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The record is made up of 1 item (95 folios). It was created in 1921. 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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CHAPTER V.
I .
FINANCIAL REVIEW.
I.—Financial Review, 1919-20.
1.—General Remarks.
1, In this review the actual receipts and expenditure of the Civil Depart
ment 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. are compared with those of the preceding year.
Where the figures given for 1918-19 do not exactly agree with those in the
financial review for that year, it must be understood that some account
correction has been made after the preparation of that review.
2. The gross actuals for the two years are compared in the following
table
Heads.
1918-1919.
1919-1920.
Difference.
v
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
( Imperial ...
16,71,27,164
22,40,55,862
5,69,28,698
•Gross revenue ...-{
1. Provincial ...
10,03,80,200
11,24,66,567
1,20,86,367
Total ...
26,75,07,364
33,65,22,429
6,90,15,065
f Imperial ...
2,74,82,100
3,35,61,122
60,79,022
Gross expenditure ...•<[
1 Provincial...
9,55,06,613
11,21,70,217
1,66,63,604
Total ...
12,29,88,713
14,57,31,339
2,27,42,626
The Provincial opening balance was Rs. 4,40,69,895 and the closing balance
™ Rs. 4,43,66,245.
3. The chief variations are explained below. The figures at the beginning
of each paragraph show the actual revenue or expenditure, and the figures in
brackets show the increase or decrease recorded under the head dealt with
in that paragraph.
2.—Imperial Revenue and Expenditure.
Revenue.
1. Rs. 2,17,17,784 (+ Rs. 50,09,989). The increase was due to recoveries Land revenue,
of arrears which remained outstanding in the previous year owing to famine
conditions in the 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. .
2. Rs. 10,74,585 (-Rs. 1,21,071). The decrease was due to a smaller opium,
consumption of opium.
3. Rs. 1,71,82,357 (—Rs. 19,43,032). The decrease was chiefly due to Sait,
the restrictions placed on the Baragra salt.
. 4. Rs. 80,16,044 ( + Rs. 21,39,614). Owing to land speculation, activity stamps,
share market, and flotation of a large number of new companies, there
been a steady increase on the sale of non-judicial stamps and special
^ hesiye stamps. Sales of court fee stamps also increased owing to increased
1 Ration and larger payments of probate duty.
Rs. 8,92,30,405 (-f-Rs. 1,74,93,267). The increase was due to a customs,
general rise of imports under most heads and to exports of hides and skins
aw) There was also an increase under excise duty on cotton manufactuies
e o a greater out-turn of cloth and enhanced tariff rates. Tin 8 latter
crease was the result of the removal of various restrictions imposed on trade
general during the currency of the war, and the gradual release of tonnage
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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 1919-20. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1921.

The report is divided into two parts. Part I comprises a report ‘GENERAL SUMMARY’ (ff 231-238).

PART II (ff 239-322) comprises the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:

  • ‘CHAPTER I. – PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL. TRIBUTARY STATES.’ (ff 239-249), consisting of: I. North Gujarat; II. South Gujarat; III. North Konkan; IV. South Konkan; V. The Deccan; VI. Kolhapur and Southern Maratha Country States; VII. Sind [Sindh]; VIII. Aden; IX. Condition of the People
  • ‘CHAPTER II. – ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND.’ (ff 250-256), consisting of: 1. Surveys; 2. Settlements; 3. Waste Lands; 4. Land Records; 5. Wards’ and other Estates; 6. Revenue and Rent-paying Classes
  • ‘CHAPTER III. – PROTECTION.’ (ff 256-269), 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. Criminal Tribes; 9. Registration; 10. Local Board Administration; 11. Municipal Administration; 12. Rent Acts; 13. Indian Reforms Scheme; 14. Military (Indian Defence Force); 15. Marine
  • ‘CHAPTER IV. – PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.’ (ff 270-304), consisting of: 1. Agriculture; 2. Weather and Crops; 3. Co-operative Societies; 4. Horticulture; 5. Forests; 6. Mines and Quarries; 7. Power Industries and Handicrafts; 8. Trade; 9. Public Works; 10. Railways; 11. Tramways
  • ‘CHAPTER V. – FINANCIAL REVIEW.’ (ff 305-314), consisting of: 1. Financial Review, 1919-20; 2. Land Revenue; 3. Irrigation Revenue; 4. Public Works Revenue; 5. Customs; 6. Salt; 7. Excise; 8. Cotton Duties Act; 9. Stamps; 10. Income Tax; 11. Local Funds
  • ‘CHAPTER VI. – VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF.’ (ff 314-318), consisting of: 1. Births and Deaths; 2. Emigration and Immigration; 3. Medical Relief; 4. Epidemic Diseases; 5. The Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory; 6. Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; 7. Acworth Leper Asylum [hospital for people affected by leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease], Matunga; 8. Sanitation; 9. Vaccination; 10. Veterinary
  • ‘CHAPTER VII. – INSTRUCTION.’ (ff 318-320), consisting of: 1. Education; 2. Literature and the Press; 3. Arts and Sciences
  • ‘CHAPTER VIII. – ARCHEAOLOGY.’ (f 321), consisting of: Archaeological Survey of India, Western Circle
  • ‘CHAPTER IX. – MISCELLANEOUS.’ (ff 321-322), consisting of: 1. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; 2. Stationary; 3. Printing; 4. General Miscellaneous.

There is a map 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. on folio 229. The report also includes the following photographs:

  • ‘RESIDENCY SCHOOL. Crater, Aden.’ (f 292)
  • ‘POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE SHOLAPUR [Solapur].’ (f 243)
  • ‘HOSTEL BUILDING FOR THE NORTHCOTE HIGH SCHOOL SHOLAPUR.’ (f 245)
  • ‘BUNGALOW FOR THE SANITARY ENGINEER TO GOVERNMENT, YERAVDA [Yerwada or Yerawada]. (North West Elevation).’ (297).

A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 230. 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 1919-20’
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