‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1887-88’ [‎61v] (127/531)

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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1887-88,
Chap. I.
POLITICAL.
Tributary States. The kafila A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers. routes were kept open without serious interruptions, and this was effected by a
The Somili Coast, careful abstention from inter-tribal disputes. Lieutenant Grordon and Mr. Hooper, of the
Indian Marine, continued the survey of the Habr Awal country, and corrected some serious
errors in the former survey. The French claim to Donguerita to the west of Berbera was
finally withdrawn in July 1887.
The Berbera, Bulhar and Zaila zaribas (fortified positions) were completed during the
year. The strength of the garrison at Berbera, Bulhar and Zaila on the 81st March 1888
including 20 additional men stationed temporarily on the coast owing to the attitude of the
Ayal Ahmed tribe and since withdrawn, was as follows:—
Military.
Police,
Criminal Justice.
Civil Justice.
Prisons.
Trade.
Revenue and
Finance.
Public Works.
Vital Statistics and
Medical Relief.
European Officers.
Berbera
Bulhar
Zaila
Native Officers,
Non -commi ssioned
Officers and Rank
and File.
93
37
65
Total
195
The strength of the police employed under the Berbera-Bulhar Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. was maintained
at 55. The total cost of the force»for the year was Rs. 12,070 against "its. 12,985 in 1886-87
There was no regular police at Zaila excepting 2 men, but there were 14 men of the
Soudanese military detachment, and 20 men called Baladiyahs who were employed only in
escorting kafilas on the road to Harrar. The total cost was Us. 13,077 against Rs 17 9 Qi
in 1886-87. ° ’
At Berbera and Bulhar there were 362 criminal cases against 217 in the previous year
51 offenders against 336. Adthou^h thei e was an increase in the number of cases and
offenders, there were no cases of murder or other very serious crime in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . Of the
511 offenders 46 were discharged and the rest were convicted, In Zaila 56 "cases' with 78
offenders were disposed of by the Assistant Resident; 20 persons were discharged and the
rest convicted.
In Berbera and Bulhar the number of civil suits disposed of was 90. There were no
appeals. Nearly all cases of marriage and divorce were referred to a Panchdyat, and the
system was found to work well. In Zaila only 12 petty cases were disposed of by the
Assistant Resident, and 108 cases were settled by the local PancJidi/at.
^ There are no regular jails at Berbera, Bulhar and Zaila. The number of persons con
fined during the year at the two former places was 206 as compared with 132 in the
previous year, and the cost of their subsistence was Rs. 796. At Zaila the prisoners: whose
number is not stated, were employed on works of public utility.
i ‘ s d uar ®~ r %g e d vessels called at Berbera and Bulhar against 115 in the previous year
and t>73 buggalows or native craft against 615 in the previous year. 68 square-ribed
vessels and 06 /buggalovvs called at Zaila. The total value of the trade of Berbera °and
Lulhar amounted to Rs 41,20,165 against Rs. 30,82,524 in 1886-87; and the total value of
the Zaila trade was Rs. 21,ol,o98 against Rs. 12,80,797. This expansion of trade is satis-
laetory. Piece-goods and rice and other grain were the chief articles of import, and live-
? °y al1 ' n ' ,,s ani1 sklns p ose of export which contributed to the increase. The increase
in the exports of live-stock was due to the presence of the Italian army in Massowah!
o 8 »,.J he 7 ll 0 W 1 ii g com P aratlve statement, which, however, omits certain military and other
SffsstranLS ° n “ ° f ^ aild BulharL-tleWo
Receipts
Expenditure
1886 - 87 .,
Rs.
96,289
65,952
1887 - 88 .
Rs.
1,28,962
77,803
Education.
J^h® 1 ccGipts and expenditure for Zaila were a^ polonlntcirT 4 -v. • . T
Rs. 55,250 and Rs. 37,487 respectively against Rs. 38,099 and r738 “4 hTl 0
the three ports almost the whole of the revenue is derived from Ow., ! 1886-8 • At al
and police charges, especially the former are the largest Thp v * ns t ^ es > and political
Karam and Ainterad, two other ports on the SomdH boast to the fP endltur \ fo V
during the year to Rs. 3,729 aid Rs. 1 797 rTspect^t 6 ° f “ tecl
port in February 1887, and Ainterad ceased to be such in January ISsT & C 8
completed atbbost of e Rs. a 4,450. bela aUd ' BuIhar on pubho w oi'ks. A Custom-house was
2 qno’nnlb h t eal 7 Was bV 18 the y ear > and there w as no epidemic 9 in-natients and
1 2,900 out-patients were treated at the dispensary at B-rhpro • A m P atien ^. an(l
was no suitable building for the disnensurv ^ T^nlbo . •xn la ( ^ urm o ^ ie year. 1 here
nearly the whole year ° The nrpviilim- r V ' u ^ dar was without a Hospital Assistant for
and conjunctivitis 7 Vaccination was plrformeTby a Somd™ 7-f rheumatism ’ bronchitis,
—193 successfully. 1 ^y a oomah. 2/4 persons were vaccinated
whole coast. There^were a^fTw^rivatp^^h ^ A f enc ^ sch ° o1 was maintained on the
to, , S s 3 - 8 , pS.; w ■*