Governme~t o( Phaltan
REPORT \ on the GENERAL ADMINISTRATION of the PHALTAN STATE
1945
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DEWAN OFFICE, PH: LTAN, Dated, 30th July From, THE DEWAN OF PH.ALTAN, PHALTAN. To, The Editor, Dnyanaprakash,
:foona No. 4
Subject:-Report on the General Adm·in·£st.rat£on ot the Phaltw~ &ate Sir, · I hnve the honour to forwnrcl herewith a copy of the Report on the Genernl Administration of the Phalta.n State for the year 19-1~ -1943 and to rrquest the favour of an ncknowledgement. ' ' I hn.Ye the honour to. be, Sir, Your .1\Iost Obcllicnt Serrnnt,
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REPORT , on the GENERAL ADMINISTRATION of the PHALTAN STATE
1945
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Price Rs. Three No. ..3314 of 1944- 45 DE'RAN OFFICE Phaltan, the 29th March 1945
I From RAO BAHADUR K. V. GODBOLE, B.A., LL.B., DEWAN, PHALTAN STATE PHALTAN
To MAJOR RAJA SHRIMANT SIR MALOJIRAO MUDHOJIRAO
alias NANASAHEB l~AIK NIMBALKAR, K. C. I .E., RAJA SAHEB OF PHALTAN PHALTAN
Subject :-Report on the General Administration of the Phaltan State for 1942..:43
Shrimant Raja Saheb,
I have the honour to submit herewith the Report on the General Administration of the Phal tan State for the year 1942- 43 with Appendices ana. Annexes as usual.
I have the honour to be Shrimant Raja Saheb Your Most Obedient Servant
Dewan, Phal tan State CONTENTS
CHAPTER 0::\E
GE~ERAL INFOR::\IATIO~ PAGE A -Area, Population and Revenue .. 1 B -Brief History 2 C -Shrirnant Raja Saheb a.TJ.d his Farriily 2 D -Important Events 2 E -Donations ; . 4 F -Social and P_ersonal 5 / G-Obituary .. 5
CHAPTER TIVO
THE ADMINISTRATION
A -Constitution and Powers 6 B -Political Relations 6 C-The Administration 6 D -High Officials 1
CHAPTER THREE •
AD~!INISTRATION OF THE LAND A -Land Revenue 7 B-Land Records 10
CHAPTER FOUR
PROTECTIO~
A -Legislation ' .. 10 B -1/lilitary Force 11 C-Police 11 D-Village Police . . , 11· E -Administration of Justice 12 F -Extradition 13 G-Prisons 13 H -Registration .. ' 14
CHAPTER FIVE
LOCAL SELF-GOVERN:.IE~T
A-The Phaltan Municipality 14 B -The Phaltan State Local Board .. 16 C-Village J?anchayats 18
CHAPTER SIX
PRODC'CTION AND DISTRIBUTION
A-VIeather and Crops .. 18 B -Vfar,J9S and Labour: Prices of Food-grains 18 C-Forests 19 D-Trade 2nd lAanufacture 19 E -Public Wcrks 21 F -Post Offices 22 G-IIlint 23 H -General Cor.dition of the State and the People 23 CHAPTER SEVEN
REVENUE AND FINANCE PAGE A -Finance Department 25 · B :.._Receipts and Disbursements .. 25 C -Income-tax Revenue .. 26 D -Financial Position 27
CHAPTER EIGHT
!IIEDICAL RELIEF AND VITAL STATISTICS
A -Dispensaries 28 B -Sanitation .. 29 C-Vaccination 30 D -Vital Statistics 30 E -Epidemic Diseases 30
CHAPTER N!NE
EDUCATION A -General Progress 31 B -Secondary and Primary Education 31
CHAPTER TEN
CO-OPERATIVE l\lOVEMENT A -General Progress 34 B -Financial Position 34 C -The Central Bank 35
CHAPTER ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS A-The State Records .. 36 B ~The Phaltan State Soldiers' Committee 36 C-Printing Presses and Periodicals 37 D -Libraries .. 37 E -Clubs .. 37 F -Women's Associations 38 G-The Revised Sugar Excise Arrangements of 1940 .. 39 H -Concluding Remarks .. 39
APPENDICES AND AN:\'EXES
APPENDICEs (I to XXV) 1-39 A~~ExEs (I to IV) 40-42 INDEX TO PARAGRAPHS 1- 3 Report on the General Administration of the 'Government of Phahan State !942'"'43
CH.l':..PTER ONE GENERAL IN::-'ORMATION
A. Area, Population and Revenue
1. Phaltan was fou...'1ded as an independent principality in 1284 A. D. It is ruled by t1e House of Naik-NimbiL" 5. Phaltcm, ti-le capital to'lm of L~e State, lies in latitude 17° 59' N. and Capital Town longitude 74° 26' E. and i3 situated at the centre of the State on the Uahad-Pandharpur road which connects it with the M. & S.M. P.ail'rray s:ation of Lonand, a distance of 17 miles. It lies 66 miles south-east from Poona and 46 miles sout~-vrest from Satara. This ·capital town was founded in 133') A. D, by l1-Je Euler !ri!:lbraj n ( 1327 to 1349 ). It is well kn6wn for its dfy and r-~ealLhy cli::::.~te. It has good vrater-supply, electric lighting and other amenities of a n:sdere1 to-.·m and the cost of living is comparatively very cheap. Besides f:1e nu:nerous s!:o::·s in the to·trn, a weekly ba.zar, for grain, vegetables and cattle is h~ld on S·.:r~days. 6. The gro.ss revenue excl·c1ding the debt heads for t.1e year under report Gron Revenue arr"ounted to Rs. 17,53,449. The arerage reven11e (exclusive of the balance in hand, alienations of land revenue, debt and deposit receipt:> and advances) based on the past fire years is Rs.15,99,571, 2 7. An annual tributa of Rs. 9,600 in lieu of a contingent of horses is t:aid to Tribute the Government of India. B. Brief History 8. The History of the • Naik·N~ family • is given in the administratic:. lrief Hi$tory ·report for the lear 1939-40. 7~·~ C. Shrimant Raja Saheb and his ,&miJv 9. Major Raja Shrimant Sir Malojirao oli4S Nana Saheb Naik-Nimbalkar is the 25th Ruler• of the State. He was born on the 11th September Ra:ss:!:~Jy~d 1896 ( Bh;d,apad S. 4, 1818} at Nimbhore, a village in the Phaltan State and was adopted by the late Ruler on 28-12-1899. He was educated at the Sardar's School, Kolhapur. and the Rajkumar College. Rajkot He obtained the Diploma of the Rajkumar College in 1916. He was invested with ruling powers on November 15, 1917. The title of RAJA as a hereditary distinction was conferred on him on January 1, 1936. He was also awarded cH:. c. 1. E. L-1 His ~jesty's Brith day Honours list in 1942. Shrimant S. Lady Laxtnidevi, Rani Saheb (Born: 17·11-1901. Ka~tik S. 6, H2J at Mcilegaon Bdk., Dist. Poona} is the daughter of the late Shrimant Raje Shambhusinhrao Amarsinhrao Jadhavrao, First Class Sardar and Sat1111j~md~r or Mategaon Bd.lc: .• in the Baramati Taluka of the Poona District, a descendant of Dhanaji Jadhav. the famous Maratha General under Chhattapati Shri Rajaram Maharaj of Satara. She was m~ed to Shrimant Raja Saheb on 18-12-1913 at Phaltan. Shrimant Raja Saheb and Shrimant S. Rani Saheb have one daughter and four sons. Their names, birth dates and birth-places are given be1ow:- Name ' Birth-date Birth·-place Sbrimant Sarojinidevi •. 2-6--1920 (Jyeshtlaa r. 1, 1842) .. Phaltan IIlias Akkasaheb- [married Mr. M. V. Namjoshi on 30-1-193~ l Sbrimant Pralapsinha .. 13-7-1923 ( ]yesltlha V. 30, 18./5) .. Poona Bapusaheb, r IIVtltaj [married Miss Sarofjll. daughter of Mr. Parasbram Tr:irnbak Gupte, on 5-1-1943] Shrimant Vijaya.sinha olw Shivajiraje .. a&-5-1925 (]yesluha s. 3, lS.Ji) .. Poona Shrimaiit Udayasinhraje •• 7-12-1927 (M;.,gasllirsll S. J.l, JSJ9) •• Bombay Shrimant Vikramsinhraje .• 13-12-1933 ( M;;,gasllirsl• r. 11. 1855) •• Phaltan Shrimant Raja Saheb and the Members or his Family enjoyed good healtt during the year under report. 10. Sb.rimant Yuvaraj Pratapsinha Bapusaheb was studying in the Inter Arts Class in the Fergusson College, Poona. Shr:imant Rajk."Uma:: Rajkumus' educmon Shivajiraje passed the F. Y. Science Examination from the Fergussor: College, Poona in March 1943. Shrimant Rajkumar Udayasinhraje was studying in the English Standard VI and Sbrimant Rajkutriar Vlkramsinhraje wa::: stul;iying in the Vernacular IV Std. in the Maharasbtra Education Society's Scho:::!,' Deccan Gymkhana, Poena. They were also receiving instruction at home by experienced tutors. and their progress during the year was sati..<:factory. Shrirr.ar.t S. ~ Saheb continued to reside at Poona for the edUcation of the Rajlcur::~rs. Shrimant Raja Saheb made occasional visits to Poona. , v D. Important Events , 11. The World War which began in September 1939 continued du."in::: World war the Y~ under report. Shrimant Raja Saheb and his Governn:.ei~ 1939 whole-heartedly co-operated with the British Government a::.:: their Allies, in their noble fight for freedom and democracy. 12. Besides the monthly contribution of Rs. l,CXXl to H. E. the \·iceroy·s r,•:a: War Efforts Purposes Fund, the State Government have st:bs.::ri.bed r>..t;:::ee:: three lacs to the 3 per cent Defence Bonds :94€ a.":d Rs. one la: to the three years interest-free Defence Bonds. • The ::la::Iles or the Rulers from the Ni:-...braj I. are gi..