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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [36r] (67/266)
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\
PUBLIC WORKS-
The total expenditure on Public Works 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.
,
including Sind, was
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
77,07,140, while the sum available for expendi
ture was
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
81,94,512, to which amount works had been sanctioned.
But the difference is mainly due to a change in the system of accounts,
by which only eleven months’ actual expenditure was debited to the account
of 1862-63. A large portion of the unexpended balance belonged to
local funds, and would therefore be available in 1863-64. Of the actual
expenditure
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
11,48,757, or a percentage of 14'9, were consumed in
the directing and constructing establishments.
2. The remainder (
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
65,58,383) represents the expenditure on
Public Works, as distinct from that on the Public Works Department. The
last of the sums given above is distributed as follows :—
Expenditm’e in
Description of Work.
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
Public Improvement 46,01,876
Military and Naval 13,04,760
Civil Administration 3,68,889
3. The most considerable of these three great branches of expenditure is
thus made up :—
Expenditure in
Description of Work.
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
A—Works of communication including com
munication by telegraph 32,03,630
B—Marine Works 8,26,458
C—Agricultural 5,24,387
D—Municipal - 47,401
4. Under the head of A, the sum expended on roads and bridges was
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
2,99,377, or more than seven-eighths of the whole. On unmetalled
roads more than 14
lacs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
were spent, on metalled more than 10.
These sums do not include the cost of bridges, on which more than 4
lacs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
additional were laid out. In Sind nearly 45,000
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
were laid out on
navigable canals. On accommodation for travellers over all the expenditure
is stated at
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
37,321. The money entered under head B was devoted
to Harbour and Navigation improvements, and was mainly spent in Sind.
Under C, too, it appears that the largest item, the expenditure on irrigation
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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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