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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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[Bombay]
MILITARY AND MARINE.
MILITARY.
The Report for 1859-60 treated principally of the measures of Military
Jeduction. It was added therein that “ the Government has other and large
reductions in view.”
2. Accordingly, on the motion of this Government, the European Force
was reduced, by sending away H. M.’s 57th and 64th Regiments of Foot, the
8th Hussars, one Troop of Royal Horse Artillery, and one Battery of Royal
Artillery, without relief.* Seven • Batteries of Artillery have been converted
into Garrison Companies. The established strength of all Native Regiments has
been fixed at 600 privates, or 712 of. all Native Ranks.
3. The Regular Cavalry have been converted to the Silladar system.
The change has been transacted most satisfactorily.
4. The force on the Sind Frontier has been reduced from 2,400 Cavalry
to 1,800; and the two corps of Jacob’s Rifles, which were each 800 strong, were
reduced to 400 strong.f
5. The detachment of Golundauze has been removed from Jacobabad,
and the guns are manned by men of the other Arms.
6. The Joint Remount Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. has been abolished, and the purchase of
Horses left to separate management by each Regimental Commanding Officer,
subject to the Government regulations, and the general control by His Excellency
the Commander in Chief.
7. A Brigade, consisting of a Native Cavalry Regiment, two Native
Infantry Regiments, and a detachment of the Artillery Mountain Train, was
furnished to Aurangabad.J
8. Large additional reductions of Cattle Establishment were made, and
the Waggon Train in Sind abolished, and the Transport Train between Bombay
and Mhow reduced to a small establishment.
* Since the end of the year, orders have been given to send home two more Batteries of
Royal Artillery, without relief, immediately after the rainy season.
f Since the end of the year these two Corps have been converted into one of 712 of all
Native Ranks.
X Since the end of the year this has been withdrawn, under the orders of the Government of
India, and Jaulnah has been occupied by Madras Troops instead-
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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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