-en b .=...:-..:J.ex: 1. 3 The Durbar have donated Rs. 11,000 by- a special contribution to H. J;:. the Viceroy's War Pur'poses Fund for purchasing an Armoured Carrier in the name of the Government of Phaltan and Rs. 1,000 for the China-Day contribution. The Durbar have also spent Rs. 2573 (from August J.940 ending 31-3-43) }or war publicity. They have donated an amount of Rs. 250 to the local Red Cros$ Fund at Kolhapur, Rs. 200 to the Indian General Hospital, Kirkee, Rs. 150 for Red Cross and War Purposes Prize Fund, Kolhapur" and Rs. 200 for warm woollen knitted comforts for Indian troops overseas. Slirimant S. Ranisaheb has also contri- . buted Rs. 100 to Kolhapur Red Cross Society Fund and one large size silver Dinner Plate towards the Silver Trinket Fund. Rs. 2,500 have also been contributed to the Belgaum Rupee Prize fund. By Huzur Order No. 32 dated the lOth June 1941, Shrimant Raja Saheb made an announcement that an extra allowance at thE;) rate of Rs. 2 per head would be paid to all military personnel from this State while on active service. Besides ~is, a compensation of Rs. 100 in cash or its equivalent in Ia:rid was declared by the same Huzur Order, to wounded soldiE?rS and to dependents of military personnel from this State, killed in active war service. Since the beginning of the pre~ent World War, 208 recruits have enrolled themselves in the Indian Army upto the end of the year under report. Out of these, thr.ee have secured Viceroy's Commissions in the army. On the 5th January 1942, His Excellency the Governor of Bombay, convened a meeting of the leading members . of the Maratha Community to formulate a Committee to help the recruitment of Maratha youths to commissioned ranJ 15. The Finance Department Resolution No. 174 dated 19-3-41 of the · Government of Bombay was made applicable to the State mutatis Dearness Allowance d mutatzdis by th~ Durbar Resolution No. 121, dated 20-2-42 an the low-paid Government Servants of the State were paid dearness allowance at the flat rate of Rs. 2 per month from the 1st January 1942. But LTJ. view of the exorbitant rise in the prices of foodstuffs and other necessaries of life, this allowance was increased to Rs. 4 per month in the case of servants whose emoluments were Rs. 75 or less with effect from 1-11-42 until further orders. 16. The Birthday of His Majesty the King-Emperor George VI was observed King.Emperor's on Thursday, the 11th June 1942. Birthday 17. The forty-seventh birthday of Shrimant Raja Saheb which fell on Ganesh Raja Saheb's Chaturthi day ( 14-9-42) was observed as a public holiday on the Birthday following day. • 18. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Accession Day of Shrimant Raja Saheb's Raja Saheb was observed on 9-11-1942. All people greeted Accession Day him on the occasion. 19. The twenty-third anniversary of the Armistice Day was observed by Armistice Day a complete silence for two minutes at 11 A.lll. on November 11, 1942. E. Donations 20. During the year under report the Durbar gave the following don§.tions Donations amounting toRs. 22,614. (1) For War E.ffort Amount Rs. H. E. the Viceroy's War Purposes F:und .. 12,000 (2) Reconsjsuction of Historical llfomnnetzts For reconstructing the Samadhi of Shri Jijamata, mother of Shivaji the great, at Pachad at the foot of Rayagad fort . . . . 2,675 (3) For educatio11al and cultural purposes Maharashtra Kosha Mandai, Poona 1,000 Deccan Maratha Education Society 120 Yearly amount of Prof. D. K. Karve's pension 600 Mr. S. R. Shende for his research work concerning the cultural heritage of Maharashtra ...... 250 Mr. N. G. Chaphekar, B. A., LL. B., for work in connection with the Dharmanirnaya Mandal . \ ...... 50 For instituting a Gold Medal in the name of Mr. N. C. Kelkar 1,000 School and Home for the Blind, Poona .. 25 (4) Patronage to Authors Mr. Mahadeoshastri Diwekar for his book "Nava Hindudharma" 150 Vyayam Dnyankosha, Baroda ·...... 60 Man~ger, Chitrashala Press, for publishing life of Shankaracharya m verse by Das Ganu ...... 25 Prof. R. S. Joag, M.A., for his treatise on Saundaryashodha and Anandbodha ( ~n Aesthetics) as r.ecornmended by Dakshin t' Maharashtra Sah1tya Puraskar Sammlttce, Sangli . . . . 500 Mr. Agraval for his book "Miraj Sansthan Parichaya " 20 General Nanasaheb Shinde for publishing his writings 50 Sayd Amin, Sangli for his book " Gazi Kamal Pasha " 50 Oth~;:r Donations (5) Palro11age to Pt~blic Institutions Mudhoji Club, Phaltan ( i) Annual Grant . . . . 300 (ii) For fitting stone flooring 262 Ladies Club, Phaltan .. 200 Victoria Diamond Jubilee Library, Phaltan 250 Maternity Home, Phaltan . . . . 500 Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Poona ( i) Annual Grant .. .. '.. 500 {it) For celebrating its Silver Jubilee . . . . 100 Ar.a.th Balikashram for re-building the first hut of the Ashram at Hmgne .. 1,000 5 (6) For enco11raging Sport Mr: Omkar Keshav Mahajan for exhibiting his skill in archery SO Mr. M. N. Nanivadekar for imparting instructions in Lathi 85 Mr. V. P. Bhonsale, All-India Cycle tourist · 25 (7) .Miscellaneous All India Cattle Show, Delhi .. 100 Savnur Cattle Show, Savnur 25 Gandharva Natak Mandali 500 Deval Circus 100 , (8) Other Donations .. 42 Total Donations.. 22,614 F. Socia] and Personal 21. (1} Shrimant Raja Saheb and Shrimant S. Rani Saheb had interviews with Social and Personal His Excellency the Governor of Bombay and Lady Lumley at Ganeshkhind on 5th September 1942. (2) Shrimant Raja Saheb and Shrimant ~. Rani Sqheb with Rao Bahadur K. V. Godbole, De"ran and Mr. S.M. Upalekar, Private Secretary attended the Investiture of Shrimant Raja Saheb held at the Viceroy's House, New Delhi, on Tuesday, the 23rd February 1943, at 10 A. ~r. The Raja Saheb and S. Rani Saheb had the honour of being invited to luncheon at 12-50 P, M. in the Viceroy's House. On the following day Shrimant Raja Saheb and S. Rani Saheb lunc;.hed with the Hon. Sir Henry Craike, Bart. G. C,I. E., K. C. S. I., Political Adviser to H. E. the Crown Representative, New Delhi at 1-15 P. llr. . (3) Shrimant Ra}a Saheb visited Sir Ke;neth Fitz; K. C. 1. E. Se.cretary to H. E. the Crown Representative, Political Department, at his office on Wednesday, the 24th February 1943 at 12 noon. Shrimant S. RaniSaheb declared open on the lOth February 1943 a dispensary and maternity home at Sakharwadi, which was newly built by the Phaltan Sugar Works for the use of their labourers and staff. Shrimant Raja Saheb had g.raced the occassion by accepting the chair. • -r · G. Obituary 2~. The year under report has witnessed the sad and lamentable demise of Shrimant Shambhu- Shrimant Shambhusinha Amarsinha Jadhavrao, Jahagirdar of sinha Amarsi~ha Malegaon Bdk. the father-in-law of Shrimant Raja Saheb which Jad havrao,jahag1rdar ' · . . . : of Malegaon Bdk. took place on the 21st September 1942 at his Jahagrr VIllage of Malegaon Bdk. He was a great personality of the old order and was held in high esteem for his noble heart. He had taken great pains in raising the status of his jahagir and took promin,ent part in making co-operative movement a success. He had helped Sir M. Vishweshwaraya in introducing the block system on the Nira Left Bank Canal. He was Adviser to Shrimant S. Rani Saheb of Phaltan when Shrimant Raja Saheb was away to London in 1933. His death has ·removed a great personality which was reminiscent of the old Maratha family. . ' . . The Durbar also feel grieved to record the deaths of the following · distinguished persons during the year under report. Name Date of death · 1 Shrimant Rajkumar Pratapsinha, second son of Shrimant Rajesaheb of Sangli in an aircrash . . . . . • 22- 8-42 2 His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent iri an aircrash 2$- 8-42 3 Shrimant Ganapatrao Madhavrao alias Bapusaheb Patwardhan, Chief of Kurundwad, (Jr.) State .. 9-11:-42 4 Shrimant T~rabaisaheb Bhonsal~, the dowager Ranisaheb of Akalkot ...... · .. 