village staff are sanctiOned.

· 3. The indexing work is done by a full-time t~mporary munshi, whose .appointment on Rs. 35 per mensem was converted mto a permanent one on Rs. 20 per mensem, un~er Government Order No. 3755, dated the 30th November 1917. ·

4. The Record Office came under the annual inspection of t~e Superin-tendent, Land ..Hecords, in May and June last and the result was satisfactory.

5. During the year no survey operations were undertaken for the demar-cation of waste lands.

The survey operations in connection with the town of Bhik:l.rpur which commenced in the year·1915-16 continued during the year. The work of house

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measurement was practic~lly over by the beginnin&' of :pecemb~r 1917. Owing to exceptionally heavy rams, however, 243 properties ~1tuated In water-logged areas were. left over and were measured subsequently m May 1!:118, the total number of properties mea~ured being 15,747. The total number of properties enquired into by the enquiry officers up to the end of the year was 11,820. At fue suggestion of the Director of Land Records, a surve.yor was sent .to Poona for receiving trainin~ in tracing work, to prepare the tracmgs of the ~Ity survey sheets at Shikarpur mstead of at Poona by the. Government ~hotozmco Press as originally proposed. The survey and enqmry work was mspected by the Superintendent and the Director of Land Records. The latter was favourably impressed with the work.

6. The Superintendent tested 131 survey numbers measured by the village establishment during the coul'Be of his tour and discovered mistakes in 6 oases. In some cases inordinate delays in measurement and the transmission of aurvey papers to the Head Record Office were discovered by him. All instances of negligence or undue delay on the part of the village establishment were brought to the notice of the District Officers by the Superintendent.

7. The four weeks' survey class was held in August 1917 and was attended by 5 Mukhtiarka.rs, all of whom were declared qualified and granted the usual certificates. In addition 7 Head Munshis and graduates and one munshi from the Record Office passed the test after the usual training for three months.

8. The total cost of the Land Records Department for the year under report amounted to Rs. 56,149 including Rs. 17,205 spent in connection with the city survey work at Shikarpur. . ·

9. During the year, the record of rights was introduced in deh Kadirdino Bindi in TaJuka Pano Akil of the Sukkur district, recently formed out of unsurveyed area.

The record in another newly formed deh in the Mirpur Mathelo Taluka. will be promulgated after all the entries have been tested. ln the nine dehs of the Rohri taluka referred to in last year's report, the rough copy could not be fair-copied owing to belated decisions in disputed cases. In the town of Nawabsh:l.h the record could not be introduced, as the fair copy prepared during the year was found to be incorrect. Steps have been taken to check a higher percentage ol entries. The preparation of· the fair from the rough copy of the record under~aken last year in the four dehs of the Sinjhoro Taluka was duly completed

· and wlll be promulgated during the touring season. · 10. The record was due for re-writing in the Mirpur Hatboro, Sujawal,

.. Jati, Shahbandar, Tatta and Karachi (12 old survey dehs) Taluka.s of the Karachi District; the Shahdadkot, Thul, Kandhkcit and Kashmar Talukas of

. th~ l!Fper Sind Frontier District; Tando Allahyar Taluka. of the Hyderabad District; Larlcl.na, Labdarya, Kambar, Ratodero, Mirokhan, Mehar, Warah and Kakar of the Urk:ina District and in the Nawabshah Taluka of the Nawabshah District. The work was actually carried out in all talukas of the Karac~i, Upper Sind Frontier and Hyderabad Districts. The re-writing of the record m the eight talukas of the Larkana. District was commenced and is still in progress. As was the case last year, the re-writing in the Nawabshah Taluka' was not considered necessary on account of the small number of mutations. The re-writing of the record in the Pithoro T.Uuka of the Thar·and Parkar District which was commenced last year was finished during·this year. The measure-ment of new sub-divisions of survey numbers, where any occurred, w"s done . by the village officers as a part of their ordinary duty and has been kept up to date. The sub-divisions have been given the status of survey numbers and the concession has been appreciated by the people. The total number of unreported cases of acquisition of right detected during the year was slightly less than 1,500 and the fine imposed roughly amounted to Rs. 5,800. • 11.. The record is being maintained in a satisfactory state and continue~

to receive adequatq attention at the hands of most· of the officers and sub-ordinates concerned. ·

To THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,

H. S. LAWRENCE, Commissioner in Siud.

Revenue Department, Bombay.

