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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915' [215r] (99/150)
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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roads and buildings,
(6) The bungalow for the Director of the Vaccine Institute at Belgaum.
(7) The new Civil Hospital at Mahableshwar.
(8) Provision of electric lights and fans in the various building's in connection
the Grant Medical College, Bombay.
(9) Provision of an electric installation in the Central Lunatic Asylum, Yeravda.
The following works of importance were completed :
(1) The bungalow for the Civil Surgeon at Sholapur.
(2) Nurses’ quarters in the Civil Hospital, Karachi.
(3) Provision of lifts in the new physiological laboratory, Grant Medical College
Bombay, and in the Bacteriological Laboratory at Parel.
The expenditure on miscellaneous works was:—
Rs.
New works ... ... ... 'j
Additions and alterations to existing works L / 7 . 69,0 75
Repairs ... ... ... ... 61,048
The temporary building on the Kennedy Sea Face, Bombay, to accommodate the
Government Central Press, was completed. The work of constructing buildings at Alibag for
the new Public Works Department District of Kolaba and the bungalow for dlie Executive
Engineer, Sholapur, were in progress. The estate known as the Deccan Brewery at Dapuri
in the Poona district was purchased for the “ Central Store.” The works of providing
temporary plant and a motor at the Photozinco Press, Poona, and electric installation in the
temporary building for the Government Central Press, Bombay, were completed.
B.— Communications. ,
Under this head the expenditure during the year was :—
New works
Additions and alterations to existing works
P.epairs
The principal works in progress or completed were the following :•—
Road from Vihigaon to Khodala.
Diversion and improvement of the Kalyan-Shil Road.
Widening the Bombay-Agra Road between Thana and Kurla.
Diversion of the Kurla-Vihigaon Road near Kurla.
Uran-Jassai Road.
Bridging nalas on the Mahad-Nagothna Road.
Road from Mandvi to Jankhvao.
Road from Savalvihir to Bharwas in the Ahmednagar district.
Improvements to the Poona-Khadakwasla Road.
Improvements to the Malharpeth-Pandharpur Road.
Improvements to the Khandesh-Nizam Frontier Road.
Improvements to the Dhulia-Bhusaval Road.
Improvements to the Sholapur-Akalkot Road.
Improvements to the Indapur-Sangola Road.
Causeway across the river Tapti on the Bombay-Agra Road in the West Khandesh
district.
Road from Bhatkal to Mysore Frontier.
Improvements to the Malvan-Phonda Road.
The bridge over the creek at Kalyan.
The bridge over the Thana creek between Thana and Kalwa.
The Fitz-Gibbon bridge at Koregaon.
Bridge over the Malaprabha river at Mugutkhan-Hubli in the Belgaum district.
Bridge over the Malaprabha river at Kamatgi in the Bijapur district.
Willingdon bridge over the river Krishna at Mahuli in the Satara district.
The masonry work of two abutments and of piers Nos. i, 2, 3 and 14 of the Kalwa
bridge was nearly completed up to springing.
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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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