15-11-42 5 His Highness Shrimant Sir Gangasingaji Bahadur, Maha· rajadhiraj of Bikaner 2-·2-43 6 Mr. Balkrishna Govind Phatak, Ex-President of the Phaltan Legislative Council • , 19- 3-43 All the offices and schools were closed as a mark of respect and the Legislativp Council of the State passed resolutions recording' its grief. 2 CHAPTER TWO THE ADMINISTRATION A. Constitution and Powers 23. The administration of the State is carried on bJ Sbrimant Raja Saheb and Constitution his Executive Council accordin~ to 1b.e Constitution laid down ·Powers ;:he Ruler in the Government of Phaltan State Act, 1929 (No. 1 of 1929 ). But with the object of granting further Constitutional reforms as announced in the Proclamation of the 12th November 1939 a new Constitution Act called "The ·Government of Phaltan Act, 1942" was promulgated on the 14th September 1942 which happend to be the 47th birthday of Shrimant Raja Saheb. By this Act the people of the State were granted rights which are considered to be the nearest approach to full responsible Government. The Act is to come into force on such date as the Raja Saheb may appoint in this behalf by notification in the Gazette. According to the new Act all the departments concerning the internal administration of the State are ordinarily entrusted to the ~ters selected from the elected members of the Legislative Council. Shrimant R B. Political Relations 24. The polipcal relations of the Durbar with the British Government are Political Relations governed by the Agreement, dated the 22nd April 1820, entered into by Janoji n, with the East India Company. Since April I I 1933, ·this State, which was formerly in Political relation with the Government of Bombay, was placed, along with the other Deccan States,·in direct political relation with the Government of India through the Deccan States Agency in the charge of the Resident of Kolhapur and the Deccan States. The Durbar's relations with the Government of India During the year continued to be very cordial as usual:,. 25. The following were the Residency Officials during the year undeneport:- Residenc.y Offidals Lt-Col. P. Gaisford, C. L E. ~ident • . . . 1- !-!2 to 2.3-10-42 -.for Deccan States at Lt-Col. C. G. N. Edwards, Resident .. 24-10-!2 to 31- 3-!3 Kolhapur Captain J. E. A. Bazalgette, Secretary to the Rmtlettt .• · .. 1- 4-42 to !.!V- 243 Mr. B. M. Becon, I. c. E., SeaetaTy to the Resident •. 21- 2-!3 to 31- 3-43 C. The Administration 26. During the year· under report, Rao Saheb K. V. Godbole, was made . •Rao Bahadur in the new year Honour's list and he continued to 'Ourbar Exea.mve b th D & H . . Coundl e e ewan orne Member, and the ex-offiCio Presrdent of the Executive Council Mr. B. L. :;:Jkhite, lr.A., LL.B., conti.'l'-led to be the Finance Member and the Vice-President of the Executive Council, and Mr. S. R. Bhonsale, B. A., u. B., continued to be the Law Member. Being one 'Of the elected members of the Legislative Council he ·:;as appointed a member • of the Exe<(Utive Council from 1-10-1940 according to the Huzur Procl8..1."!lation -of November 12, 1939. The Executive Council held 28 meetings during the year and passed 138 resolutions, as against 25 meetings and 152 resolutions in the previous year. 2:7. During the year under report, several meetings of the representatives Problems or of the Deccan States were held to discuss the problems of .Common Concern ~ • to Deccan Scates common concern. 28. The Phaltan State Legislative Council consists of 15 members of whom 1() i. e. two-thirds are elected and 5 including 2 Executive Phalun State Co ill · le&isbtive Council unc ors are nolll.lnated in accordance with the proclamation dated November 12, 1939. One elected me~ber of the Leoi.slative Council is the third Executive Councillor. v 7 The 10 elected members returned from the respective constituencies are . -as follows:- 1 General ( 1) Northern Rural 3 ( 2 ) Southern Rural 3 ( 3 ) Phaltan Urban 2 2 Special ( 1 ) Education 1 ( 2 ) Local Self-Government Institutions I ) Total 10 The elections of the Legislative Council took place in June 1940 and the first .. session was held on "September 30, 1940. During the year under report the ...... present Legislative Council held its fourth session on the 29th March 1942. The work done by the Council is given in Chapter IV. D. High Officials 29. The names of high officials showing changes in the personnel during the High Officials year under report are given in Appendix I. • CHAPTER THREE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND A. Land Revenue 30. Mr. B. L. Likhite, M.A., LL.B., Finance Member, continued to be in charge of the Revenue portfolio during the year under.report. Mr. M. V. Revenue Officers Joshi, B.A., continued to be the Collector and Mr. S. V. Ambiye, continued to be the Mamlatdar upto 31-1-1943 and on account of his transfer as Personal Assistant to the Dewan with effect from 1-2-1943, Mr. H. A. Shaikh, Mahalkari was acting as Mamlatdar till the end of the year. Mr. N. V. Patki, Head Karkun was acting as Mahalkari Vice Mr: H. A. Shaikh. · 31. The number of the Government and alienated 'villages is 60" and 13 Government a11d · respectively. The following are alienated villages:- Alienated Villages I sajat .. Nimblak, Asu, Padegaon and Hoi. .. · Deva~than .• Vidni,Sonavadi (Kd.), Dudhebavi, Tirakwadi, Saskal-&Nirgudi. Sharakat .. Raodi (Kd.) and Bhilkati. Inam •• Wathar. 32. The second Revision Survey settlement made in 1924-25 is in- force except that a general reduction of three annas in a rupee is Revision Survey sanctioned by the Government from the year 1938-39 till 1943-44', Settlement the unexpired period of the settlement. The land revenue is :collected in two instalments which fall due from the lOth to 25th of February and March every year. · · ' 33. The annual ] amabandi of all the villages was done by the Collector at jamabandi Rajuri ( 8-2-43 ), Nimblak ( 10-2-43 ), Dudhebavi ( 13-2-43), Taradgaon ( 20-2-43 ), Phaltan ( 24-4-43 ) .. 34. The following statement shows the year's consolidated land, revenue Land Redvenude dem::J.nd, collections, remissions, suspensions and balance at the 0 eman :an · Collections end of the year under report as compared with the previous year. I • Item Rs. Rs. 1 Past year's arrears • • . . ~·. 37.179 1,14,166 t )11.10 62.5 9,H6 ~ded or authorised arrears ..,. t .f·'J,~ ' .436 :s Cuirent year's demand •• .... 1,92,801 ( Total demand 3,16,713 ~· i~~~uo . ) 5 ~ons.. .. 1,57,804 1,20,625 6 ReitQssions . . . • 36,073 36,022 7 Net demand for Collection 1,62,363 1,60,066 8 Collections . . . . . • • • 87,250 1,22,8Si 9 Percentage of collection to the net demand 53•73 ';6·77 10 Arrears at the end of the year- (0,916 20.606 ( i) current year . -~ (ii) past year 34,197 16,573 ToUL 4p•ns 75,113 37,179 l, 35. The land revenue was collected during the year under report as Susp ri 11 shown below:- Particulars of suspensions alld collections of la:od Reveaue No. of \'illages (i) Full revenue of the current year plus half of the suspended a;rears .. 24: (ij) Full revenue. of the current year only. 30 (ih') Full assessment of the Bagayat lands and the first instalment of the current year, due in respect of fliilyat lands 8 (Vl') The assessment of the Bagayat lands only 11 Total 73 36. No coercive measures were taken during the year under report Coerdft Hasures Yl. The following statement shows the details of areas of land cultivable, Culdftble and uncultivable, etc., during the year under report as compared UncultiYahle t:wJ1 with the previous year :- S.No•. Item 194.2-43 l!~U-42 . Acres Acres 1 Unassessed cultivable land 18,560 18,560 2 Land not available for cultivation 21,883 21,883 3 Cultivable assessed land (unoccupied) 4,047 ( ·~j. . .3.8U Remaining occupied assessed land .. ~u 1,43,081 5 Alienated ~~-f72 66,402 Gross area 2.54.0(3 2.54,043 38. Durjng the year under report, waste land measuring 233 acres, and w Land assessed at Rs. 336 was given out for cultivation as against 272 lSCe acres, assessed at Rs. 362 during the previous year. 39. No alienations were made during lhe year under report. Aliealciclfts 40. There were two boundary disputes pending during the year under . report. Both of them related to boundaries between villages in ~Disputes the S!ate and in the adjoining British territory. The following table gives the necessary details :- 9 S.No. Villages s~~.ey Remarks \ 2 3 4 1 Jinti ( Phaltarf State) and 176 This is an island in the Nira River. · Korhale ( Taluka Bhimthadi) .. 