APPENDIX I. 



THE EXTENT OF SUBDIVISION AND FRAGMENTATION 

 OF HOLDINGS IN THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY. 



The extent of subdivision and fragmentation of holdings 

 in the Bombay Presidency differs considerably in the dif- 

 ferent tracts. It is greatest in the rice lands of the Konkan 

 and Ghat strip of the Deccan, where the conditions of rice 

 cultivation and the value of the rice crop tend towards the 

 existence of small holdings, and where the pressure of the 

 population on the area of rice land, and in particular on the 

 fertile coast strip, accentuates the evils of excessive sub- 

 division and fragmentation. 



A. — Konkan and Ghat Strip of the Deccan. 



Statement of typical cases showing from different points 

 of view the extent to which subdivision and fragmentation 

 have proceeded in the districts of Kanara, Ratnagiri, Kolaba 

 and Thana. 



CASE No. I. 



(Survey Nos. 1 to 40 of Uppina Pattan, taluka Kumta, district 



Kanara.) 



This area of 52 acres was selected simply because it was 

 a nice compact block of land with excellent natural facilities, 

 which might have sufficed for 3 or 4 rich holdings, or 6 or 8 



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