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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [13r] (21/266)
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. .
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stitious dread that ill-luck would attach to the village at which the cake
should last be delivered.
46. The reorganisation of Police, which was effected at the instance of
His Excellency Sir George Clerk, is reported to have worked well. The
consequent alterations in the Police procedure, as well as the changes
necessitated by the new codes, seem to be now clearly understood.
47. The “ Jagheerdar Horse” employed for police purposes in the
Southern Division are complained of as highly inefficient.
48. In both divisions reductions have been made in the strength of
the police force. Some increase of absolute expenditure was occasioned,
however, by the dearuess of provisions, on account of which
batta
An extra allowance of pay granted to soldiers involved in special field service or to public servants on special duty.
was sanc
tioned for all Government servants drawing less than 8
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
monthly.
JAILS.
49. Exclusive of Aden, Sind, and the
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.
town, there are Jails,
twelve jails in 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.
. In these there was during 1862 an
average daily strength of 3037 prisoners less than the number in 1861,
which was 3286, and which was itself less than the number (3435) in
1860. A report from the Inspector General of Prisons (Dr. Wiehe) appears
in the Appendix, and is the authority for what follows on the subject in this
report. Dr. Wiehe’s report contains statistical data which have been
hitherto unrecorded in such reports from this side of India, and are now
only collected with difficulty.
50. From first to last 9894 prisoners were admitted in the course of the
year 1862. Of those admitted only 72 could be called well-educated for
their position in life; 483 # could read and write. 1815 were entered as
Murathees, 1242 as Kolees, and 1266 as Mahomedans. These are the
largest contributions under single names of races and religions. Among
the smaller numbers are 653 Mahars, 452 Bheels, 379 Brahmans, and 216
Ramoosees : only 17 prisoners are entered as Parsees, and 12 as Purbhoos.
There were 35 executions during the year. 344 convicts, inclusive of 18
females, were sentenced to imprisonment with labour for life. Those sen
tenced for one year and under to imprisonment with labour numbered 4725,
and the total number of all grades of sentences during the year was 7905.
The juvenile offenders number 563 of the admissions against 163 in the pre-
* See Dr. Wiehe on these figures.
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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 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.
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