2 Padegaon ( Phaltan State ) and 1 This is an alluvial land formed Padegaon ( Taluka Koregaon) against this survey number. 41. Although Co-operative Societies usually advance loans to the cultivators· the Durbar sanctioned a sum of Rs. 2,610 for giving·takavi lGans Taka vi at a low rate of interest under the- Land Improvement and the Agriculturists' Loans Act. The position of takavi advances, collections and. outstanding balance was as under :- S.No. Item 1942-43 1941-42 1 I 2 3 4 Rs. Rs. 1 Past years' arrears ...... *26,428 . 13,342 2 Total demand ...... 30,438 27,072 3 Principal ...... •2,610 12,730. 4 i Interest ...... •1,400 1,000 5 I Collections ...... 3,28~ 644 I 6 I Remissions ...... 3,634 .. 7 Outstanding balance ...... 23,515 26,428 I , • The amount of total demand includes the amounts of past years' arrears, PrmClpal and Interest. 42. The irrigated area under canal during the year under report measured. 21,485 acres 4 gunthas as aga4:lst 24,~31 acres 37 gunthas of the Irrigated Area previous year. 43. The following table shows the details of irrigation revenue during the Irrigation Re~enue year under report as compared with the previous year :- S.No. Item 1942-43 1941-42 1 2 3 4 . Rs. Rs. 1 Outstanding balance . . . . 1,29,003 1,63,64!)" 2 , Demand according to demand statements received 1 from the P. W. D. of the Go-vernment of Bombay .. 2,89,606 3,21,061 3 : Total demand for collection ...... 4,18,609 4,84,709 4 , Collections •• 3,59,505 3,55,028 I 5 ; Remissions . . . . ··I 98 678 I 6 : Outstanding balance .. "! 59,006 1,29,003 44. The number of Village Officers is as follows: Village Officers Total number of Class of village .officers officia tors Suspended Remarks Patils 86 1 Ku~karnis 50 0 The cadre of pafils and klJ.lkarnis belongs to the watandar families from which as far as possible efficient men are selected to officiate as village officers. 45. The following tal::;le gives the details of village inspection by tlJ.e Touring of Revenue Revenue Officers:- Office;s · ------Officer Days vmages Villages re-visited Remarks Collector ...... 83 73 21 !Aamlatdar 132 63 27 IAal1alkari (E~tra-Hea'ci K r1r'k-n~ i 1')".. cJ 54 22 I i ' 10 B. Land Records 46. The Department of Land Records was under the control of the Law Member and continued to be in charge of the Collector. The Department of Land main function of the Department is to maintain all survey and . Records . classification records up-to-date and for this purpose to carry out field operations preliminary to the incorporation of changes in these records. The supervision of the preparation and the maiP.Jenance of the record of rights. the periodical inspection of boundary marks and the introduction of revision settlements are done by this Department. Special surveys for private individuals or bodies are also undertaken. 47. Mr. N. B. Kapileshwar, Survey Ma.tnlatdar, continued to be in charge of the Pot-Hissa Survey work. He is invested with the powers of the Pot·W;;urvey District Inspector of Land Records and is entrusted with the custody of the State Survey Records. The disposal of work in thri District Survey Office together with the correction of Survey records by K. J.P. is also done by him. During the year under report the work of Pot-Hissa Survey was suspended and the staff was entrusted with the work of procurement of food grains to meet the shortage of foodstuffs due to war conditions and transport difficulties. The field work viz. the demarcation work of 4 villages surveyed in the previous year was completed during the year under report. The disposal of mG~asurement cases continued throughout the year under report by the cad~stral surveyor. , The following table shows the work done during the year under report .as compared with the previous year :- Measure- i . ment I . ' cases dis- Expend1ture Remarks posed of I 1942-43 19 41-42 13 13 79 11,847 • (I) Sonavd.i Bk., (2) Sonavd.i Kd., (3) Tirakwadi, (4) Sangvi. 48. The Barsat-tapasani work done in 1942-43 was as follows:- Bal'$at Tapasanl Villages dealt with 13; Survey Nos. 982 and Hissas 7,409. Work The work of A kar fod a~d preparation of Kab}edars' Plans was .also finished during the year. · CHAPTER FOUR PROTECTION A. Legislation· _49. The fourth session of· the Legtslative Council was held on the 29th Legislative Council March 1943. It was presided over by Mr. Shridhar Ganesh ' session Vaze, B.A., member of the Servants of India Society, Poona. Before the commencement of the business Shrimant Raja Saheb .addressed the Council. generally on the events which took place since Lie last session.' . As there were no interpel:ations Mr. B. L. Likhite, ~!.A., LL.B., Fbance r.1ember then mtroduced the budget estnnate for the year 1943-44. It ... nticipated a surplus dRs. 1,38.250 over the year's expenditt:.re. The estimates were framed en the .. 11 lines of the British model. The Budget· estimates were well received by the members and they expressed satisfaction for the sound financial position of the . State. During the session ten resolutions were moved by the elected members, out of which two were withdrawn on the assurances given by the Durbar and one congratuiatory resolution was unanimously passed. Seven other resolutions . expressing condolences at the sad demises of some distinguished persons and members of some Ruling families were also duly passed .. 50. During the course of the session three Government bills were moved by the Law Member. All of them were duly passed and after· Course of . having received the assent of the Raja Saheb, became laws, Legislation The list of the Laws, Orders and Ordinances in force in the State is given in Appendix II. · B. Military Force 51. There is no Military Force in the State and hence Statement showing the . strengt}f, costt and other particulars of the Force, (Appendix III) Military Force is not given. C. Police 52. The PDlice·Department was in charge of the,Dewan and Home 1v1ember. The whole force was under the control of Mr. N. M. Ghatwal, the 4 Police Department Chief Police Officer of the State, · · 53. The number' of the ( Phaltan State) Police, at the end of the year under Police Force report, was 126 (including 80 armed police with ·410 bore muskets) as against 53 in the previous year·. The armed police are allotted the duties of guarding the Treasury, the Palace and the Jail etc. · · · The statement showing the strength, cost, discipline and education ·or the police for the year 1942-43 is given in Appendix IV. · The total cost of maintaining the Police Force amounteq' to Rs. 29,543.' · This amount includes the Phaltan State's annual contribution of Rs. 732 paid towards the maintenance of the Joint Police Force stationed at the Kolhapur Residency. ~During the year under report Rao Saheb N. G. Joshi continued to be the Police Adviser to the Resident for the Deccan States. . . 54. The proportion of the police to the population is 1 : 567·25 and that to the Ratio of Police to area is 1 : 3·15; as against 1 : 687·24'>Clnd 1 : 3·82 respectively. · Population and Area 55~ The statements showing (i) the working of the police and (ii) the value of the property stolen ·and amount of recoveries, during 1942 are Working of Police given in Appendices V and VI respectively. The number of offences reported to the police was 70. The number of persons . arrested ( as well as sent for trial) by the police was 111. Out of the· accused, 60 ; were convicted,· 13 either acquitted or discharged, 3 died and 35 were awaiting trial at the close of the year (Vide Appendix V ). . The value of the property stolen was Rs. 3,214 as against Rs. 6,119 in'the preceding year, and that of property recovered by the Police was Rs. 1,376 as against Rs. 1,839 of the previous year ( Vide Appendix VI). The statement showing the number of, crimes committed, number of cases disposed of and cases awaiting trial during 1942, is given in Appendix VII. D. Village Police 56. The number of village police consisting of the police patils and watchmen is 375. They are not stipendary, but are watandars in the villages. · Village Police In.each village, the village police -are under the charge of the police patH and they assist in preventing crime and public nuisances and >in detecting and arresting offenders within village limits. 