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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [28r] (51/266)
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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One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
in value than the exports, the first being estimated at
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
Aden.
8,58,192, the second at
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
7,15,280.
21. It is reported that the trade with the Red Sea ports, and the
direct import trade into Arabia each exhibit an increase for 1862-63. The
whole value of the sea and land trade of the port is estimated at
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
1,25,60,499, which exhibits an increase over last year’s return of
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
13,44,935. The tonnage and nationality of the square-rigged vessels coming
to Aden are shown by the following
list:—•
Vessels.
Tonnage.
British
166
158,402
French
16
22,079
A m eri can
4
4,151
Bremen
1
... 684
Arab (Country Craft) ....
929
35,237
Total
1,116
220,553
22. Of Revenue it is reported that the proceeds of the Income Tax
exhibit a decrease on those of the preceding year,—a result attributable
to the exemption of traders whose profits are under Rs. 500. The Stamps
sold yield
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
4,345-14-5, an increase on 1861-62 of a little more than
900
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
. The entire receipts of the Aden Treasury amounted to
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
15,07,480, and the disbursements to
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
15,20,425.
23. ‘In the Engineer’s works, as long ago in the civil department,
contract labour was adopted, greatly to the advantage both of the natives of
adjacent Arabia and of Government. The saving to the State is estimated
at forty per cent, on the work done as compared with the cost of the same
work performed by labour imported from India. “ The contractor
employed daily on an average five hundred unskilled Arab labourers, and
about one hundred masons, carpenters, &c.”
24. Hospital accommodation at Aden is said to be defective, There
was no small-pox hospital. The European General Hospital at Steamer
Point had been made over to the European Infantry, and no consequent
provision had been made for the wants of the class for the benefit of which
that hospital had been established.
25. Nothing had been done to restore the remainder of the dilapidated
reservoirs. Some of them have been made over “ to three leading mer
chants of Aden, who are willing to undertake the work on their own
account.” They had already repaired three of the tanks, and were partially
rewarded by the fall of rain which occurred on the 3rd of May.
26. The Resident “ cannot endorse the certificate of praise awarded
in the report of the preceding year to Captain Fuller’s bunds.” It is true
2 POL c
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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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