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APPENDIX A.

Paragraph 1. ------ -- ·- - --·-----·---

~~·=·:~~dl Old assosa·l Rovioo~l'oreoo~el;.,.~nl..:ol ~~=--Diakld and ita are&. Taluka and o.rea. for sottlmuent during tho year. y:ar. I menli. asll-88amon6. inereaso. deerealle, mnrli.IJ, . . ' --------- --- -· --A ores. Acrea. Acrea. I Rs. Ro.

kaebo. duha of •be ! t Upper Sind Frontier ... 1'1,09,97~ Kandhkoti To.luka.... 4G,93a 46,932 I

26,607 29,661 12•23 ...... l26 kacha debs or tho

'

Easbmore Ta.luka .1,65,216 16~,218 'lll.640 8ll,l60 19•11 ...... '

APPENDIX B •

. Showing tl!e work done in the Head Record Office in COibllection with sketches, etc.

' Number of cases (including arrears) necessitating aarreotiou

in Survey ReCords,

I Mapo. .,; ~ Year. ~ ' ~ I! "' ·; -~ .. .. f.:

~- ' I' I ~ Cl ~ "' -" " ;j 1'1 i:ll

1 II I s I ~~ 1911-18 ... 1,9!9 69 1,891 50

.

g Number of Survey ~ Registers prep•ted . ' 'E! and supplied to. ,

l I .... w I " .s "' ' Year. j I 1 ~ " ... ~ ~ - a3 ~ w - .... m 0 i liil .,. .. '13 ' .Sl .. ''1': ·&, ~ - ;!: w a: ~ iS ---

1 15' 16 11 18 ~ -- .-..

' 239 1911-18 ' 6 II ... ... I

... Number of cases returned Number of co.sos romaining t

for oorrection at the end " duly oorreated. "' of tbe year. ~ -~

' M:~ps. . .,; niapo. i ~ .3 i -. - u"' .. .. .J'l:1! •• ~ ,! .0 ~ ~ ll I :: 1!15: .s "' .. " ·Q, -~ -~

I -~

_ .. ~ ;[ .. 0. &! :4 I ~ " .;j - ~ - b~ t :a 0 ~- ~ 0 1'~l' "' ~ I "'

m •lf "' !i •• :\;j ~ .. " " ~ ~.-"' fo1 I iii ~ U1 fo1 ..:1 - --

I ~~+1-~-~~j 6 I 1 8 'l 9 13 H ---- ·- ----I

1,810 I 69 1,821 50

I 13

I ... 10 ... m11

' ' ' -- ..

" • Mops If 0

Number of ~bps supplied. prepan. I> .s...- 0 ... -ii

_, H !~ a~ ~:.:::: o.o ~:;

~~ 8~ 19 I 20 I H,007 165

-~

I To petitioner r·- --- - ~iS To District ;;,., I!~ Officers. on payment. 3~ -· -----'ii• I I i~ :l''"'

~ ... I 4 ~ I ~ ~ ~·i -~ fo "' -;;, to .., " " ! " " ,S' :

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APPENDIX C. I

Showing the work done iu the Hra.d Record Office in c.on.ncctio1~ with new ?neasurcm 1 , do11e by Village establishment. . til 1

--------:-------.--- ,-----.,...--..

District.