57. The nurrtber of accidental deaths reported during the year 1942 was 29 as against 39 in the preceding year. : Accidental Deaths and Fires The ·loss due to fires amounted to Rs. 823 during the year as against Rs. 1,735 in the previous yea_r. lZ . E. Administration of Justice 58. The High Court of Judicature at Phaltan is the highest Couri of Appeal in Higll Cou~ the State. It does not exercise original Jurisdiction. 59. The following table shows the number of C~~? an~ Crm:ina.l ~ourts Other couru (other than the High Court) for the adxmmstrat10n of JUstice .- Civil Courts Crirrunal Courts No. 1 1. TheDistrictJudge's Court,,_,,.,.,,,.,"· 1. The Sessions Judge's Court 1 I I 2. The District Magistrate's Court . ·! ·l 2. The First Class Sub-ordinate ,· 3. The First Class Magistrate's Courts 1 2 Judge's Court, Phaltan ...1 4. The Second Class Magistrate's l Courts . ·i 2 , __ Total .. , 2 Total .. 6 I 60. The personnel of the Judiciary during th~ year 1942 was as under: Personnel of the judiciary Rao Bahadur Keshav Vinayak Godbole, B.A., LL.B., Dewan, is the permanent High Court Judge. He primarily looks after L.1.e adxninistrative work and disposal of urgent judicial matters. The appellate wcrk of the High Court as well as the District Court is entrusted to independent judges appointed from the retired Sub- Judges or competent lawyers in British India. ' CRnu:-.AL JusTICE 61. The statement showing the number of o:fences reported and dealt with by t;.1e Criminal Courts during the year 1942 is given in Appendix· Work done by Criminal Courts VIli. The number of offences reported during the year together with the previous year's balance of 73 VIas 397. During the year un.der report 734 persons were put to trial. Of these 82 were discharged without trial, 275 acquitted, 203 convicted, one died during trial and 173 remained awaiting trial at the end of the year ( Vide also Appendix VII). 62. The statement showing the resu ts of appeals against lhe decisions Criminal Appellate passed by the Criminal Courts during the year 19.f2 is given h Work Appendix IX. Crvrt ]l·sncE 63. The statement s!"JO':rbg the nature and value of original suits filed and . . '- disposed of during the y.::ar 1942 is gi·:en in Appendix X. T!;·:? 1 11 C( • _Y'!o rk year opened with a balance of 163 original suits to v:hich HA f;0'.V 0 riJ:Ina 1) . <"I _, :1 . h sur 1s •. ,e·o..~ c urmg L.e year were added, thus making a total of '327 fer disposal. Of these, 163 .s·c:.its ·,.·ere di::::posed of leavinJ a bc;.lance of 1.53 suits. 13 · 64. The statement ·showing-the results of applications' for execution of decrees during the year 1942 is given in Appendix XI. The total Execution of number of applications for execution ·of decrees including the Decrees . arrears of 218 was 529. Out of these, 310 applications were disposed of, leaving a balance of 219 at the erose of the year. 65. The statement showing the number' and results of appeals in civil suit~. · Civil Work during the year 1942js given in Appendix XII. · • (Appellate) · · - 66. The number of wards under the ·management of the Judicial Department at the beginning of the year was 2 and that of the estates was 2; Wards under Judi· No management of any new estate or any ward was undertaken; cial Management In no case management was handed over to any private guardian during the year under report. The total receipts from the estates came to Rs. 401 and the expenditure to Rs. 400. · · · 67. During the year under report there was one ward under the manage ment of the Court of Wards as the Management of the estate of Court of Wards Meherban Shripatrao Ramchandrarao Naik Nimbalk:ar lnamdar of· Wathar was entrusted to the Court of Wards since 15-7-42 as per Durbar Resolution No. 25 dated 26-5-42. The village Wathar is Jat Inam. Out of the total demand of Rs. 5,852 on account of assessment, Rs. 1,597 were recovered by the .end of March 1943 leaving a balance of Rs. 4,255. Out·of the rent of Rs. ~12 of the lands of the lnamdar Rs. 535 were recovered leaving a balance of Rs .. 277. 68. The total number of possessory ( Vahiwat) suits in the ~amlatdars' Court. Mamlatdar's Court during the year· 1942, including the last year's balance of 1~ was 12 of which 11 were disposed of, leaving a balance of only 1 at the end of the year. The total number of assistance (Madat) s:uits during the year under repor~· was.71, including the last year's balance of 1. of which 69 were disposed of, leaving a balance of only 2 at the end of the year. · F. Extradition 69. During the year 1942 one ·accused was surrendered by the Britisl:i. E~tradition Government to the State. · I • 70. There was no reciprocal arrangement agreed to by the Durbar during . Reciprocity the year under report, regarding the extradition of criminals or otherwise. · G. Prisons . 71. Mr. B. L. Likihite, M.A., LL; B., .Finance Member, was 'in charge of the Jail. Department during the year under report. Mr. G. S. Phansalkar, Jail Department t. c. P.s., Chief Medical Officer, continued to be the Jail Superin..: tendent and Mr. V. R. Lele, t. c. P. s., Assistant Medical Officer, to be the Assistant Jail Superintendent. Mr. K. G. Halabe continued to be the Jailor. There is only one Jail in the State, at Phaltan located in the heart of the city. ' 72. (i) The statement showing the number of prisoners confined in the Jail Nu_mber of during the year is given in Appendix XIII. The following table AdmissionPrisoners, and s h ows th e numb er o f pnsoners· · d urmg· th e years 1942 -43 and Oaily Average etc. 1941-42. 1 ' !No of r at Number No. at the end of . the commence- New admissions Total discharged the year: Year ment of the year Males Females 1\Iales Females 1\Iales Females 1\Iales Females Males Females 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 -9 10 11 1942-43 17 5 80 14 97 19 80 19 17 .. 1941-42 11 4· 99 15 110 19 93 14 17 5 4 14 (ii) Out of94 new admissions ( 80 males and 14 !er::::ales ), 33 were ccnvicts and 56 under-trial prisoners. The daily average number of prisoners includbg convicts and u11der trial prisoners, was 21·18 as against 23·58... in the previous year . One convict escaped while on extra-mural work. Information was given to the police and he \Tas later arrested and convicted. 73. During the year under report l1e Jail Police consisted of one Head- Expenditure constable and five constables. The total expenditure during the year amounted to Rs. 3,321 as against Rs. 1,653 in the previous year. The increase in expenditure is due to C:le Police guard transferrec1 from the Police to the Jail department. 74. Mr. Hiraman Balaram Tell, Pleader, Phaltan, Mr. Appasaheb Narayanrao Nail<: Nimbalkar, President Local Board Phaltan and Mr. r.fad::.av jail Visitors Balwant Bedke, elected member of the Phaltan State Legislative Council were appointed during the year as non-official members on the Jail Visitor's Committee under the Chairmanship of the District Magistrate, who is an ex-officio Chairman of the Committee. The Committee paid periodical visits to the Jail arid recorded l!J.eir remarks in the Visitor's Eook. H. Registration 75. The Registration Department continued to be u.TJ.der the control cf Mr. S. R. Bhonsale, B. A., LL.B., Law Member, durL."lg the year Registn.tlon Department under report. Mr. M. V. Joshi, B. A., Collector, continued to be the District Registrar and Mr. K. V. Joshi was the Sub-Registrar dill'ing the year under report. There is one Sub-Registrar's office in ~tate at Phaltan. ., 76. Work done by the Department during the year is given in Appendix XlV and the statement showing the receipts and expenditure is given Work done by Regi· . A . tration Department m ppendix XV. The number of documents presented for registration was 1904 and the value of documents registered l';as Rs. 6,30,079. Fees realised were Rs. 6,930 and the expenditure was Rs. 1.6C5 during the year under report. The increase in the number of documents was cJ:-.Jef:y in sale deeds by 3C4 in number for Rs. 2,39,421' which was mainly due to the investment of money in _purchasing l~nds. CHAPTER FIVE LOCAL SELF- GOVERNMENT A. The Phaltan Municipaliry 77. The Phaltan Municipality was establisheC. in 1868. It is one of the oldest <:onstltutlon and institutions in the State and is governed by the Bo4'..bay Di.strkt Personnel Municipal Act, 1901 as applied to the Ptaltan S:ate. The total number of municipal councillors is 16• of v.