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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [40v] (76/266)
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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70
] Bombay']
PUBLIC WORKS—RAILWAY.
Hail way Opera
tions.
The works on this branch have been much impeded by the circumstances
that no roads whatever exist in the districts it traverses, and no stone is to be
obtained except at a distance from the line, of generally, 15 or 20 miles.
The Deputy Consulting Engineer illustrates the importance of these facts
by the instance of the Bhore Ghaut, where it had been found cheaper to
bring stone by railway from Poona, 42 miles distant, than from quarries
close to the works themselves but not connected with them by rail.
6. Another difficulty met with in constructing the Nagpoor branch
was the high price of labour. The population of the districts traversed is
at best but scanty, and the high prices ruling of agricultural produce
divert most of what surplus labour there, is to the cultivation of the soil.
But in spite of all hindrances works were so far advanced that it was expected
that by the end of the year the line would be opened as far as Sheagaum,
which is distant from Mulkapore 34 miles, and by the end of 1864 as far as
Oomrawuttee, a further length of 64 miles. Nagpore cannot be reached
before 1866 or 1867. The contract time, however, expired in March of 1863.
7. On account of the whole branch from Bhosawul to Nagpore, the
total amount already paid to contractors was
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
53,40,415, of which
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
2,15,476 had been paid them during the year under report.
8. The main extension from Bhosawul towards Jubbulpoor had been
so far advanced, that it was hoped it might be opened to Boorhanpoor,
35 miles, before the monsoon of 1863.
9. The whole line to Jubbulpoor cannot be completed before 1865.
For the first 85 miles beyond Boorhanpore the uncompleted portion of
the line traverses an almost uninhabited and a very unhealthy district. The
distance between Boorhanpore and Jubbulpoor by rail will be about 200 miles.
10. On the south-eastern line surveys are in progress to determine
whether Hyderabad shall not be made the junction point with the Madra
line. The junction previously determined on was at Moodgul, in the
Raichore Doab, which is described as being almost uninhabited.
11. Of the buildings which at Boree Bunder serve for a temporary
Terminus, it is reported that “ their incomplete condition, their confined
accommodation, the want of sidings, sheds, &;c., the occasional heavy
influx of goods, combined with the mal-administration of the Traffic
Department, are the source of much annoyance to the public and loss
to the Company. Government sanctioned in March a temporary increase
to this Terminus, but the Company did not avail themselves of it.”
12. The total expenditure on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway
up to the 1st of May had been £9,877,615, of which £6,104,360 had been
disbursed in India. The amount of capital raised amounted at the same
date to £10,665,968, of which £367,099 were subscribed in India. 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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