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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915' [240r] (149/150)
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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igi 4 -i 9 l S-l MISCELLANEOUS.
The capital outlay on the latter amounted to Rs. 2
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
and the recurring expenditure to
Rs. 15,430 per mensem. Donations were also sent to the Belgian Red Cross Fund the
St, John’s Ambulance depot, the Young Men’s Christian Association Canteen Fund and other
fuflds. The larger portion of the funds is being conserved for the relief of distress and want.
The total receipts uptill 31st March 1915 amounted to Rs. 35I
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
2. The Women’s Branch 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.
War and Relief Fund was
Established on August 23rd, 1914, as the result of a meeting called by Lady Willingdon on
August 21 st. The object of the fund is the provision of clothes and comforts for the soldiers
British and Indian, who leave these shores to take part in the war. The fund has supplied
all the clothing and linen to the Lady Hardinge War Hospital, 300 beds ; to 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.
Hospital at Alexandria, 800 beds ; and for Ambulance trains, etc., etc. Comforts
have been supplied to the troops leaving India on Transports and warm clothing for their
wives and children. All hospitals are visited and wounded soldiers on leaving are"presented
with kit bags containing all necessaries. The articles supplied by the fund are obtained
either from gifts in money or kind and by the voluntary labours of the members of the
Bombay and mofussil circles who work up into garments material supplied by the Central
Depot.
The total receipts of this “ Women’s Fund ” amount to 6J
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
(six and a quarter
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
).
\
Chapter IX.
MISCELLANEOUS
The “ Women s
Branch.”
BOMBAY: PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS.
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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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