-tJrn 12 are elected and 4 (including 2 official members) are nominated .ty tl:e Phaltan Durbar. Both the • President and the Vice-President are elected by the members. r.!r. N. v. Eavadekar, B. A.,u. B., an elected counci!lor, conti"lued to be L1.e President or the Municipality till 2nd June 1942. !.1r. R. T. Gand."1i an elec!ed me::::lber,. continued to be the ;.ice-Pre~ident up to 2-6-!942 and after t1at Mr. J. K. Dos::ll was elected to be the \ 1ce-Pres1dent for the ne·u triennium and l.1r. K. B. F.s:ekar was the chairman of U:e M_anagin~ Committee of t.'le !.bnicipal:ty. During the year under report. The tnenrual elecllor,s were held in May 19~2 -rd ! ·~ r ~ ,.....,.,h· ,.,., a-~. •••• v •· .1.1.,/'\~;;.-~ B.~.,Lt.: ~··an el.ected Co~ncille_;. was electe·~.to be t:,e Pre.;:ider.t for L':e new tnenruum ending 31-5--.5. !.J.r. G. s. Phar..sa •• -ar L c p s C'-'-r • '.:>j'~-I c= th ~· t h Ch . t )., - , ' • , . ., ••• t: ··•- .:.~a ••• ::er o f e ..,,a e, wast e auman c.:. t:...e Samtary Com:r:.i::ee d·.rri.::; tie year t.: ..:::!er 15 78. The gross receipts and expenditur~ during the year 1942-43 and 1941-42 Gro!s Receipts and are given in Appendix XVL The gross receipts and expenditure Expenditure in the yea:r amounted toRs. 39,978 and Rs. 39,565 respectively. The following tables show the gross receipts and expenditure under the principal heads during the years 1942-43 and 1941-42 :- RECEIPTS Serial Sources of Income 11942-43 11941-42 !Increase Decrease No. I I I 1 Municipal rates & taxeii!- Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. (a) Taxes on houses and lands ... l 2,064 2,290 .. 226 I (b) Octroi ··I 10,931 11,320 .. 389' · (c) Taxes on vehicles .. 969 3,342 .. 2,373 (d) Tolls .. 3,514 3,243 271 . . (e) Water rates .. 4,922 6,430 .. 1,508 (f) Conservancy .. 1,922 1,996 .. 74:. 2 Other sources of income .. 8,424 6,569 1,855 . . 3 Contribution for Primary Education .. . . 6,000 .. 6,000 4: Extraordinary, Advances, etc. . . 7,232 9,267 .. 2,035 ' Totals .. 39,978 50,457 2,126 12,608 Opening Balance .. 2,526 3,623 . . 1,097 GRAND TorAL .. 42,504 54,080 . . 11,576 EXPENDITURE Serial I Items of Expenditure No. , , 11942-43 11941-42 IIncr~se r Decrease Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. 1 Administration .. 6,239 Q,582 657 .. 2 Public Works - ' .. 5,223 • 7,284 .. 2,061 3 Water Works .. 439 .. 439 .. . ~ Lighting· .. 5,721 6,738 .. 11011 5 Medical Relief and Sanitation .. 9,258 7,546 1,712 . . 6 Public Instruction .. 2,230 3,277 .. 1,047 . 7 Miscellaneous including advances .. 10,455 21,127 . . 10,672 Totals .. 39,565 51,554 2,808 1{,797 Closing Balance .. 2,939 2,526 413 . . . ------GRAND ToTAL ... 42,504 54,080 .. 11.576, I 79. The following table shows the expenditure on Public Works during the Municipal P. W. D. year 1942-43 as compared with the previous year:- " and it! Expenditure Serial No. Item 1942-43 1941--42 Increase Decrease- Rs: Rs. Rs. Rs. · 1 Communications . 814 1,216 . . 402 2 Buildings .. 1,458 115 1,343 . . 3 Water-supply .. 404 1,129 .. 725 4 Public Latrines .. 170 3,599 .. 3,429 5 Drainage an.d Other Works 1,762 1,225 537 .. 6 *Establishment . 615 .. 615 '" ' • Total· •. ' 5,223 7,284. 2,495 4,556 During the year under report the expenditure incurred by the Phaltan Municipality on its Public Works Department was Rs. 5,223, i11cluding the Establish ment charges. • The expenditure on establishment is charged to" Administration." - 16 Besides the normal >vorks, public urinals and new gutters were constructed and special rep?lirs to some important roads were carried out. These Municipal Works have improved the public health and sanitation to a greater extent and have added to the convenience of the general public. 80. During the year under report, the General Body held 15 meetings and . . M . disposed of 81 items of business as against 22 meetings and 90 Mumc1p1 1 eetlngs . . . . 1tems of busmess m the precedmg year. The Managing Committee held 43 meetings and disposed of 580 items of basiness during the year under report as against 75 meetings and. 100 items of business in _the preceding year. The Sanitary Committee held 33 meetings and disposed of 267 items of business during the year under report as against 29 meetings and 304 items of business in the preceding year. 81. The activities of the Municipality regarding medical relief, sanitation · Other Activities and vaccination are given in Chapter VI~!. B. The Phaltan State local Board 82. The Phaltan State Local Board was established on the lst June 1931 under the Phaltan Local Boards Act, (V of 1931), adapted from the Constitution and Bombay Act, VI of 1923. The Board consists of 20 members t of Personnel whom 15 'are elected, and 5 (including 2 officials) are nominated. The change in the number of elected and nominated members was made as per Durbar Resolution No. 106 dated 13~1-1942 (vide Act IV of 1941 ). Both the President and the Vice-President are elected by the msmbers. During the year u,nder report triennial elections of members were held and the new Board was formed. - During the year under report Mr. H. B. Teli, Pleader, continued to be the President and Mr. S. H. Talwalkar, A. c. R. A., the Vice-President of the Local Board, up to 11th july 1942, and thereafter Messrs A. N. Nimbalkar and V. S. Zirpe, B.. A., tt. B., Pleader, were elected as President and Vice-President. respectively. During the year under report Mr. D. B. Adkar, Retired overseer of the Bombay P. W. D .. continued as Chief Officer of the Local Board up to 8th November 1942 and thereafter Mr. V. V. Tasgaonkar, B. A., LL.B., was appointed as Chief Officer as Mr. Adkar resigned his services . . . 83. f'he gross receipts and expenditure during the years 1942-43 and 1941-42 are given in Appendix XVI. The gross receipts and Gross R•ce_ipts • expenditure in the present year amounted to Rs 1 00 459 and and Exp1nd1ture - , • • ' Rs. 73,286 respectively. The following tables show the gross receipts and expenditure under tha . principal heads during the years 1942-1943 and 1941-1942. RECEIPTS No. Sources of Income Decrease Rs. Rs. 1 Local Fund Cess . 18,800 5,063 2 Canal Area Development Cess. 48,.J!J2 7,20G 3 Tolls . 4,134 3,810 4 Cattle pounds 2,-102 21:)0 !)· Miscellaneous 4,130 ti68 6 Debt Heads 22,401 9,711 Totals 1,00,'45\.l 14,774 Opening Balance 1J2,8!J3 1,1J3,31J2 t The namas of the r.:em!Jers of tte Pta: tan Lccal Eoard are given in Annex IV li ExPENDITURE No. Items of Eltpenrliture 1942-43 1941-42 Increase Decrease Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. 1 Administration .. 3,965 3,131 834 .. 2 Public Works . . 21,952 13,765 8,187 .. 3 liducation .. 9,811 13,349 .. 3,53& 4 · Medical Relief and Sanitation . . 4,092 6,034 .. . 1,942 5. Vaccination .. 1,425 976 449 .. 6 Veterinary Department .. 3,247. 3,380 .. 133 7 Miscellaneous .. 7,668 . 10,596 .. 2,928 8 Debt Heads ... 21,126 29,813 •I• 8,687 ------Totals· .. 73,286 81,044 9,470 1'7,228. ------Closing Balance . . 80,066 52,893 27,173 .. ------~-- GRAND ToTAL . . 1,53,352 1,33,937 19,415 .. , 84. The following table shows the expenditure on Public Works during the Expenditure on year 1942-43 as compared with the previous year:- Local Board-P. W. D. · No. I Items I ~942--43 I 1941-42 I Increase I Decrease . Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. 1 Communications .. 4,7g6 2,299 2,497 .. 2 Buildings .. 5,573 4,308 1,265 .. 3 Water-Supply .. 4,994 4,685 . 309 .. 4 Other Works . . 418 . 