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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1860-61' [6v] (8/164)
The record is made up of 1 item (81 folios). It was created in 1861?. 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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Bombay]
JUDICIAL.
Act XLV. of I860.—The Indian Penal Code.
Act LI. of I860.—Further to amend Act XXXVI. of 1860.
Act LII. of 1860.—To amend Act XVIII. of 1854 (relating to Railways
in India).
Act II. of 1861.—To amend Act VI. of 1857 (for the acquisition of land
for public purposes).
Act V. of 1861.—For the regulation of Police.
Act VI. of 1861.—To alter the time from which the Indian Penal Code
shall take effect.
Act VII. of 1861.—To empower the Governor General in Council to
increase the rate of duty leviable on salt manufactured in, or imported into, any
port of 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.
of Bombay.
Act IX. of 1861.—To amend the law relating to Minors.
Act X. of 1861.—To repeal certain Regulations and Acts relating to the
procedure of the Courts of Civil Judicature not established by Royal Charter.
On the introduction of the Stamp Act, No. XXXVI. of 1860, the Judges
of the Sudder Adawlut pointed out to Government that it would take time
before the mass of the people in the districts of this
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.
could become
acquainted with its provisions, and recommended the postponement of the
period fixed for its introduction. The recommendation was not acceded to, but
in a subsequent letter from the Secretary to the Government of India, it was
directed “ that every facility should be given to persons who may engross
writings on a stamp of insufficient value within the first three months from
the time of Act XXXVI. of 1860 coming into operation, to amend their error
without penalty, and no prosecution should be permitted against any person
for any breach of the law committed within the same period, if there be any-
ground for presuming that he acted inadvertently and without knowledge of
the Law.”
As in the case of the Civil Procedure Act, the new Stamp Act was the
subject of much reference, arid a compendium of the opinions and rulings of the
Court, i n respect to several of its provisions, has been prepared, and will be
circulated to the Zilla Judges for information.
The operation of Act XLV. of 1860, the new Penal Code, has been post-
poned^until the 1st of January 1862; and Act V. of 1861, for the regulation
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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 1860-61.
The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- 'JUDICIAL' (ff 6-10), consisting of: Legislation; Civil Justice; Criminal Justice; Crimes in the Island of Bombay; Small Cause Court; Police; Jails
- 'REVENUE' (ff 11-13), consisting of: Land Revenue; Alienated Revenues; Income Tax; Stamps; Customs, Salt, and Opium
- 'FINANCIAL' (f 18)
- 'POLITICAL' (ff 19-21), consisting of: North Eastern Frontier; Guzerat [Gujarat]; Southern Muratha Country; Sind [Sindh]; Aden; Perim
- 'PUBLIC WORKS' (ff 22-31), consisting of concise annual reports on the following areas: A. Military; B. Naval; C. Judicial; D. Revenue; E. Ecclesiastical; G. General; H. Municipal; I. Marine; K. Agricultural; L. Communications. There is also a concise annual report on the public works in Sind
- 'PUBLIC WORKS - RAILWAY' (ff 32-37), consisting of: Great Indian Peninsula Railway; Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway; Sind Railway; Indus Steam Flotilla Company
- 'MILITARY AND MARINE' (ff 38-40)
- 'EDUCATION' (ff 41-43)
- 'MEDICAL DEPARTMENT' (ff 44-45)
- 'CONSERVANCY' (ff 46-47)
- 'SURVEY' (ff 48-49), consisting of: Revenue; Topographical
- 'FORESTS' (f 50), consisting of: 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. ; Sind
- 'MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 51-53), consisting of Population; Stationery; Agriculture; Emigration.
The remainder of the item consists of appendices to the 'JUDICIAL', 'FINANCIAL', 'PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT', 'PUBLIC WORKS - RAILWAY', 'EDUCATION' and 'CONSERVANCY' sections of the report (ff 54-84).
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 5. 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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