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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [49r] (93/266)
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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CONSERVANCY AND MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION.
13. Three important cross roads, unfinished in 1861, were completed
during the year under report, and connect the east end of the Bellasis Road
with the west end of the Grant Road, so as to form a direct line of com
munication between Byculla and Malabar Hill. It had been attempted to
cover the Main Drain with galvanized corrugated iron in order to keep down
the smell. Three hundred yards were experimentally roofed over with a
covering of such iron, which was destroyed by a storm. Whether this failure
was due to the design or the material of the works is not stated. The total
cost of the experiment, which was not repeated, was
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
4,176.
14. An attempt to improve the roads and drains on Nowrojee Hill
also failed, because the “ parties most interested in the matter’’ refused to
give the ground which was wanted for the construction of the roads proposed
and their drains.
15. Steps had been taken to improve Bombay Green by symmetrizing
its shape, and surrounding it with buildings of suitable architectural
appearance. The plan rendered it necessary to extend the actual area of the
Green in one direction, but made it possible to contract it in another. The
land not wanted sold for more than fourteen
lacs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
. The money
paid to Government as owner of the Green (the price, three
lacs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
and a half,
being calculated only for the difference in area between the old green and
the smaller new green), and to the proprietors of the fresh space wanted
amounted to less than eight
lacs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. The Green in its new form will be called
the Elphinstone Circle. Mr. James Scott, C.E., Chief Engineer to the
Elphinstone Land Reclamation Company, prepared the designs for the chief
frontages of the new buildings.
REVENUE SURVEY.
16. The Revenue Survey was during 1861-62 carried on in Tanna,
Rutnagherry, Khandeish, Guzerat and the South Maratha Country. Its total
cost during 1861-62 amounted to
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
5,79,213-11-7, being more than
4,111
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
less than the cost in 1860-61. But if the South Maratha
Country be excluded, the total cost for 1861-62 will be nearly 10,000 in
excess of the cost in 1860-61. The cost per acre (
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
0-4-7|-) is in each
district less than the cost in 1860-61. Surveying seems to be cheapest in the
Southern Maratha Country, where the cost per acre is
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
0-3-5J, and
most expensive in Guzerat where the cost is
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
0-9-5. But as “ each
survey has its peculiar difficulties to contend against, a comparison between
the work and cost of any two surveys would be unfair, and lead to no practical
conclusions.” The entire number of acres classified was 1,925,965; of
acres measured 1,557,178.
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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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