'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [125r] (254/502)
The record is made up of 1 volume (249 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1873-14 Feb 1874. 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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77
SCHEDULE No. III.—
Names of ClaimantB, &c.
The agreement or contract above referred to is as follows^ and
bears the same date as the letters, viz.^, 25tb November
1863
Iff:-.
From the Assistant in
Charge of the Survey
of the Gaekwar's Dis
trict of Nowsari.
General circumstances of each case.
Seal of the
Revenue Sur
vey Assistant,
Southern Di
vision.
To Rajeshree Dhana-
bhai Lallbhai, Dessai,
Contractor for the
Supply of Stones.
<c Yon have entered into an agreement to supply stones for the
survey operation, and it is agreed to give you eight annas as
the price of each stone. You are therefore required to sup
ply such number of stones at such place, and within such
period as may be specified in the orders which will be handed
to you. You should not give stones for any other purpose
without our permission. In case you fail to supply stones
within the prescribed period, and the survey operations be
thereby obstructed, you will be held responsible for the same.
If you bring more stones than the number we may order, we
shall not be answerable for them. This is given to you to
serve as a proof."
(Signed) BAPOOJEE BULLAL.
F,S. —You should bring stones to any station (railway) that
we order stones; of the length of from 22 to 24 inches will be
taken.
(Signed) BAPOOJEE BULLAL.
Bhanabhai received orders to bring 40,000 such stones as
described in the contract up the Nowsari creek, about 2 miles
above the town, which he did in boats hired for the purpose;
but during the year 1864 only about 4,500 were taken, upon
which he went to the
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
to complain and ask for the
Rs. 20,000 due to him upon the whole number according to
agreement.
The Revenue Sir Sooba, Hurriba Gaekwar, replied to the peti
tioner Bhanabhai's appeal in the following letter No. 557,
dated Karteek Wud 8th, 1921 (November 1864), addressed
to the Sir Sooba of Nowsari (or Surat Attavesi):—
Last year when the survey operation was introduced into the
districts under your control, Desai Bhanabhai Lallbhai, of
Bulsar, had entered into an agreement to supply stones for
boundary marks being fixed ; but as there was no occasion at
that time to take stones from him, the Dessai preferred a
claim for damages or compensation, which claim was rejectedby
the Sirkar after inquiry. The survey operations having been
recommenced in the Province of Nowsari this year, you are
requested to take stones which may be required for boundary
marks from Bhanabhai. It rests with the ryots to make boun
dary mounds either of earth or stones; the ryots should therefore
be informed that they should take any stones they may require
from the aforesaid Desai, and the value of such stones should be
recovered hy us from the ryots and paid to the contractor at
the rate formerly agreed upon The stones should not be
taken from any other person, and the necessary instructions
on the subject should be issued to the officers in
districts. The value of the stones taken from the Desai
20 G K
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Report of the Baroda Enquiry Commission on the administration of the government of Malharrao, Gaekwar of Baroda. The Commission comprised Richard John Meade (President), Edward William Ravenscroft, Mumtazul Dowlah Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Faiz Ali Khan, Colonel Alfred Thomas Etheridge and Thomas Duncan Mackenzie (Secretary).
The report comprises a letter from the members of the Baroda Enquiry Commission to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department presenting their report on the results of the proceedings and submitting copies of correspondence, reports and statements relative to the enquiry (ff 5-19):
Appendix A, Part I
- Schedules I-III: Complaints and grievances against the Gaekwar's Government from individuals and groups (ff 21-78).
- Appendix B, Schedules I-III: Cases of complaint and grievance which the commission did not look into during the enquiry (ff 79-81).
- Appendix C: Letter from Colonel Richard John Meade, President, Special Commission of Enquiry on Baroda Affairs, to Colonel Robert Phayre, Resident at Baroda, 1 November 1873 (ff 82-83).
- Appendix D: Translation of an amended notice issued by the Resident to complainants desirous of appearing before the Baroda Enquiry Commission (ff 84-85).
- Appendix E: Schedules presented to the Commission along with Colonel Phayre's introductory statement regarding them. (ff 86-131).
- Appendix F: Letter No. 1128 of 1873 from Colonel Phayre to the President, Baroda Commission regarding the cases already submitted to the Commission, the List of undisposed petitions to be attended to by the Resident which could be used as additional cases if required and the statements that he had yet to make on cases under enquiry by the Commission (ff 132-133).
- Appendix G, Schedule I: Statements from witnesses with cross examination statements from the Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). on behalf of the Gaekwar and statements from the Resident as to the accuracy of the information provided (ff 134-229).
Appendix Part II (ff 231-245)
- Letter from James Braithwaite Peile, Acting Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kattywar [Kathiawar] to T D Mackenzie, Secretary, Baroda Commission, 13 December 1873 regarding papers requested by the Commission and informing them that the outstanding paper will be forwarded as soon as they are received. Enclosed with the letter are a memorandum from Peile for reconstitution of His Highness the Gaekwar's Contingent in Kattywar, 13 December 1873 and Rule for the guidance of the Officers and Kamdars appointed to the Contingent of Horse of His Highness the Gaekwar, serving in the various Tributary Mahals according to treaty.
- Letter from Peile to Mackenzie, 6 January 1874, forwarding a report and returns received from Colonel Walker, Superintendent to the Gaekwar's Contingent in Kattywar and stating that he does not concur with the Colonel's opinion. Enclosed with this letter is a letter from Colonel Chamberlen William Walker, 30 December 1873, providing the information on the Contingent requested by the Commission and enclosing an extract of the Contingents annual report for 1871 and a statement of the men within the Contingent on duty under officials paid by Talukdars etc, 06 March 1872.
- Letters from John Whaley Watson, Acting Political Superintendent Pahlanpur [Palanpur], Captain Henry Nicholas Reeves, Acting Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kantha] and Major Philip Harrison Le Geyt, Acting Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Mahi Kanta [Mahi Kantha] to the secretary of the Baroda Commission 19 December 1873 to 9 January 1874 reporting on the Gaekwar's contingents serving within their districts and commenting on numbers of men, pay and conditions. The letters all refer to enclosed returns, but only the return for Mahi Kanta is included in the report.
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Foliation: the main sequence of foliation consists of a small pencil number in the top front right hand corner of each folio enclosed in a circle.
There is also an original sequence of foliation which consists of larger pencil numbers also in the top front right hand corner of folios, however the sequence is not consistent and some of the numbers may be filing references rather than foliation numbers.
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