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PLACES
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REVAS
Revas (T. Alibag; 18°45' S, 72°55' E; p. 1,023; RS. Bombay,
15 m.) is a village, in the saline lands in the north of the district, at the mouth of a creek of the same name, which joins the Amba river or Nagothana creek about a mile from its entrance into the Bombay harbour. The small creek of Revas can be used only between half and full tide. In other respects it is easy of navigation. The creek provides a ready passage for boats into the open, sea in front of Karahja, and it is only an hour's sail from there to the Apollo Bunder at Bombay. It is a very convenient spot for the export of grain. The Revas pier is on the Amba creek, in the village of Davie Ranjan Khar, about two miles south of the villag, of Revas. It was built between. 1864 and 1869 from income-tax balances at: a cost of £11,892 (Rs. 1,18,920). Its importance chiefly depends on the steam ferry boats, which ply daily to Bombay touching at Revas on their way to and from Dharamtar. It is connected with Alibag by a good road of about fourteen miles. Its importance declined with the opening of the direct route through the Karli pass between Dharamtar and Alibag.
The population of Revas consists chiefly of fishermen who live in low huts. The cultivators' houses are better built, cleaner, and better placed. As in other saline lands there is a great scarcity of fresh water, a want which is much felt by travellers.
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