812- .. 394 5 Establishment· .. 6,171 1,661 4,510 .. Total' .. 21,952 13,765 8,581 .394 / 85. During the year under report current repairs were made to the Phaltan Mograla road, the Phaltan-Sningnapur road, the Phaltan-Adarki Roads road and to the Factory Approach Road. The special repairs to the Phaltan-Mograla road were completed during the year. 86. A combined construction work of Dharmashala, temple and Chawadi at Munjavaai village was in progress during the year under report. Buildings Special repairs were made to the Phaltan Local Board Office and the Phaltan Chawadi. Cattle pounds at- Jinti and Munjavadi were constructed during ~e year. 87. During the year under report the construction work of the· well at Hingangaon and the repairs to the well at Barad, were Well~ completed. 88, During the year unde.r report, the General Body held 6 meetings and Local Board-Meetings disposed of 33 items of business as against 3 meetings and 33 ·Hems of business in the previous year. The Standing Committee held 9 meetings. and disposed of 157 items of business during the year under report as against 5 meetings and 42 items of business in the preceding year. · The Public Health Committee held 6 meetings and disposed of 15 items of business as against 6 meetings and 39 items of business .in the last year. · 89. The activities of the Local Board during t."le year under report regarding Local Board's med~cal relief, sanitation, and vaccination are given in Chapters Other Activl!ies VIII and IX. 90. Mr. A. N. Mehendale, c. B. v. c. continued to be in charge of the Veterinary Dispensary at Phaltan. The total number of animals Veterinary Dispensary treated in the veterinary dispensary at Phaltan and in the villages was 1567 as against 3005 in the previous year. The total number of castrations by the Burdizza method was 170 as against 270 ,in the previous year. 5 18 91. The epidemics amongst the cattle during the year under report ware Black-Quarter, Feet and Moul'tl and Rinderpest Tne epidemics f pid emlc 01 aeues . . were prevalent L'1 the followmg v1Uages :- (1) Black- Quarter:- Sa.YJlarwadi, Kalaj, Saswad, PLrnprad, Adarki ( Bk. ), Kolld, Tadavle, A..."U and Nimblak. (2) Foo~ & J!outh:- Phaltan. Nandal, Sangavi, Pimprad, Adarki, Kuravali, (Kd.), Bhadali, Sonawadi, and Vidni. (3) Rinderpest:-Phadtarwadi. The nu.rnber of preventive inoculations done against B.-Q. was 847 as agaim1t 69 in the previous year. The total number of preventive inoculations done against Rinderpest was 400 by .Fmti-Rinderpest serum, and 649 by Rinderpest Goat Virus during the year under report. The total nu..rnber of cases treated at Phaltan and in the Villages was 121. The total number of villages visited during the year under report was 15 as against 13 in the previous year. C. Village Panchayats 92. The Tarac.'lgaon Village Panchayat, established in 1931 under the 'raradgaon Village Bombay Village Panchayat Act, 1920 (IX of 1920 ), as applied to Panchayat the Phaltan State, consists of 10 members wholly elected by the people. The Panchayat attended to the work of improving the village sanitation. CP..APTER SIX PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION A. Weather and Crops 93. The statement of rain-fall during the calender year 1942 is given in Appendix XVII. Generally the heavyJalls are in June; September Rain.-fall and October, and are therefore seasonable bol'tl for Kharip and Rabl crops. The following table gives the figures of the total rain-fall during the -years 1942 and 1941 together with the average of five years:- Place Present \'!'ar I Past year Average of Five vears ( 1942) ( 1941) (from 1938 to 1S42) Inches Inches Inches Taradgaon 17•42 13•50 16•34 Phaltan 14·91 18•69 17•27 Bar ad 13"14 17•25 17· 15 94. The climate of the State is dry and healthy. DurL.'lg the year under report Climate and the ma_ximum temperature at Phaltan was 110' F. on April 21st. Temperature 1942 and the minimum temperature, 54 F. on 14 & 15 December 1942. 95. During the year under report the average out-turn of Bagayat crops was " fair and that of irrigated crops was good. The out-turn of Jira,·al Out-turn of Crop . . . .r crops (except m 11 villages ) was fa1r, and hence the land revenue for firayal lands in the villages was suspended, as per Collector's Notification dated 17-2-43. B. Wages and Labour: Prices of Food-grains 96. The non-factory rates cf wages of skilled and unskilled labour during uJ.,age.s an d La bour L'le. yearf under . report were increased owinJ to scarcity and• hi,..,3,. . pnces o gra1::1s etc. The rate of wages was Rs. 1-4 per day in the -case of skilled labour an1. As. 8 per d::1y for u::l.Skilled la:.,our. Labour was in ~ood d~mand a.'1d its general condition was g:;,od. 19 97. The prices of staple food-grains during March 1942 and March 1943 are 'Prices of Food- given in Appendix XVIII. grains C. Forests 98. The Revenue Mamlatdar, Mr. S. V. Ambiye, continued to be the Forest Officer of the State till 31-1-43 and thereafter Mr. H. A. Shaikh the Forests Ag. mamlatdar was in charge of the Forest Department till the . end of the year. The area under forests atthe close of tpe year under report was 13,048 acres, the same as in the last year. The receipts from forest revenue, i.e. from trees and quarries, amounted to Rs. 2!:25 as against Rs. 474 in the previous year. No separate establishment was maintained and b,ence no expenditure was incurred on this account during the year tinder report. D. Trade and Manufacture 99. The Phaltan Sugar Works, Ltd., was incorporated at Phaltan as a Private Limited Company on 8-3-1933 under the Indian Companies Phaltan Sugar Act (India Act VII of 1913) as applied to the Phaltan State. The Works, Ltd., initial authorised capital of the Company was Rs.lO,OO,OOO which was, in September 1942, increased to Rs. 1,00,00,000 (One Crore) by creation of 1,50,000 new shares of Rs. 50 each. The original capital also vras sub-divided . into 20,000 shares of Rs. 50 each. The issued capital of the Company is Rs. 40,00,000 divided into 80,000 shares of Rs. 50 each, fully paid up. The Company was also converted into a Public Limited Company. The Company is managed by the Managing Agents, Messrs. Mafatlal, Apte and Kantilal, Ltd., of which Mr. V.· S. Apte is the Managing Director. / During the year under report Mr. K. G. Apte, B. Sc., continued to be the General Manager; and Mr. W. Buchanan, the Chief 'Engineer and the Factory Manager. Mr. S. G. Deshpande, B. Ag., and Mr. P. N. Bhat, B. Ag.; B. Sc., continued to be the Estate Manager and the Chief Chemist respectively during the year. The Company's factory at Sakharwadi started manufacture of sugar on 9-2-1934 as a trial season. tt is located near Hal village ( Pimpalachi wadi), about 12 miles from Phaltan : and is one of the biggest sugar factories irt Maharashtra. The Company has its own sugarcane plantations and also purchases sugarcane. ·from owner-cultivators within the factory area (viz., Distributaries Nos. 7 to 17, 19 and 26 of the Nira Right Bank Canal passing through the State territory. ). · The Company being the pione~r major industry. in the state the Durbar rna de a few concessions t~ the Sugar Factory, the chief amongst which are :- (1) ten year's exemption from income-tax; (2) fifteen year's exemption from import d1:1ty; and (3) total exemption from export duty. The Sugar factory flourished very well during the yeEl;r. It manufactured 13,578·76, tons. ( 1,34,439 bags) of sugar during 1942-43 season (1st Apri11942 to the end of March 1943.) as against 14,646·88 tons ( 1,45,,001 bags) in the previous year: It bas also maintained a well equiped Work-Shop and a Laboratory. The daily average of operatives employed by the Company was 1160 during the season and 724 during off season, as against 1152 during the season and '139 during off season in the previous year. · \ . The Company owns 4 loco boilers and 4 Water Tube boilers which were inspected and certified for the Durbar by the Chief Inspector of Steam Boilers and fJmoke Nuisances, ~ombay Presidency. 