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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1879-80’ [78v] (161/752)
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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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1879-80.
Chap. I.
POLITICAL.
Kolhapur.
Southern
Maratha
States.
Survey. ‘
Protection.
(1) Police,
44
proparGcl 127 tra/iiiGd masters. TIig otheT schools are 5 second,
grade Anglo-vernacular, 116 vernacular, 17 night,, and 6 girls*
schools. The young E^ni and two daughters of Sardars are
being educated under a European lady, who reports well of their
progress.
There are three libraries in the town ; the largest, known as the
Native General Library, contains 2,211 volumes. In the districts
there are 8 reading-rooms and libraries on a small scale. There
are two printing presses and one vernacular paper is published.
SOUTHERN MARATHA STATES,
Area, 1,838 square miles j Population, 386,765 (1872) ;
Revenue, Es. 12,91,378.
The States, area and population given below, composing this
group are under the supervision of the Assistant
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
Kolhapur and Southern Maratha Country. The Miraj (Senior),
Mudhol, Ramdurg and
State.
Area,
square
miles.
Popula
tion,
1872 .
1. Miraj, Senior
340
82,201
2. Do. Junior
208
35,601
3. Kurundvdd, Senior...
182
39,420
4. Do. Junior...
114
30,251
5. Jamkhandi
492
102,346
6. Mudhol
362
58,921
7. R&mdurg
140
38,031
8, Mhysal
21
2,656
Mhysal States have conti
nued under direct manage
ment owing to the minority
of their Chiefs. Miraj
(Junior) is under the joint
administration of two Kar-
bharis, one appointed by
Government and the other
by the mother of the infant
Chief, and Kurundvad (Se
nior and Junior) and Jam-
khan di have been administered by their respective Chiefs.
The
Raja
King
of Mudhol completed his studies at the Rajkumar
College during the year and has since been reading with a tutor
at Kolhapur. His conduct is very favourably reported on. The
young Chief of Miraj (Senior) has been prosecuting his studies at
^ e iv/ri ^ c -[ 100 l Kolhapur. The Sub-Saranjamdar
o Mhysal studied for a single term at the Rajkumar College and
has since also joined the class at the Rajaram High School. The
m amt Chiefs of Junior Miraj and of Ramdurg are being brought
up by their natural guardians.
The revenue survey and assessment is in force in the Miraj
State (Senior branch), Mudhol State, and Mhysal State. For
am urg, Jamkhandi, and Miraj (Junior) it has been either
sanctioned or actually begun; but in Kurundvad (Senior and
i ai ^ 1C L y 0 P era ^ ons have yet been commenced. A good deal of
an as been thrown up in the three surveyed States, and remains
was e, owing to the inability of the ryots to cultivate the land
alter their losses during the famine.
qq 1 ?^ 1 ^ r pP^ ce ^ 0r( ^ e consisted of 119 savars and 769 men; total
• e cost was Rs. 82,635. Last year the force seems to have
been considerably stronger, 1,022 men and Rs. 91,405 cost. No
exp ana ion is tendered. The number of ofiences reported to 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 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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