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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915' [211r] (91/150)
The record is made up of 1 item (75 folios). It was created in 1915. 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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I 9 I 4 -I 9 I 50 ROADS AND BUILDINGS.
Under this head the expenditure during the year was :
New works
Additions and alterations to existing works
Repairs
Under this head the expenditure during the year was
New works
Additions and alterations to existing works
Repairs
Total
Total
63
Chapter IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
Rs.
Mint.
:::}
4)459
7 , 0 9 °
...
11 )549
... 1
-/
Rs.
Post Offices.
44.639
36,014
8o .653
Office
at Sholapur and
being as under
No important work was carried out under this head, the expenditure during the year Telegraphs.
Rs.
“''j 64,950
15,184
New works
Additions and alterations to existing works
Repairs
Total ... 80,134
An expenditure of Rs. 2,424 only was incurred under this head, of which Rs. 526
additions and alterations and Rs. 1,898 on repairs.
Under this head the expenditure during the year was :—
New works
Rs.
Additions and alterations to existing works
...
^ 4 2 . 4 ul)
Repairs
...
17,286
Total
59,686
was on Treasury and
currency buildings.
Political Agencies.
The work of constructing the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
School at the Crater, Aden, was in progress.
An expenditure of Rs. 1,944 only was incurred on repairs under this head.
Miscellaneous.
An expenditure of Rs. 249 only was incurred under this head,
on additions and alterations and Rs. 134 on repairs.
of which Rs.
I I ^ was Educational.
The expenditure during the year was :•—
Rs.
Ecclesiastical.
New works
Additions and alterations to existing works
} 3 8 U 2 9
Repairs
12,596
Total
5 1 . 3 2 5
The works of constructing the Chaplain’s bungalow and of re-roofing St. Andrew’s
Church, both at Karachi, were completed. The work of providing an electric installation in
the Chaplain’s quarters at Byculla, Bombay, was in progress.
No important work was carried out under this head, the expenditure during the year Miscellaneous,
being as under :— *
New works
Rs.
| 9,046
Additions and alterations to existing works
Repairs
5> 28 4
Total
14 ) 33 °
An expenditure of Rs. 310 only was incurred on original works under this head.
Miscellaneous
No work of importance was undertaken during the year, the
expenditure being as under:
public improve
ments.
“ PROVINCIAL
Rs.
SERVICES.
New works
••• j 8,652
Forests.
Additions and alterations to existing works
Repairs
4.976
Total
13,628
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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 1914-15.
The report is divided into two parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 169-178). Part II (ff 179-308) comprises chapters I-IX.
Part II is divided into the following chapters, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- ‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 179-186), consisting of: North Gujarat; South Gujarat; North Konkan, Nasik and Khandesh; South Konkan; Deccan; Kolhapur, Southern Maratha Country States and Dharwar; Sind [Sindh]; Aden; Condition of the People
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 187-190), consisting of: Survey; Settlements Proper; Waste lands; Wards and other Estates under management of Government
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 191-198), consisting of: Legislative Authority; Course of Legislation; Police; Wild animals and venomous snakes; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons – Civil and Criminal; Civil Justice; Registration; Local Boards’ Administration; Municipal Administration; Military (Volunteering); Marine; Cooperative Credit Societies
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 199-226), consisting of: Power Industries and Handicrafts; Agriculture; Weather and crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Public Works; Irrigation; Railways; Tramways.
- ‘CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 227-233), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Irrigation Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Sea Customs; Land Customs; Opium; Salt, Excise; Cotton Duties; Stamps; Income Tax; Forests; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS’ (ff 234-236), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration and Immigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 237-238), consisting of: General System of Public Instruction; Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 239), consisting of: Archaeological Survey Party of West India
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 239v), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Established Church of England; Established Church of Scotland; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 168. 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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- 'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915'
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