!['ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [‎7r] (9/266)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001ba/IOR_V_10_279_0018.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [‎7r] (9/266)")
'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [7r] (9/266)
The record is made up of 1 item (144 folios). It was created in 29 Aug 1863-27 Jul 1865. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
mmmmmBrn
B
( 2 )
judicial. . [Bombay]
7. The following table will exhibit the substance of the above in Civ il Justice,
another form :—•
Designation of Jurisdiction.
Proportion of Appealable Cases
Appealed.
Proportion of Appeals disposed
of that were affirmed.*
Moonsiff
•030
•533
Sudder Ameen
•035
•586
Principal Sudder Ameen
•062
•610
Additional, Subordinate, and Assistant
Judge
•122
•595
District and City Judge
. -125
•557
8. Taking the different grades of civil courts separately, it appears
that in the lowest grade (the Moonsiff Courts) 201,496 cases were on the files
for more or less of the year, of which 166,807 were disposed of. The Sudder
Ameens disposed of 20,955 out of a total of 24,926 ; 181,117 of the total
being suits instituted in the preceding year. The Principal Sudder Ameens
presiding in the court of appeal disposed of 11,902 original cases, and four
cases of appeals out of a total of 16,696. The court lately called the Sudder
Dewanee Adawlut, now the appellate side of Her Majesty’s High Court of
Judicature, disposed of 7 regular cases and 501 special. Taking all these
courts together, the number of suits left depending by them on the close of
the year was 47,053. The average duration of suits in all but the highest
court ranged between five and seven months. In the late Sudder Dewanee
Adawlut, the present High Court, the average duration was one year and
eighteen days; but in reference to the calculation of these averages, the
following quotation may be made from a letter (252 of 1863) written by
the Judge of the Concan District, and accompanying the returns from his
court. Mr. Justice Tucker states that the statement in the returns which
professes to be a return of the average duration of suits “ gives no correct
representation of the real state of business in any court. The average is
calculated on the whole number of decided cases instead of on the whole
number decided and depending, and the consequence is that when old cases
have been postponed and recent ones disposed of (which under the present
system often happens), a far too favourable picture is given of the efficiency
of the Court. I pointed this out nearly ten years ago, but the Judges of
the Sudder Adawlut of that time decided that the method of calculation
which is now in use was correct.” With this may appear what the same
Judge in another part of the same letter writes of the subordinate Judges
* This includes those Dismissed in Default and those Adjusted or Withdrawn.
3
-64
About this item
- Content
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 1862-63.
The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- ‘JUDICIAL’ (ff 6-15), consisting of: Legislative; Civil Justice; Criminal Justice; Police; Jails
- ‘FINANCE AND REVENUE’ (ff 16-25), consisting of: Finance; The Mint; Revenue; Cash Alienations; Land Alienations; Sayer (Income Tax, Stamps, &c.); Customs; Imports; Import Revenue; Export Revenue; Frontier Duties; General Trade; Opium; Salt Excise; Financial and Commercial Legislation
- ‘POLITICAL’ (ff 26-35), consisting of: Sattara [Satara]; Kolhapore [Kolhapur]; The Southern Maratha Country; Cutch [Kachchh]; Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kantha] and Punch Mahals [Panch Mahals]; Guzerat [Gujarat]; Aden; Savanoor [Savanur]; Surat; Mahee Kanta [Mahi Kantha]; Edur [Idar]; Cambay [Khambhat]; Kattywar [Kathiawar]; Sind [Sindh]; Pahlunpoor [Palanpur]; Junjeera [Janjira]
- ‘PUBLIC WORKS’ (ff 36-39), consisting of: Sattara; Bombay [Mumbai] Harbour Defences; Belgaum and Kolapoor [Kolhapur]; Poona [Pune] Districts; The Civil Architect; Dharwar [Dharwad]; Ahmedabad and Kaira [Kheda]; Northern Concan [Konkan]; Mhow; Poona Cantonment; Kirkee [Khadki] Cantonment; Nassick [Nashik] Districts; Agra Road, Beaora [Biaora] Division; The Garrison and Dockyard Engineer, Bombay; Agra Road, Mhow Division; Sholapore [Solapur]; Ahmednuggur [Ahmednagar]; Surat and Broach [Bharuch]
- ‘PUBLIC WORKS, RAILWAY’ (ff 40-43), consisting of: Railway Operations; Bombay, Baroda [Vadodara], and Central India Railway; The Sind Railway; Indus Steam Flotilla
- ‘MILITARY DEPARTMENT’ (f 44), consisting of: Military Department; Marine Department
- ‘EDUCATION’ (ff 45-46)
- ‘THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT’ (f 47)
- ‘CONSERVANCY AND MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION’ (ff 48-50), consisting of: Bombay; Revenue Survey
- ‘FORESTS’ (f 51)
- ‘MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 52).
The remainder of the item consists of appendices to the ‘JUDICIAL’ section of the report. Appendices A and B (f 53) contain lists of Acts passed, respectively, by the Government of India and 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. . Appendix C (ff 53-64) contains a list of bills under consideration by 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. . Appendix D (ff 65-146) consists of a detailed report on jails by the Inspector-General of Prisons. Appendix D is dated 29 August 1863 and contains an inserted sheet of corrections (f 66) dated 27 July 1865. 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 or phrasing 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.
- Extent and format
- 1 item (144 folios)
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [7r] (9/266), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/V/10/279/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100139330382.0x000013> [accessed 20 August 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100139330382.0x000013
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100139330382.0x000013">'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [‎7r] (9/266)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100139330382.0x000013"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001ba/IOR_V_10_279_0018.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001ba/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/V/10/279/1
- Title
- 'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’
- Pages
- 3r:114r, 115r, 116r, 117r, 118r, 119r:123r, 124r, 125r, 126r, 127r, 128r, 129r, 130r:131r, 132r:133r, 134r, 135r, 136r, 137r, 138r, 139r, 140r, 141r, 142r:146v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence