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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1879-80’ [78r] (160/752)
The record is made up of 1 volume (430 folios). It was created in 1880. 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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1879-80.]
TRIBUTARY STATES.
43
Chap. I.
POLITICAL.
have been completed^ the first named at a cost of Rs. 17,784.
The estimate for the year 1880-81 provides Rs. 5,68,877 for
expenditure on original works and repairs in the State including
feudatories.
The following are figures for 1878-79 and not for 1879-80 as
in other States.
The actual receipts were Rs. 16,44,080 as compared with
Rs. 14,55,358 for the previous year, and expenditure Rs. 15,36,808
as compared with Rs. 17,81,488. The credit balance at the end
of the year was Rs. 29,53,188, of which Rs. 22,11,400 were
invested in 4 per cent. Government paper, a larger amount than
has ever been so invested before. The collections on account
of land revenue were Rs. 23,256 more than in 1877-78. An
uncollected balance of Rs. 1,41,610 remained at the close of the
year. The great part of this has been since collected. In the
sayar revenue there was a falling off of Rs. 6,650. A balance of
Rs. 18,091 is outstanding.
During the year 1879-80, for which actuals are not yet ready,
a deficit of Rs. 87,833 is expected which will have to be met
from the invested funds.
The number of births and deaths registered were respectively
13,547 and 16,225; during the previous year they were 7,534
and 20,674. At Kolhapur, there are a civil hospital, a jail
hospital and an infantry hospital. In the civil hospital 1,460 in-
and 11,283 out-patients were treated. The average daily number
of in-patients was 79. In the infantry hospital 367 men were
treated. A small lunatic asylum is attached to the civil hos
pital. Twenty-six persons were treated in it; more than half of
these were cured.
A dispensary has been opened at Gad Hinglaj. One thousand
eight hundred and seventy persons were treated during the five
months it has existed.
The State expenditure on medical services^ including vaccina
tion, was Rs. 20,750. The number of vaccinations performed
was 15,342 as compared with 12,850 last year. A scheme to
drain the town of Kolhapur and thus improve its sanitary condi
tion is being matured.
During the year under review there has been a net increase of
H schools and 1,005 scholars. The percentage of population
under instruction is 9*35 per mille. The State has spent
Rs. 43,686 on education this year as compared with Rs. ,
during the previous year.
The Rajaram High School has been converted, under sanction
of Government, into a Provincial College with special classes tor
Sardars. In all 14 young Sardars are now under instruction m it
und are making satisfactory progress. The total number on Q
rolls are 284, and the daily attendance was 241. . Twen y-six
students went up from this school for the matriculation examina
tion.; of these 18 passed. In the training school there wei - e 24
students. Since its first establishment in 1867 this school has
Kolhapur.
Revenue and
Finance.
Public Health
Public
Instruction.
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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 1879-80. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai] in 1880.
The report is divided into three parts. Part I comprises a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 9-55). Part II (ff 56-265) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III comprises ‘Statistical Returns’ pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 266-429).
Part II comprises the following:
- ‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL. Tributary States’ (ff 57-86), consisting of: : Gujarát [Gujarat] States; Southern Gujarát; Marátha [Maratha] States; Southern Marátha States; Sind [Sindh] State; Aden
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 86-116), consisting of: Civil Divisions; Surveys; and Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards’ Estates
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 117-146), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 146-200), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forest; Mines and Quarries; Manufacture; Trade; Public works; Irrigation. Folios 153-154 comprise tables of graphs showing ‘Monthly abnormal variations of the meteorological elements in 1879’ and ‘Abnormal variations of barometric pressure’ covering 1876-79
- ‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 201-237), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance; Land Revenue; Sources of Imperial Revenue other than Land; Revenue and Finance other than Imperial
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 237-247), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; Vaccination
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTIONS’ (ff 248-262), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 263)
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 263-265), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-8. In a small number of instances, there are discrepancies in the spelling, phrasing or inclusion 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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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 432; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- ‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1879-80’
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