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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [54r] (103/266)
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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APPENDIX TO JUDICIAL REPORT.
3. A Bill to Abate the Nuisance arising from the Smoke of Furnaces in the
Islands of Bombay and Colaba.
4. A Bill for the Levy of Port-Dues in the Ports of the North Canara District.
A Bill for Amending the Law relating to the Small Cause Court at Kurrachee.
A Bill for further amending Act XXVI. of 1850.
A Bill to Amend Act IX. of 1850.
A Bill to Promote the Construction of Lines of Communication as Feeders
to Railways, High Roads, Navigable Rivers, and Canals.
9. A Bill to facilitate the Adjustment of Unsettled Claims to exemption from the
payment of Government Land Revenue, and to regulate the succession to and transfer of
lands wholly or partially exempt from the payment of such Revenue, in those parts 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.
which are subject to the operation of Act XL of 1852 of the
Legislative Council of India.
10. A Bill for the Registry of Vessels and Levy of Pilotage Fees on the River
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Indus.
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A Bill for the Regulation of the District Police.
A Bill for the Regulation of the Village Police.
A Bill to enable Magistrates to depute to Subordinate Magistrates power to
try certain Offences punishable under the Indian Penal Code.
14. A Bill to entrust Landholders with the Charge of the Police within their
respective Lands.
15. A Bill to Amend Act XVIII. of 1862.
16. A Bill for bringing under the Regulations and Acts the Province of Sattara.
17. A Bill for the Summary Settlement of Claims to exemption from the payment
of Government Land Revenue in those parts 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.
which are not
subject to the operation of Act XI. of 1852 of the Council of India.
18. A Bill for the Regulation of Reformatory Schools for Juvenile Offenders.
19. A Bill to Regulate the Burial and Disposal of the Dead in the Town and
Suburbs of Bombay.
20. A Bill for the Regulation of Public Conveyances in the Town and Suburbs
of Bombay.
21. A Bill to confer certain Powers on the Bombay Gas Company, Limited.
22. A Bill for the re-incorporation and re-constitution of the Bank of Bombay.
23. A Bill for the better Suppression of Frauds in the Cotton Trade in the Presi
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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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