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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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Chapter V.
FINANCIAL.
Mounted Police
Funds.
Port and Marine
Funds.
Medical and^
Charitable Funds.
Other Miscellaneous
Funds.
IOO
pombay administration repori.
ASH-igis.
2 . The opening balance was Rs. 64 , 37 >- Receipts amounted to Rs .,91,859 ail(1
charges to Rs. 1,65,162, the closing balance being ks. 9 ,
The opening balance was Rs. 2,63,267. Receipts amounted to R s . 6,36,5^
charges to Rs. 8,33,205 and the closing balance Rs. 66,656. Audit is complete up to 3 , s t
March 1914-
914.
, Only two funds fall under this head. Receipts and charges were Rs. , 7j732 and
Rs. 16,755 respectively, while the balance rose from Rs. 7,325 to Ks. 8,304.
, This head includes Station and Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Funds, the Steam Boiler Inspection Fund'
and various minor funds. The aggregate opening balance amounted to Rs. 8,26,273.
, i n_j r,r- f\tr\ anrl charp'es Ks. 24i4Tii66, the closing balance being
credit balance of
) 75- T]
some of the
and various minor tunds. me aggicga^ 5 r
Receipts totalled Rs. 25,01,610 and charges Rs. ^4,43 166, the closing balance bein
IK 8 Sj. 717. The Steam Boiler Inspection Fund opened the year with a credit balance c
Rs" ^626 Receipts and charges amounted to Rs. 77,332 and Rs. 1,08,075. ihe closin
Glance showed a lieficit of Rs. 25,. . 7 - The Boiler Fund had to sell some of the securitir
to its credit to meet the deficit

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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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