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

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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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1 item (81 folios)

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'ADMINISTRATION REPORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY'

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English in Latin script

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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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Unrestricted

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IOR/V/10/278/1

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1861? (CE, Gregorian)

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