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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]
STJKYEY.
REVENUE.
Nothing remarkable has occurred during the year under report in the
progress of the Survey, which has been principally
r&tta^Country, “capiat carried on in the Sattara Collectorate; the Belgaum
W. Coussmaker Anderson. and Dharwar Collectorates being completed, with
the exception of occasional villages requiring to be surveyed on lapse or at the
request of the Inamdars. The Inamdars now appear much more alive to the
advantages of the Survey, and applications to have their villages subjected to it
are of late very numerous. During the past year, the Revised Settlement was
introduced into the Kagwar Talooka ol the Belgaum Collectorate, and the TV aee
Talooka of ths Sattara Collectorate.
The cost of this Survey, and the extent of work done during the two
seasons preceding the year under report, are as follows .
Measuring.
Total Number of 1
Nos. (Fields)
measured.
Total Number of
“ Wuslas.”
i
Total Number of
Acres measured.
Total Number of
Acres tested.
Average differ
ence between
Measurement
and Test.
Average Cost of
Measurement
per Acre.
Total for 18^8-59
Total for 1859-60
37,201
45,835
4,78,853
4,69,576
5,23,494
5,04,072
39,327
27,124
0 30
0 354
0 2 5
0 2 7
Increase in 1859-60
8,634
—
—
—
0 Si
0 0 2
Decrease in 1859-60
—
9,277
19,422
12,203
—
—
Testing.
Classed.
Tested.
Average
Error.
Average
Cost per
Acre.
Fields.
Acres.
Fields.
Acres.
Total for 1858,59
Total for 1859-60
37,637
38,981
5,73,135
5,36,552
2,888
2,723
35,444
33,377
0 0 7|
0 0 8
o o 104
0 0 104
Increase in 1859-60
1,344
....
—
—
004
0 0 04
Decrease in 1859-60
—
36,583
165
2,067
I
—
Years.
Average Cost of Mea
surement per Acre.
Average Cost of Testini
per Acre.
r Total Cost per Acre.
1858- 50 Rs.
1859- 60 „
0 2 5
0 2 7
o o 104
o o 104
0 3 34
0 3 54
%
1861 - 62 . .

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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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