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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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3
REVENUE.
[Bombay]
13
year. The steady increase of the Revenue of the Shikarpoor Collectorate
during the last six years is worthy of remark :—
1855- 56 Rs. 11,57,655
1856- 57 „ 13,27,152
1857- 58 „ 13,78,095
1858- 59 „ 14,21,338
1859- 60 „ 14,37,000
1860- 61 „ 14,37,000
As regards the Frontier District of Upper Sind, the realizations on account
of Land Revenue show a considerable increase. The amount collected in
1859-60 amounted to Rs. 74,642, while the year under report shows a total of
Rs. 98,345, being an increase of Rs. 23,703. The Biggaree, the principal canal
in the Frontier District, appears to have been the means, since its first
enlargement, of steadily swelling the returns, and larger returns in future years
are anticipated.
The Thurr and Parkur Districts, together with the villages likely to be
irrigated from the Mitrow Canal, now in course of excavation, have been
detached from the Hydrabad Collectorate, and formed into a Political Superin
tendency. The land revenue for 1860-61 of this Division is approximately
stated at Rs. 82,000; but this amount, the 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. reports, would have
been considerably more but for the general absence of rain.
The Commissioner, Mr. Jonathan Duncan Inverarity, writes:—
“ At the commencement of the year, arrangements were made by which
the old practice of reckoning the revenues of the year to be those
derived from the Rubbee harvest of one inundation, and the Khurreef
of another, was superseded by the more correct plan of bringing the
revenues from one inundation into the accounts of the year as the
revenues of that year. This improvement in revenue management
was supplemented by arrangements under which all Canal clearances
were effected, and their accounts closed with the Financial year, to the
great benefit of the people at large, and eventually to the revenues
of Government.”
1860-61 Rs. 3,29,888
1859-60 „ 2,42,707
Increase in 1860-61 Us. 87,181
The Sayer revenue of Sind for
1860-61 is reported to have been
Rs. 3,29,888. That for 1859-60 is
stated to have amounted to Rs. 2,42,707.

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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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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1860-61'
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