Number of talu.kas in

which survey work was

Nwnbcr o! Numbc•· of Number of Slll'\"ey Numbers Survey Nu.mbon; Survey Numbors

rooeived for examination and returned niter returned without

h making entries entry in the entry in 1 e in the Survey Snrvoy Reoorda

Survey Rcrords • done. including previou!' records, t. ~·· mn1's with lists of

---~·- ------------1 I year's bahmoe. and r.5

963

754

761

712

430

,.

6811

6b1

I 578

512 ' I 424

005

I 39 I

' l15 I I

I ll9ll

17

I 163 I 3'1 ' : I

'

I 11.406

I 17.171 -A. g. A. +1.306 10 BIg o H1

• +39 measure-, ment. I

12.460

11,137

11.

Departm~nt of Land Records.

Report of the -in the Bombay Presidency including Sind, for the year 1917 ·18. '

GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY.

REVENUE DEPARTMEN;.

Resolution No. 7652.

Bombay Castle, 29th July 1919.

Letter fron: the Settlement Commi~sioner and Director of Land Records No A D 78 datet ~2Ld 1~1 19~9-. ~~b~~ting, for a~proval, a proof copy of the Report of t"he ·D~partmen ° an ecor s m e om bay PresJdl'f!cy for the year 1917-18 ; and making remarks. . Governil?'ent memorandum No. 4727* dated 9th May 1919 to the Settl t c · .

s10ner and Drrector of Land Records. emen , omrms

Letter frbm the Settlement Commissioner and Director of Land Records No A D _ 78• dated 18th June 1919. . · · · ·

· RESOLUTION.-The report. on the administration of the Department of Land Records f?r 1917-:18 is a simple r~cord of the progress achieved during the year .. The mterestmg accoun~s of Improved methods and discussions of the more Impl)rtant problems, whiCh have been characteristic of this report for some years, are absent from the report now under consideration but tlie :recor~ of the year.'s wor~ indica~es no diminution of activity or ente~prise in the discharge of the vanous duties of the Department. . .

. 2. The R~cord of Rig~ts .is now fully establis~ed in tlie. pu'Qlic confi-~ence and contmues to gam m accuracy and -utility every year. The Importance of the Record as a repository of information on the value of land and of the profits of agriculture has been made evident in the numerous settlement reports submitted to Government in recent years. The opera-tions of the I!Ub-divjsion survey, . which, it is hoped, will be completed throughout the Presidency proper in the course of the next three or four years, have materially contributed to the accuracy .of the Record and to the recognition by the small landowners of the value of a rel.iable and continuous register of their holdings. · The process of survey involves a careful inquiry into actual facts on the spot and the resulting figures of area and assess-ment of the holdings worked out upon scientific methods are a great improve-ment upon the earlier haphazard method and together with the detailed

· maps of the sub-divisions form a valuable addition to the village statistics. The Record of ~ights is being rapidly exte.nded to all town site.s w~ich have recently come UA~er the dual process of city survey and enquuy mto pro-perty rights ana the Record based on these surveys should prove no less valuable and' useful a register of property in urban areas than it has come to be in the case of agricultural lapds. During. the year . revision of ~he Record was carried out over a considerable area m the Presidency, followmg as far as possible the completion of the sub-division . survey. Goyernment observe that an experiment is being made on a new method of mamtenance ond revision and they await with interest the report on t~e resul.t of t~e experiment as it is apparent that th~ present m~thod of ~umquenmal revi-sion is a cumbrous operation susceptible ~f considerable improvement.

3. · Amongst the most iJ?I?o.rtant activities of the Departmei?-t ~mst. be reckoned ·the survey of sub-divlSlons of sm·yey. numbers and the distnbutio:n ,of the assessment according to ~ccepted pn_ncii?les over. the component hold-ings of the whole number. Th~s work, which iS essential for thl_l accurate maintenance o£ tlie Record of R1ghts ~~;nd the reyem;.e accounts whi.c~ ~epend thereon, continued to be prosecuted Wltli activity m. t?~ three dlvislOns of the Presidency proper. The total n~ber of ~ub-dmswns measured was 4,86,749 or almost the same figure as i~ ~~e previ_ous year. .:S:a~f of the total number appertains to the Central DIVISiOn where s~b-dtvi.slOns are very numerous and where notable progress has been made m this survey. In

•Not printed.

