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The record is made up of 1 item (278 folios). It was created in 1865-1866. 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]
PUBLIC WORKS.
latter 12' wide, in the clear. The work was given to two
contractors on the 1 st February 1866 to be completed in 3|
months from the date of commencement. The masonry work
of the foundation and plinth has been finished, and the roof
has been almost completed.
Sanctioned amount * R s - 88,170
Expended in 1865-66 „ 38,800
27. One of the old barrack rooms, which was formerly
occupied as a reading-room, being
A temporary Serieants’Mess • i r w
and Reading-Room at Colaba. required for the accommodation
of the men of H. M.’s 4th King's
Own Regiment, a new building, 123J' X 42' X 16'in the
exterior dimensions, has been sanctioned for the serjeants’
mess and reading-room. The work was commenced in the
middle of February last, and is now approaching com
pletion.
Sanctioned amount Rs 16,570
Expended in 1865-66 ,, 9,150
28. The bathrooms (9' x 7'
Six temporary separate Bath- x g/ ^ interior dimensions) have
rooms for the i roops at colaba. '
been constructed.
Sanctioned amount. . .
Expended in 1865-66
Rs. 2,040
„ 1,900
Constructing six temporary
quarters for the Warrant Offi
cers on the Esplanade.
This work was commenced in November 1864,
but was subsequently postponed
on account of the building site
having been applied for by the
Bombay Exhibition Committee.
The work, however, was resumed in November
1865, and has been completed, and the buildings made
over for occupation. The main building consists of two
bedrooms and one centre room ; the former 15' X 15'

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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 1865-66.

The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:

  • ‘JUDICIAL’ (ff 7-30), consisting of: Legislative; Civil Justice; Court of Small Causes; Criminal Justice; Police; Jails
  • ‘REVENUE’ (ff 31-42), consisting of: Land Revenue; Alienated Revenue; Income Tax; Customs, Salt and Opium
  • ‘FINANCIAL’ (ff 43-50), consisting of: Finance; Mint; Paper Currency
  • ‘POLITICAL’ (ff 51-58), consisting of: Political; Kattywar [Kathiawar]; Kutch [also known as Kachchh]; Rewankanta [Rewa Kanthar]; Khadeish; Surat; Sind [Sindh]; Aden; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
  • ‘PUBLIC WORKS’ (ff 59-117), consisting of: Military Army; Ordance; Commissariat; Military Finance Offices; Civil Buildings; Public Improvements
  • ‘PUBLIC WORKS – RAILWAY’ (ff 118-134) consisting of: GIP [Great Indian Peninsular] Railway; BB and CI [Bombay, Baroda and Central Indian] Railway; Sind Railway; Indus Valley Survey; Indus Steam Flotilla
  • ‘MILITARY’ (ff 135-161)
  • ‘PENSIONERS’ COLONY AT CHALLISGAUM [Chalisgaon]’ (f 162)
  • ‘INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH’ (ff 163-251). This section gives details on the Mekran [Makran] Coast and Musandam telegraph station. This section also has appendices: A (letter from Colonel Frederic John Goldsmid, Director in Chief of Indo-European Telegraph, and a report by Major Smith on the Island of Angaum [Hengam]); B (a report by Colonel Goldsmid of his journey through Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. [Ottoman Iraq] and Asia Minor [Turkey]); C (a letter from Colonel Goldsmid and reports by himself, Major Smith of the Royal Engineers, and Mr Johnstone, British Agent at Busrah [Basra], of the journey from Ispahan [Isfahan] to Gwadur [Gwadar] to survey the land for connecting the Persian [Iranian] and Mekran Coast land lines of the telegraph); and D (a letter from Colonel Goldsmid with enclosure proposing an alternative land line from Gwadur to join the main Persian line between Bushire [Bushehr] and Tehran).
  • ‘PUBLIC INSTRUCTION’ (ff 252-258)
  • ‘MEDICAL’ (ff 259-260)
  • ‘SURVEYS’ (ff 261-265), consisting of: Revenue Survey; Topographical Survey
  • ‘FORESTS’ (ff 266-268)
  • ‘EMIGRATION’ (f 269)
  • ‘MILLS’ (ff 270-272)
  • ‘MUNICIPAL’ (ff 273-275)
  • ‘ECCLESIASTICAL’ (ff 276-277)
  • ‘COTTON FRAUDS DEPARTMENT’ (ff 278-279)
  • ‘POPULATION, SIND’ (f 280)
  • ‘AGRICULTURE, SIND’ (f 281).

A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-6. There are two maps relating to surveys of the Indo-European Telegraph line.

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Title
'GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1865-66'
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3r:29r, 30r:41r, 42r:90r, 91r:166r, 167r:235r, 236r, 237r, 238r, 239r, 240r, 241r, 242r, 243r, 244r, 245r:267r, 268r:270r, 271r, 272r:281v
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