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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1903-1904' [104r] (95/112)
The record is made up of 1 item (56 folios). It was created in 1904. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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1903-1904.] 1EE1GATION EEYENUE. 71
The corresponding receipts for 1902-1903 were Rs. 9,77,170. The irrigation share of
land revenue on account of woks for which capital and revenue accounts are kept was as
follows :—
Chap. V,
FINANCIAL
REVIEW.
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70,488
89,254
,41,984
47,933
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Imperial,
Es.
(1) Productive Public Works—
(a) Sind
(b)
Dak
System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company.
ban and Gujarat
(2) Minor Irrigation Works—
(a) Sind
(b) Dakban and Gujarat
... 19,93,443
4,031
... 13,89,769
6,440
Total ... 33,93,688
The following table shows the financial position at the close of the year of irrigation works
of all classes for which capital and revenue accounts are kept:—
Capital
outlay in
the year.
Capital
outlay up to
the end of
the year.
Working
expenses
during the
year.
Net Eevenue
during the
year, direct
and indirect.
V
/
Imperial.
Es,
Es.
Es.
Es.
Productive Works
Protective Works
Minor Works and Navigation...
12,57,156
1,30,291
4,29.792
3,63,49,396
94,29,519
1,18,01,094
9,31,780
79,059
4,40,928
17,64,536
2,04,346
11,15,023
Provincial,
Minor Works and Navigation...
3,275
9,40,045
11,844
36,089
Total ...
18,20,514
5,85,20,054
14,63,611
31,19,994
The revenue and expenditure on account of works for which only revenue accounts are kept
were as follows :—
Work in Sind.
Works in the
Deccan and
Gujardt.
Total.
Es.
Es.
Es.
Gross Eevenue
^ Direct
\ Indirect
42,265
24,46,655
8,032
5,12,889
50,297
29,59,544
Total ...
24,88,920
5,20,921
30,09,841
Working Expenses
11,09,889
4,59,975
15,69,864
Net Eevenue ...
13,79,031
60,946
14,39,977
The revenue and expenditure in respect of the works for which neither capital nor revenue
accounts are kept were as follows
‘
Works iu Sind.
Works in the
Deccan and
Gujarat.
Total.
Es.
Es.
Es.
f Direct
Gross Eevenue ... [ i nc ii r ect
4,465
7,45,763
1,581
6,046
7,45,763
Total ...
7,50,228
1,581
7,51,809
Working Expenses
6,80,804
56,246
7,37,050
Net Revenue ...
69,424
—54,665
14,759
Public Works Eevenue.
The Public Works revenue falls under two heads—Imperial Military and Provincial Civil.
The revenue under the former head derived mainly from miscellaneous sources fell from Rs. 10,723
to Rs. 10,326. The Provincial Civil Revenue consisting chiefly of tolls on roads and receipts
from sales of buildings rose from Rs. 5,84,042 to Rs. 8,92,874, the receipts from the latter
showing an increase of Rs. 2,55,759.
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Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. during the financial year 1903-04. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai] in 1904.
The report is divided into two parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 60-68). Part II comprises chapters I-IX (ff 69-112).
PART II comprises the following:
- ‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 69-75), consisting of: I. North Gujarát; II. South Gujarát; III. North Konkan; IV. South Konkan; V. The Deccan; VI. Southern Mahratta Country States; VII. Sind [Sindh]; VIII. Aden
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 76-78), consisting of: 1. Realization of Land Revenue; 2. Surveys; 3. Settlements; 4. Waste Lands; 5. Wards and Other Estates; 6. Revenue and Rent-paying Classes
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 79-84), consisting of: 1. Course of Legislation; 2. Police; 3. Wild Animals and Venomous Snakes; 4. Chemical Analysis; 5. Criminal Justice; 6. Prisons - Civil and Criminal; 7. Civil Justice; 8. Registration; 9. Local Board Administration; 10. Municipal Administration; 11. Military (Volunteering); 12. Marine
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 85-101), consisting of: 1. Agriculture; 2. Weather and Crops; 3. Horticulture; 4. Forests; 5. Mines and Quarries; 6. Manufactures and Industries; 7. Trade; 8. Public Works; 9. Irrigation; 10. Railways; 11. Tramways
- ‘CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 102-107), consisting of: 1. Financial Review, 1903-1904; 2. Mint; 3. Currency; 4. Land Revenue; 5. Irrigation Revenue; 6. Public Works Revenue; 7. Customs; 8. Opium; 9. Salt; 10. Excise; 11. Cotton Duties Act; 12. Stamps; 13. Income Tax; 14. Forests; 15. Local Funds; 16. Municipal Revenue
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISITICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF’ (ff 108-109), consisting of: 1. Births and Deaths; 2. Emigration and Immigration; 3. Medical Relief; 4. Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; 5. Sanitation; 6. Vaccination; 7. Veterinary
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 110-111), consisting of: 1. Education; 2. Literature and the Press; 3. Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 112)
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 112), consisting of: 1. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; 2. Stationery; 3. General Miscellaneous.
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 59. In a small number of instances, there are discrepancies in the spelling, phrasing or inclusion of sub-headings between the table of contents and the body of the report. In these cases, the sub-heading as it appears in the body of the report is included above.
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