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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [33v] (62/266)
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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[ Bombay'] political.
Sind.
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
Judicial 22,300
Miscellaneous 3,283
Governraent House, Residencies, Public De
partments, and Charitable Institutions . . 3,097
Naval 2,059
Municipal 1,725
Ecclesiastical 1,650
Educational 598
74. Of the works on account of which this expenditure takes place, the
most considerable are those connected with the Harbour improvements at
Kurrachee, and the improvement of the Indus navigation at Sukkur.
75. The line of railway between Kotree and Kurrachee was seriously
damaged by the heavy rains of June and July.
76. The traffic return is as follows:—
Miles open.
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
105 Coaching 1,53,051
Merchandize 7,08,112
Total.. 8,61,163
77. A want of rolling stock is declared. This want has not been found,
however, great enough to deter traders from using the railway, and will, it
is promised, be speedily supplied. Arrangements have been made to
facilitate the interchange of rail and river traffic at Kotree. A particularly
favourable account is given of the trade which is attracted by the railway
from Central Asia by way of the Bhootan Pass. The transit of pressed
cotton from Ferozepoor was looked upon with satisfaction as being likely
to increase, but doubts are expressed as to whether any cotton pressed up-
country by other than Europeans or their agents would be saleable at Kur
rachee, where the cotton presses of Nicol and Co. are already in operation.
78. An extension of the railway at Kurrachee itself—the Keamaree
extension—is being carried out by the Harbour Works Department.
79. The roads in Sind are of four classes—first, those bridged through
out, cross-drained, and cleared ; second, those partially bridged, cross-drain
ed, and cleared ; third, those cross-drained and cleared ; fourth, those that
are cleared only. No roads are described as being metalled. Roads of
the first class cover 576 miles, and seem to be confined to the Collectorate of
Shikarpoor. Of the second, third, and fourth classes, the mileage is
respectively 495, 534, and 2,637J.
80. For ordinary canal clearances during the year
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
3,96,296
were allotted. Among new works undertaken, completed, or in progress, the
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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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