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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [13v] (22/266)
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JUDICIAL.
ceding year, and against 95 in 1860; 500 of the number were between 14
and 20 years of age. The net total cost of maintenance per prisoner varied
from Rs. 35-5-2 at Dharwar to Rs. 100-12-2 at Sattara, which latter is the
healthiest jail in 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.
. For the whole
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.
the average net
total cost per prisoner was Rs. 58-6-6, and the net total cost of main
taining all the prisoners was Rs. 1,77,392-3-11.
51. Great attempts are being made to utilise the labour of prisoners in
•these jails. Prisoners are employed on the roads, in garden work, and in
factory
An East India Company trading post.
operations carried on within prison walls. The jail gardens supply in
most instances the entire quantity of vegetables required for the consump
tion of the jails. At Dhoolia, through the exertions of the late Session Judge
(Mr. St. John Richardson), garden ground of 112 acres in extent has been
gained to the jail.
52. Employment on the roads and out-door employment generally is
objected to by the Inspector General, because it is prejudicial to the health
of the prisoners, to their discipline, and to the successful development of
profitable
factory
An East India Company trading post.
industry within jail walls. In Bengal it appears that
in-door are more healthy than out-door labourers, the average mortality
among the former being as 11’50, among the latter 22-90. Dr. Wiehe
has little doubt from investigations now on foot that a like result will
be shown to obtain in this
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.
. The large drafts made in the
year under report of convicts from many of the jails for labour on. the
roads of Canara have in some cases almost paralysed
factory
An East India Company trading post.
operations.
The
factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Dhoolia, which till the close of 1861 largely contributed to
liquidate the cost of maintaining the jail establishment, was, in the words of
the Session Judge, “ virtually destroyed.” The general result was every
where the withdrawal of the able-bodied and long-termed labouieis from the
various
factory
An East India Company trading post.
operations. The possibility of such drafts also deters the
managers of jails from engaging in manufactures which involve any large
previous outlay in procuring machinery or laying in a store of raw material
for gradual working up. The value of prisoners’ labour in different
jails ranged from Rs. 349-9-3 at Sholapore to Rs. 4,079 at. Dharwar.
The total profit on the out-turn of manufactures by all the jails of 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.
together for the year was Rs. 15,424-14-6, being a decrease
on last year of Rs. 4,713-12-3 ; but in reference to Honore no money is
entered at all under the head of “ Value of labour,” or of “ Profits.” Never
theless the prisoners have been employed “ in quarrying stones, in repairing
the public roads, in executing sundry jobs for private individuals, and
in various domestic occupations connected with the jail.” Rs. 214-8-0 were
actually obtained by the sale of stones; Rs. 110-10-10 by the performance
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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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