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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [37r] (69/266)
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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Khandeish 2,06,245
Nassick 2,04,416
Agra Road (Beora Division) 2,02,934
Garrison and Dockyard Engineer at Bombay. 1,91,381
Agra Road (Mhow Division) 1,89,652
Sholapore 1,76,219
Ahmednuggur 1,68,324
Surat and Broach 1,45,700
Shikarpoor 1,43,776
Mitrow Canal 1,43,539
Upper Sind 1,16,247
Lower Sind 1,09,107
Nusseerabad and Neemuch 1,03,280
SATTARA.
8. In Sattara the principal work in progress was the new Poona,
Sattara, and Kolapoor road, 97 miles of which lies in the Sattara Col-
lectorate. The entire line is new, and, for the distance between Poona and
Sattara, will effect a saving on the old line of nearly ten miles. The total
expenditure during 1862-63 on this road, inclusive of the bridges, was
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2,70,025.
9. Another important road passing through this collectorate is that
from Hyderabad in the Deccan to the coast at Gowulkote on the Chiploon
creek. This road between Kurrar and the foot of the Ghauts is bridged
throughout, and already bears a considerable traffic. The expenditure on
the part of the road within this collectorate during 1862-63 amounted
to
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1,17,057.
10. A third important road connects the port of Mhar, on the creek
of that name, with the Wurrunda Ghaut, and the roads from the east which
meet near there.
BOMBAY HARBOUR DEFENCES.
11. The principal Harbour Defence works in progress during the year
were the Oyster Rock Battery, Cross Island Battery, and Colaba Point
Battery. Of the first of these works commenced in October 1862, it is
reported that at the close of the year under report high-water mark had
been attained, and the progress of operations rendered independent of the
tides. Ihe Cross Island and Colaba Batteries were expected to be ready
for armament after the close of the monsoon in 1863.
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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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