L Rev 1810

addition over :21.000 nc\Y sub-divis~ons create~!. s_incc the flr:>t surrey L:· .. been mcasard in the Ccnt_ral and ~.outhcrn Drns~ons. It IS thus sati;. [;1ctorv that due attention IS bc111~ [:1\"C'll to the mamtenancc of this valtw[,J, surH'): by recording changes in holdings as soon as possible after thL·i;· occurrence. In the last yc:u's review Gon•rnnwnt allntlctl to the possibility of entrustin;:; the \rork of nwintcn:1ncc to the vilbgc accountant in order t~l secure promJlt measurement at a re:1son:1ble thargL'. Experiments irdhe training of talatis for snch \York \rcrc UIHkrt:1kcn in all Divisions. The results recorded in a ~t'paratL' report by the l)irrrtor appr:n· to intlicate that whilt• som-:- mcnsure of sncccss c:1n be cxpc·cted in districts with a more intellig·e'lt class of village account:mt, it is wry doubtful \\ hcther snell a r.Jethod of r:wintenance c:::n b~ atlnptcd at pn'sfnt ;Js a gcnrra! measure. GoYernment obseiTe that the awn1g~ cost of me.ll I'IC'I'C

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survey_ w~icl:1 has br?ught to light many errors in the old revenue survrys necessitatmg correctwn of the records and has also added to the volume of the record~ maintained and corrected in these offices. It is also satiRfact{Jry that the d1spos!ll of measurement cases has been more satisfactory tlwn in past ye~rs, _an Irnprove!llent whic~ is largely due to the disposal of work in ma~y d1stn_cts by special measunng Circle Inspectors rather than by the ordmary Cucle Inspectors. Attention is however directed to the lack of· agreeme~t in some cases between the figures in column 8 of statement II for

· the previOus year and column 2 of the similar statement in the present report. The attention of the officers concerned is also drawn to paragraphs 15, lG and 19 of the Director's report on the question of insufficient inspection.

7. The work of the Department in the Presidency has grown to a very considerable extent during the past few years and much care and attention · has been devoted to the improvement of methods in order to secure more rapid disposal and a higher standard of accuracy. Muth credit is due to Mr. Anderson and' his assistants for the excellent results which have been

·attained. · 8. ·In Sind, revision settlements· were introduced during tlie year ih

parts of two talukas of the Upper Sind Frontier district while settlement reports for three talukas and certain areas under the Jamrao in three more talukas were under consideration. The. work of the Head Record Office has ine.reased but it appears to have been satisfactorily perfor!fied. The _improve-ment which ·was noticed in the survey work of tapedars Ill the prevwus year appears to have been of short duration as the number of cases in which er~or.3 were detected has again approached 50 pel' cent. of the number dealt with. The city survey and enquiry in Shikarpu~ continued .and by the end of the year considerable progress had been made m th~ ~nquuy ~vork. The Record of Rights was rewritten in 12 talukas and rewn~mg was. m progress but not completed in eight talukas. ·

SHAMRAO D. MANKAR,

~ting Under Secretary to Government.

G. R. No .. 7652, R. D.; qated 29th Juiy 1919.

To . The Coll)missioner in Sind,

. The Commissioner, N.D., The Commissioner! C. D., .

_ The Commissioner, S. D., / . All Collectors, including the DeJ?uty Com-

missioner,. Upper, Sind Frontier,

The Settlement Commissioner and Direc-tor of Land Records,

The Accountll.Dt General, . · F. G. H. 'Anderson; Esq., I.C.S., *The Government of India, •The Under Secretary of State for India..

. , •ny l~tter . . '

No. · · of 1919:

C f d d for information and guidance to opy orwar e . _