'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915' [‎191v] (52/150)

Chapter III.
PROTECTION.
Strength and cost of
the police.
Education.
Musketry.
Punishments.
Rewards.
Reported crime.
Cognizable cases.
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1914.
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(4) Bill No. VI of 1914 (A Bill to authorize the levy of dues on
provision of lights on the coast of the Province of Sind) VeSSels for the
(5) Bill No. VII of 1914 (A Bill further to amend the Bombay Medical Act
an d Island,
(6) Bill No. VIII of 1914 (A Bill to provide for a survey of the Town^ ^
enne
Bombay).
(7) Bill No. IX of 1914 (A Bill further to amend the Bombav fit,, r ,
Act, 1876). } Lll: y Land R eV(
(8) Bill No. X of 1914 (A Bill to decentralize and otherwise to f T
administration of certain enactments in force in the Prcsbu, ac . 1 ' tate the
1 fluency of BomKi 1
(9) Bill No. I of 1915 (A Bill to amend the Protection of Pilgrims Act 188 '
The first three Bills have now become Bombay Acts Nos. IV, V anc | y! f
respectively, referred to above. ' ot bh
The fourth Bill, which was introduced into the Legislative Council by public t' '
Bombay Government Gazette on the 17th of August 1914, was read for the thmi e' 1 ‘
passed on the 15th March 1915. ^ tlnie ^
The fifth Bill was introduced into the Legislative Council by publication in the /?
Government Gazette on the 20th August 1914 but was subsequently withdrawn 7 ^
mentally and amalgamated with another Bill on the same subject. ' e P art '
m th
The sixth and seventh Bills were introduced into the Legislative Council by publi f
in the Bombay Government Gazette on the 2nd November 1914, were read for 11 ]^
time and referred to the Select Committee on the 9th December 1914. The Sell
Committee, however, incorporated the provisions of the seventh Bill into the sixth, and the
Bill thus amended by the Select Committee was then put down for the second and third
readings in the Legislative Council.
The eighth Bill, which was introduced into the Legislative Council by publication in
the Bombay Government Gazette on the 12th November 1914, was read for the third time
and passed on 16th March 1915.
The ninth Bill, which was introduced into the Legislative Council by publication in
the Bombay Governinent Gazette on the 13th February 1915, was read for the first time on
the 16th March 1915 and referred to the Select Committee on the same day.
2.—Police.
For details see the Annual Reports on the Bombay District Police and the Bombay City Police for the year 1914
and the tables under Police printed in Part VI of the Statistics of British India.
I.—Mofussils, Sind and Railways.
1. The sanctioned strength of the police force stood at 25,913 officers and men for
the whole. 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. . In 1913 the total stood at 24,235 officers and men. The total cost of
the police rose from Rs. 68,38,016 in 1913 to Rs. 71,27,544. Of this increase, the 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.
proper is responsible for Rs. 1,58,451 and Sind for Rs. 1,31,077.
2. Out of a total force of 1,068 officers and 23,972 men the numbers of educated
officers and men were 1,042 and 12,732 respectively as against 961 and 12,148 in 1913.
The percentage of educated officers and men to the total force stood at 55 as in the
preceding year. The percentage was 62-1 for the 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. and 32 - 2 for Sind.
3. In the 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. proper 5,890 men—mounted and foot—were put through the
musketry course. The number of marksmen decreased from 3,413 to 3,114 in the 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.
proper and from 284 to 281 in Sind. The first competition for revolver shooting was
started this year, when 348 inspectors, sub-inspectors and sergeants out of a total of 390 took
part. Of these, 4.5 were adjudged to be marksmen. Prizes to the value of Rs. 1,200 were
awarded to the winners of the different competitions.
4. There has again been a decrease in the number of officers and men punished depart-
mentally and by the Courts, the total number being 2,845 as a g a i ns f 2 > 9^7 OB- ^ ie
percentage of punishments to the actual strength of the force is 11-3 as against in Bb
Of the total number (2,845) of punishments, 2,638 were for departmental and 207 for judicia
offences as compared with 2,738 and 229 respectively in 1913.
5. Rewards by promotion, good conduct tickets and money grants during 19'j
numbered 9,259 as against 9,635 in 1913. By promotion there were only 54rewards asaga®
68 in 1913. The total amount expended on the police in monetary rewards in thePresi enc)
proper was Rs. 34,026 as against Rs. 24,000 in 1913. In Sind, the total amount came
Rs. 8,680. The percentage of officers and men rewarded fell from 4°'6 1 ° 37 - ^
6. The total number of congnizable and non-cognizable offences reported < ^ rin jL,
year was 113,740 as against 115,136111 1913 — a decrease of 5,692 cases under t e n
Penal Code and an increase of 4,296 cases under class VI, resulting in a net etrea
1,396 cases.
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7- The total number of reported cognizable cases of all classes was 32,876 as aga
3 V 95 0 for the previous year. The decrease, amounting to 4)°74 ca seSj c0nsis e
cases under the Indian Penal Code and 385 under class VI.