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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [100v] (196/266)
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.
2 annas per head per diem, the estimated value of the labour being therefove
Rs 2 201 6-6 The only daily average number of prisoners employed m the
(domestic duties of the Jail was Mj, and the estimated value of their labou,^calculated
at the same rate, which would seem to be a fair average to take, is Rs. - .
“ The estimated value of the convict labour is as follows
Quarrying stones .. . • ;••••. V '• V ’ ib
Various works done for private individuals
Public roads
Domestic duties of Jail
Total.... Rs.
Rs. a. p.
263 8 2
110 10 10
2,201 6 6
661 9 0
3,237 2 6
Qf this sum only Rs. 110-10-10 have been realised and paid into the treasury.
It must be remarked, however, that there are now more than a
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of stones, the
result of the quarrying of former years, of which 50,000 of the value (at the quarry)
ofRs 500, have been removed to the bunder ready lor shipment to Beitkul,m
accordance with the instructions of His Excellency the Governor on his visit to this
The irregularity of performing work for private individuals alluded to above has been
brought to the notice of the Session Judge, who has been desired to discontinue the prac-
tice unless it be carried on within the J ail walls.
7 . The subjoined table gives the comparative cost
of the prisoners for the last two years
Cost.
1851
Average number of prisoners.
Rations per day
Rations per annum
Clothing
Fixed establishment
Extra ditto
Hospital charges
Contingencies • •
Additions, alterations, and repairs.
Total cost per prisoner per annum
156
132
Rs.
a.
P-
Rs.
a.
0
1
H
0
1
25
11
6
26
2
1
9
5
1
11
32
4
11
39
10
2
’*2
4
O
jj
i’s
2
15
3
3
13
0
12
11
0
10
66
10
1
75
4
1862 .
These figures are far from satisfactory. The small number of prisoners and the
large police guards have tended very much to so unfavourable a result.
8 . Not attempted.
9. No report.
10 . Not attempted.
11. None during the year, but a suitable piece of
ground has been recently procured, and will at once be
brought into garden cultivation.
Classification.
Solitary confinement.
Education,
Garden.
68
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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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