‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1887-88’ [‎143v] (293/531)

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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 1887-88. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1888.

The report is divided into three parts. Part I comprises a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 7-32). Part II (ff 33-168) comprises three maps 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. followed by chapters I-IX. Part III comprises ‘Statistical Returns’ pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 169-290).

PART II comprises the following:

• ‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL. TRIBUTARY STATES.’ (ff 37-61), consisting of: North Gujarát; South Gujarát; North Konkan; South Konkan; The Dekkan [Deccan]; Southern Marátha States; Sind [Sindh]; Aden
• ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND.’ (ff 62-66), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Collection of Land Revenue; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards’ and other Estates under the management of Government.
• ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION.’ (ff 67-89), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine.
• ‘CHAPTER IV. RODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.’ (ff 90-135), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Public Works; Telegraphs; Post Office; Irrigation.
• ‘CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW.’ (ff 135-49), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Customs; Opium; Salt; Excise; Stamps; Income Tax; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues.
• ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES.’ (ff 150-55), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary.
• ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION.’ (ff 156-65), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences.
• ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHEAOLOGY.’ (f 166)
• ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS.’ (ff 166-168), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Stationary; General Miscellaneous.

The maps at the start of Part II are as follows:

• ‘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. Part I. GUJÁRAT AND THE TÁPTI VALLEY’ (f 34)
• ‘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. Part II THE DECCAN, KONKAN AND KARNÁTIC [Carnatic]’ (f 35)
• ‘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. Part III SIND AND CUTCH [Kutch or Kachchh]’ (f 36).

The maps in Chapter IV, sub-section Public Works, sub-sub-section Railways, are as follows:

• ‘G. I. P. RAILWAY’ [Great Indian Peninsula Railway] (f 119)
• ‘DHOND [Daund] AND MANMÁD RAILWAY’ (f 120)
• ‘B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY’ [Bombay, Baroda [Vadodara] and Central India Railway] (f 121)
• ‘SOUTHERN MARATHA RAILWAY’ (f 122)
• ‘MYSORE [Mysuru] RAILWAY’ (f 123)
• ‘B. K. S. R. MAP SHEWING BELLARY [Ballari] KISTNA [or Krishna] STATE RAILWAY’ (f 124)
• ‘RAJPUTANA – MALWA AND REWARI – FEROZEPORE [Firozpur] RAILWAYS.’ (f 125)
• ‘CAWNPORE – ACHNERA [Kanpur to Achhnera] RAILWAY’ (f 126)
• ‘BHÁVNAGAR GONDAL & MORVI [or Morbi] RAILWAY.’ (f 127).

A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-6. 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.

Extent and format

1 volume (291 folios)

Arrangement

The report contains a table of contents listing headings, sub-headings, and sub-sub-headings.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 293; 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.

Pagination: the volume also contains multiple original pagination sequences.

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English in Latin script

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