'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915' [‎186v] (42/150)

Chapter I.
PHYSICAL
AND
POLITICAL.
Tributary States.
Aden.
Criminal justice.
Prisons.
Civil justice.
Registration.
Municipal
administration.
Public works.
Revenue and
finance.
Vital statistics.
Medical relief.
Education.
Miscellaneous.
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
of convictions falling from 80-22 to 78-57. Property valued at 3^1
of stolen property valued at Rs. 7,275. 1 wenty-one men were dismissal°«t
and 10 fined or reduced. The strength of the harbour police was 6 0r ^targetl
Deportations into the interior numbered 556 and by sea to Somaliland 446 ~ ° ali rai T,
3. The total number of offences reported to the Magistracy was ii 0 ‘
persons, of whom 716 were convicted, 248 acquitted and 8 remained to be deT 0 ^ 9 ? 2
end of the year The Court of Sessions disposed of two cases, one of bmamv & / ltha hlie
of murder. There were four appeals, in one of which the sentence passed was l the ° tller
the other three the sentences were confirmed. In the 12 cases in which andin
requested the sentence was upheld in 8, reduced in 2, reversed in one and innnf^
prisoner was released. . e ca setlie
4. Two hundred and thirty-four male and 14 female prisoners were confi d ' • •
against 2 51 males and 15 females in the previous year. The daily averap 6 ^ as
prisoners was 44. The expenditure fell from Rs. 12,452 to Rs. 11,602.' The T\ of
factured articles realized Rs. 5,831 as against Rs. 5,204 in the precedino- year T h ° nlatlll ■
no deaths, and no prisoners escaped during the year. b ' here "’ere
5. Out of a total of 1,977 suits for disposal, 1,889 were decided and 5^ were
the close of the year. Last year’s figures were 1,521 and. 33 respectively. There
applications for the execution of decrees valued at Rs. 1,01,481, of which onl •
undisposed of. Sixty persons w r ere committed to jail for non-payment of R s "
result of 5 appeals and 10 applications for revision, the lower court’s judymen/ , ^ ^ 2
Tending at
1 here were 805
all
was untieM
6. The number of documents registered fell from 392 to 351 and the - 1
Rs. 9,87,446 to Rs. 6,12,079. The year’s revenue and expenditure also fell fron^Rso
and Rs. 1,754 to Rs. 2,323 and Rs. 1,631 respectively.
7. The executive committee of the Aden Settlement performs all the duties wh'li
municipalities perform in India. The income and expenditure amounted to Rs o 22 m
Rs. 3,36,526 as compared with Rs. 3,53,694 and Rs. 3,35,784 respectively in’the precednl
year, leaving a surplus of Rs. 1,81,665 on fh e 3 Ist March 1915. v b
8. Expenditure on Imperial Civil Works increased from Rs. 18,685 to Rs. <7007 w
that on Provincial Works decreased from Rs. 55,761 to Rs. 38,213. ' ’ d ’ U
9. Receipts totalled Rs. 87,49,497 and payments Rs. 83,40,280, the closiiw balance
being Rs. 7,32,720. &
10. The total number of births and deaths was 842 and 2,621 as against 849 and Tr
respectively in 1913-14. ^
11. Besides the military hospitals attached to the garrison, there are 2 hospitals and
3 dispensaries in. Aden and a small-pox hospital with an aided dispensary at Maala. The
Keith Falconer Mission of the United Free Church of Scotland maintains a hospital at Sheikh
Othman, which does invaluable work. Patients come here from all parts of Arabia, the
Yemen, Hedjaz and Hadramaut. The total number of patients treated in these institutions
was 45,213. Vaccinations numbered 8,255.
12. In the 5 Government schools there were 435 pupils with an average daily attend
ance of 352. I he expenditure was Rs. 27,209, of which Rs. 5,000 was contributed by the
Aden Settlement. I he number of private schools fell from 35 to 33 and the attendance
from 1,753 to 1,522. Twenty-five of these schools received grants-in-aid amounting to
Rs. 12,029.
^ 13. Information concerning marine matters and the Port Trust will be found in
Chapter III, concerning trade in Chapter IV and concerning salt and excise in Chapter V of
this report.
IX.—CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE.
I he season was generally good and prosperous in all the Tributary States with the
exception of Palanpur, Rajpipla, Chhota Udepur, Kolhapur and Mudhol, where the kharif
rains were untimely and the outturn of the kharif crops was poor. There was, however,
nothing approaching scarcity in any of these States, and no relief works were found necessary.
e avouiable inundation of the Indus resulted in an excellent season in Khairpur, and there
was a further increase in the area under cultivation. The public health was generally good
except a few States where there were outbreaks of plague and cholera. In none of these,
however, were the epidemics serious. The condition of agricultural stock was good.
ucatron continued to advance slowly, there being an increase in the number of chil ren
attending school in almost every State. The statistics of crime remained approximately
stationary.