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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [18r] (31/266)
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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FINANCE AND REVENUE.
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have been relieved of the charge of one anna to two annas (6J to 12^ per The Mint,
cent.) hitherto made by the native shroffs on every rupee for which copper
change was given.
2. REVENUE.
15. The monsoon of 1862 was in some localities peculiar. In Khan-
deish, Ahmednuggur, Poona, and Sholapore, the early crops failed from
want of rain, and in Surat and Khandeish a continuance of wet weather
till almost the end of November inflicted considerable injury.
16. The unfavourable nature of the season, together with other causes,
seems to have had an influence in raising the price of grain and of other
necessaries of life. In Khandeish serious apprehensions were entertained
of a famine. Both there and in the Southern Division it was found necessary,
in consequence of the dearness of provisions, to allow the lower grades of
Government servants an addition to their salaries, and famine relief works
were sanctioned and instituted for the employment of the poor. The neces
sity for relief works did not continue, but the additions to the salaries of
Government servants have been maintained. The difference between the
prices of 1861-62 and the current rates was between twenty to thirty per
cent., and between the current rates and those of six or seven years ago,
it was as much in some cases as one hundred per-cent.
17. In the Northern Division the increase in the net collections of
land revenue amounted to 547,733
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, in the Southern to 371,693
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, the total realisable land revenue of the latter Division beino*
10,834,263, and of the former 11,205,678
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
18. The increase in land revenue is to be distributed among the various
Collectorates as follows :—
Revenue
Ahmedabad
196,938
Kaira
2,549
Surat
121,569
Tanna
75,100
Khandeish
151,577
Ahmednuggur
105,258
Sholapore
119,665
Poona „.
34,596
Belgaum
31,433
Dharwar
133,760
Rutnagherry
29,983
Canara
18,539
* The increase here is mainly attributable to a transfer of territory from another Collectorate.
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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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