'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1860-61' [‎9v] (14/164)

[Bombay^
JUDICIAL.
The expenses of the Court during- the year amounted to Rs. 82,230-12-7,
and the receipts to Rs. 1,15,061-8-10, leaving a cleai suiplusof Rs. 32,830-12-3
to the credit of the Reserve Fund of the Court, which now amounts to
Rs. 1,29,116-10-2.
POLICE.
Bombay and Sind.
There have been several important changes in the Police of this Presi
dency during the past year. The appointment of Commissioner, formerly
held by Mr. Bettington, has been abolished, and the control of the Police
vested in the two Revenue Commissioners, each exercising within his range the
same degree of supervision that the former Commissioner possessed. This
arrangement, which was at first only experimental, was permanently adopted
in January 1861. It has been attended with most satisfactory results, and a
saving of expenditure.
In the Executive branch of the Police the principle has been adopted of
holding Superintendents of Police personally responsible for evil practices on
the part of the men under them. Government were of opinion that a Superin
tendent of Police, who was not aware of the misconduct on the part of his
subordinates which was brought to the knowledge of the Magistrate, must be,
from personal defects, disqualified for his appointment; and that if he was aware
of it, and failed to bring it forward, he must be held to have connived at it.
Sattara has been placed under the control of the Revenue Commissioner,
Southern Division, in respect of all Police arrangements.
_ iIie remouemng or me Police lias engaged a good deal of attention,
considerable reductions have been made on all sides. The Nassick “ Coolee”
Corps, the “ 2nd Khandeish Bheel” Corps, the “ Guzerat Provincial” Corps, the
Extra Levies (chargeable to the British Government) of the Kolapore and
Sawunt Warree Local Corps, and the remains of the Kutch Legion and
ussun Khan s Levies at Ahmedabad, all of which were organized during the
re el ion have, within the last thirteen months, been all completely disbanded.
Besides this, the strength of the ordinary Police Corps has been reduced. In
Sind red uct.ons to the extent of 1,30,000 per annum have been effected in the
Rural Police, the Chandia and Jakrannee Horse and the Jacobabad Burkun-
an oi eis 01 further reductions in that Province, so as to brinf the
aggrega e saving up to Rs. 2,29,000 per annum, and to leave its Police charges
at o lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees per annum only, were issued, and have since been carried out.
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