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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [211r] (5/150)
The record is made up of 1 item (75 folios). It was created in 1911. 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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CONTENTS
PART I.
SUMMARY
PAGE
... i—xxx
PAGE
CHAPTER III.—Protection.
PART II.
CHAPTER I.
Area, Aspect, Climate, Products
Historical Summary
Form ok Administration
Character of Land Tenures, System
of Surveys and Settlements
Civil Divisions of British Territory.
See pages i —78
of Report for
1901 - 1902 ,
Part 1 ].
Details of the last Census
J
Tributary States.
North Gujarat—
Cutch
1
Kathiawar
2
Palanpur
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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3
Mahi Kantha
4
Rewa Kantha
5
Cambay
6
South Gujarat—
Dharampur, Bansda and Sachin
ib.
Dangs
7
North Konkan. Nasik and Khandesh—
Surgana
8
Jawhar
ib.
South Konkan—
Janjira
9
Savantvadi
10
Deccan—
Satara Jaghfrs—
Bhor, Phaltan, Aundh, Akalkot,
Daphlapur
Jath
and
1 r
Kolhapur, Southern Maratha Country
States
and
Dharwar—
Kolhapur
12
Southern Maratha Country States
*3
Savanur
14
Sind—
Khairpur
15
Aden
ib.
Condition of the People
16
CHAPTER II. —Administration of the Land.
Surveys—
Great Trigonometrical Survey ... .. 18
Tidal and Levelling Operations and Observation of
Astronomical Latitudes ... ... ib.
Revenue Surveys ... ... ... ib.
Settlements—
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.
Proper ... ... ... 19
Sind ... ... ... ib.
Alienation Settlements ... ... ... 20
Land Records ... ... ... ib.
Waste Lands ... ... ... 21
Wards and other Estates under management of Govern-
men t ... ... ... ib.
Estates in charge of the Talukdari Settlement
Officer ... ... ... ib.
incumbered Estates, Sind ... ... ... 22
Revenue and Rent»paying classes ... ... 23
B 963 —a
Legislative Authority
Course of Legislation
Police—
Mofussil, Sind and Railway Police
Rural Police
Additional Police
Bombay City Police
Aden Police
Vagrants
Wild animals and venomous snakes
Chemical Analysis
Criminal Justice
Prisons—Civil and Criminal
Civil Justice
Execution of decrees of Civil Courts
Department
Registration—
Under Act XVI of 1908 ...
Under Act XVII of 1879 ...
Joint Stock Companies
Local Boards’ Administration ...
Municipal Administration—
Bombay Municipality
District Municipalities
Bombay Improvement Trust
Military (Volunteering)
Marine—
Bombay Shipping Office
Aden
Bombay Port Trust
Karachi Port Trust
Aden Port Trust
Co-operative Credit Societies ...
CHAPTER IV. —Production and
Distribution.
1 89—-100 of Report
• . for 1901-190
2 }
( Part II.
24
25
ib.
26
ib.
•••
2 7
•••
ib.
•••
ib.
ib.
*•*
28
29
by the Revenue
30
ib.
* * * • ••
31
ib.
•••
32
ib.
ib.
34
•••
35
36
••* •••
ib.
•••
37
ib.
••• •••
ib.
•••
33
••• •••
ib.
Power Industries and Handicrafts...
118—124 of Report
for-igoi-1902,!
Part II.
Agriculture—
Area of available statistics
Cropped Areas
Agricultural Experiments
Advances to Cultivators
Agricultural Stock
Breeding operations
Fairs and Shows
39
ib.
40
42
43
ib.
ib.
Weather and Crops—
Meteorological Department of Western India
Note on the weather in 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.
in 1910-1911
Note on the Weather at Bombay
Colaba and Alibag Observatories
Poona Observatory
Season and Crops
Outturn of Crops
Locusts
Prices
Wages
Horticulture—
Public Gardens
ib.
44
ib.
ib.
ib.
45
46
ib.
ib.
47
ib.
Forests
Mines and Quarries
Manufactures and Industries
The Factories Act
Steam Boiler Inspection Act
ib.
50
ib.
51
52
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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 1910-11.
The report is divided into two parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 212-226). Part II (ff 227-283) comprises chapters I-IX.
PART II is divided into the following chapters, some of which are further divided into the following sub-headings:
- ‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 227-235), consisting of: North Gujarat; South Gujarat; North Konkan, Nasik and Khandesh; South Konkan; Deccan; Kolhapur, Southern Maratha Country States and Dharwar; Sind [Sindh]; Aden; Condition of the People
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 236-238), consisting of: Survey; Settlements Proper; Waste lands; Wards and other Estates under management of Government
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 239-245), consisting of: Legislative Authority; Course of Legislation; Police; Wild animals and venomous snakes; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons – Civil and Criminal; Civil Justice; Registration; Local Boards’ Administration; Municipal Administration; Military (Volunteering); Marine; Cooperative Credit Societies
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 246-269), consisting of: Power Industries and Handicrafts; Agriculture; Weather and crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Public Works; Irrigation; Railways; Tramways
- ‘CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 270-278), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Irrigation Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Sea Customs; Land Customs; Opium; Salt, Excise; Cotton Duties; Stamps; Income Tax; Forests; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS’ (ff 279-280), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration and Immigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 281-282), consisting of: General System of Public Instruction; Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 283), consisting of: Archaeological Survey Party of West India
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 283v), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Established Church of England; Established Church of Scotland; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 211. 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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- 'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911'
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