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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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PUBLIC WORKS.
Bombay]
penditure during the ensuing year wdl enable the officer m charge to
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render practicable.
10 Upon the stone pitching to the Narra Supply Channel Rs. 22,122
were expended during the year: nearly all the bad portions have been now
defended from the action of the stream. The sum of Rs. 12,843 remains
unexpended from the original amount sanctioned, but probably further outlay
may be found necessary when the present inundation has subsided.
11 The new head to the Arore Canal has been delayed by the breaking
out of cholera, and its completion may possibly be deferred until after the
present inundation.
12. The utmost economy has prevailed in all branches of the department.
13. The following Table shows the saving which has been effected on the
items of expenditure specified :
Amount
provided in
Budget.
Amount
Expended.
Rs. Rs. R S .
1,75,260 1,01,771 73,489
4,53,711 3,88,698 65,013
3,69,325 2,92,856 76,469
Repairs to Roads
Ordinary Clearances of Canals
Establishments
Total.... 9,98,296 7,83,325 2,14,971
14. The sum spent on Canal clearances is less than that in any year since
the abolition of statute labour, and the Chief Engineer states, as the result of his
inspection on tour, that, “ with the exception of some of the Canals in the Kur-
rachee Collectorate, those I have been able to inspect have been fully cleared.
I have examined a great many of the canals in the Hydrabad Collectorate, and
not having seen them for four years, was surprised to observe the marked
improvement in many of them.
15. “ In Upper Sind also the Canals generally are in an efficient state.
The Fordwah and Ghar, which used to be dry early in the cold weather, are
now perennial. On the 3rd of January I went from the head of the Fordwah
through the Ghar to Larkhana in a boat, with a minimum depth of water the
whole way of 4 feet, and I am informed that the depth has not decreased the
whole season. This large cold weather supply is of immense value ; it renders
the cultivation independent of the rise of the Indus, and the revenue, already
greatly increased, is still expanding.

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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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