100. There a're six crushing plants for making gul ( jaggery ) from sugar • d 'cane in the State at (l) Hol (2) Jinti (3) Phaltan (4) Takalwade P ower Crushers an G . . . Cotton Gins (5) Gunvare and (6) okhah m the canal tract. Out of these s1x cane-crushers four are maintained by the Durbar and the remaining two belong to the prominent agriculturists. · "Vardhhama,n Jinning Factory" is the only jinning factory, in the State 'situated at Phaltan and it continued its working well during the year under report. 20 101. Due to the industrial initiative and foresight of Shrimant Raja Sahe b, Adarki Khadl' the Phaltan Durbar have started the Khadi Centre at Adarki Kendra and other (Bdk.) in November 1940 under the direct supervision of the Industries Maharashtra Charkha Sangh. As per Durbar Resolution No. 51 of 20-9-1940 a sum of rupees ten thousand has been sanctioned for the period of 5 years out of which rupees two thousand are befug spent f?Very year.' The Depd.rtment was under the control of Mr. S. R. Bhonsale, B.A., LL.B., Law Member from October, 1940. The City Buildings Engineer as well as the Rural Development Officer, of the State, looked after the working of this khadi centre. On behalf of C. P. & Maharashtra Charkha Sangn (a branch of All India Spinners. · Association) Mr. W. D. Kalgaonkar worked as its Manager under the supervision and guidance of Mr. A. W. Sahasrabudhe, tne ·Secretary of the Sangha. Shrimant Raja Saheb inaugurated the Centre on Wednesday, the 7th May 1941. The figures of the Receipts and the Payments of this industrial activity during the year under report are as shown below:- Receipts Payments Rs. Rs. By Purchases: .. 2,019 To Sales: .. 1,526 [Lint, Slivers (Pelu), Yarn, Charkhas [Slivers, Khadi, Charkh&s etc. ] and Miscellaneous articles) By Wages: 889 To Stock on hand .. 1, 701 ( Carding, Spinning, Weaving, [Difference between closing and Washing, etc.] opening balances of stock) By Establishment charges : 684 To Excess of Payments over [Salaries, Postage, Stationery, income 365 House-rent, Travelling, Pro- paganda, Experiments, etc.] Total •• 3,592 Total •• 3,5£12 ( ii) During the year under report there were in all 147 handlooms in the State mainly worked by the Koshti class people, 69 manufacturing silk and cotton fabrics, and 78 manufacturing rough wollen blankets (Kamblis) for local consumption. / , (iii) The other minor industries are: (a) dyeing of s;ilk and cotton yarn and (b) extraction of oil from kardi, linseed and groundnut. During the year the number of country oil presses was SO. There were 12 flour mills during the year under. report. 102. The principal exports consist of ( i) sugar, ( ii) gttl ( jaggery ), (iii) surplus agricultural produce 'such as jowar, bajri, wheat, gram Exports and Imports d k d' ( · ) f t d · 1 h an ar 1, 1v manu ac ure arhc es, sue as dhotees, sareez and rough woollen blan1:ets, (Xamblis), (v) cotton, oil extracted from kardi, linseed and groundnut and oil-cakes, manures and machinery. During the year under report the export of food grains was prohibited except under a special permit on account of the prevailing war conditions, The principal imports consist of rice, salt, copra o.nd •coconuts, groceries, bangles, hardware, copper and brass utensils, cloth, yarn, timber, matches, kerosene, petrol, oil-cakes, manures and machinery. · 103. The Kishorsinh. Motor Service Company is the premier transport Motor Service Co. company m the State. The company's buses run daily from Phaltan to Poona, Lonand and Nataputa. The company carries p0stal mails between Lonand and Nataputa on the Mahad-Pandharpur Road and between Lonand to Nira Railway Station. The company's fnres are fixed and ita buses run to a fixed time table. The Company has been granted monopoly in the state limits l'J carry on passenger !raffle. 104. The Y.ishorsinh E!ectr~c Supply Company, estatli~hc:d in 1922, contumd Electric Supply Co. to supply Electnc energy to the Phaltan tow:1. 21 105. During the year under report Mr. B. L. Likhite, M.A., LL.B., continued to be the Registrar of Joint-Stock Companies. There were three joint-Stock joint-stock companies on the register during the year under Companies report, viz. (I) The Phaltan Bank, Ltd., established in 1918, a public company doing banking business (2) The Phaltan Sugar Works, Ltd., originally a private company, now converted into a public limited company established in 1933 and (3) The Phaltan Press, Ltd., a public company incorporated.. on 21st March 1941. 106. The number of boilers on the register at the end of tire year under . . report was 9. They were inspected and certified for the Durbar Inspection of Boilers by the Chief Inspector of Steam Boilers and Smoke Nuisances, Bombay Presidency. Eight of these boilerJ are with the Phaltan Sugar Works, Ltd., and one steam boiler of the Road-roller is with the Local Board, Phaltan. 107. Mr. R. S. Bapat, L. c. E., Sugar Factory Officer, continued to be the workmen's Commissioner for Workmen's C.ompensation during the year Compensation under report. During the year there were four minor injuries sustained by 4'employees of the Phaltan Sugar Works Ltd., and 2 cases of serious injuries were disposed of. There was no fatal accident during the year under report. During t.'le year Rs. 402-8-0were paid as compensations to the injured persons. 108. The Weights and Measures Department continued to be in charge Weights and of Mt B. L. Likhite, M. A., 'LL. B., Finance Member. Mr. G. R. Sane,. Measures B. sc., n. B.,· continued to be the Inspector of Weights and Department Measures during the year under report. The Bombay system of weights and measures was introduced in the State by the Phaltan Weights and Measures Act, 1935 (I of 1935 ). The unit of a 'seer is equivalent to 80 tolas, one tola being equal to 180 standard grains as in the Bombay Presidency. A maund is equal to 40 such seers. The. unit of a measure (dry or liquid) is fixed to contain 80 standard tolas of water by weight under standard t<;:mperature and pressure. The Standard Yard is !he measure of length. An inspecting unit comprising of standard weights, standard measures and Inspector's balances is maintained at-Phaltan. The working sta~dard weights and measures prepared by the Mint Master, Bombay and tested and certified by the Director of Industries, Bombay, are used as the Standard Weights and Measures of the State. The new weights and measures were introduced from the 8th April 1940 (Hindu ljew Year day). 109. The total cost qf weights, measures and balances purchased, for Receipts and supplying them to traders, during the year under report was Expenditure Rs. 892 as against Rs. 792 of the last year. The total sale proceeds of weights, measures and balances during the year under report was Rs. 831 as against Rs. 1,044 of the previous year. The total number 'of traders in the State on 31-3-1943 was 1,730 with an aggregate circulation of 4,974 weights, 5,336 measures and 951 balances, yielding a bi-annual income of Rs. 4,926 as verification fees., The total receipts of verification fees amounted to Rs. 1,610 as against Rs; 827 in the last year. The total.cost incurred by the Department during the year under report was Rs. 2,918 as against Rs. 2,819 in the last year. The Inspector attended the fairs and weekly bazars and visited nearly all the villages in the State. · " · E. Publi~ Works 110. The Public Works Department is under the control of Rao Bahadur Public Works K. V. Godbole, B. A., LL.B., Dewan and Home Member. Messrs Department R. S. Bapat, L.c.E., and K. B. Disle continued to be the P. W. D. Officer, and the Ch-ief Overseer respectively. Mr. V. J. Kunte, B. F. (Civil), continued to be the City Buildings Engineer during the first quarter of the year and resigned his services. Mr. A. G. Kanitkar, B. A., B. E. (Civil), took over· from l.1r. Kunte the charge of the City Buildings Engineer's Office and worked during the remaining three quarters of the year. The details of the expenditure incurred · on Public Works is given in Appendix XIX. ' 111. During the year under report repairs were made by the State P. W. D. Public Buildings to almost all the Government buildings in the town at a cost of and Water Works Rs. 9603. 6 22