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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1902-1903' [9v] (12/106)
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1902-1903.
Execution of
Civil Court
decrees by
Revenue
Department.
Dakhan
Agriculturists,
Relief Act,
Registration
under Act III
of 1877.
Registration
under Act XVII
of 1879.
Registration
under Joint
Stock Companies.
District Boards.
Bombay
Municipality.
amount recovered in execution was 31 per cent, less than in the preceding
year, while there was a substantial decrease in the number of persons im'
prisoned. The decrease of two
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
in the Civil Court receipts was due to
a smaller number of suits having been instituted during the year.
21. The number of Civil Court decrees referred to Collectors for execution
increased by 22 per cent. The prices realized by the sale of land in satisfaction
of decrees were, except in Sind, slightly worse than in the previous year. There
was a very substantial increase in the number of decrees settled by mutual
agreement, but this may have been due merely to the effects of a succession
of bad years. *
22 . There was a small increase in the number of suits under the Dakhan
Agriculturists’ Eelief Act filed in the Courts of Subordinate Judges, which was
counterbalanced by a corresponding decrease in the Courts of Village Munsifs.
The average duration of both contested and uncontested suits was slightly less
than in the previous year.
23. There was a large decline in the number of registrations, compulsory
as well as optional, under Act III of 1877, partially attributable to the large
amount of takavi advances granted and to the prevalence of plague. A new
office was constituted at Bhuj during the year.
24. There was a decrease in the number of; registrations under Act XVII
of 1879, corresponding to that under the main Act. The decrease was heaviest
in Satara.
25. There was no improvement in the condition of Joint Stock enterprise,
the number of companies carrying on business at the end of the year having
fallen to 401 with a nominal capital of less than Es. 2,000
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, while the number
of companies that went into liquidation or were finally dissolved was again high.
The continued depression in the mill trade was the main factor in this decline.
Several Provident Societies in Ahmedabad disappeared during the year.
26. A new District Board of Larkhana was created during the year. Xew
Boards were constituted at Broach, where 9*5 per cent, only of the voters exer
cised their privilege. An increase of 4|
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
in the aggregate income of the
various Boards was due mainly to special grants made by Government. The
finances of the Boards were still hampered by the depressing influences of
famine and plague, but the Boards were able to expend, chiefly on civil works
and education, a sum of nearly 45 Mkhs or 4
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
more than in the previous
year. The closing balances showed an improvement of over 4
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
upon the
figures of the preceding year, although they were still short by nearly 6
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of the normal amount in years previous to plague and famine.
27. The Bombay Municipality enjoyed greater prosperity than in the
previous year, the deficit at the close of the year under report being only
2*7
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
as against 4*5, in spite of an increase of over 2
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
in the expendi
ture. The actual income advanced by 4 Mkhs, owing to large receipts from
town duties. The capital debt of the Municipality, however, had risen to
471 Mkhs at the close of the year. The duty on ghi was reduced from 10 to
8 annas the maund; otherwise there was no change in rates and taxes. Progress
was made in the improvement of sanitary conditions under the Epidemic
Diseases Act. The improvement in public health noticed in the previous year
was fully maintained, and the number of deaths fell nearly 20 per cent. There
was at the same time a very large increase in the birth-rate. Seven new Muni
cipal Dispensaries were opened during the year. There was no material altera
tion in the number of schools and pupils.
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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 1902-03. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai] in 1904.
The report is divided into two parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 7-14). Part II comprises chapters I-IX (ff 15-56).
PART II comprises the following:
- ‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 16-22), consisting of: I. North Gujarat; II. South Gujarát; III. North Konkan; IV. South Konkan; V. The Dakhan [Deccan]; VI. Southern Mahratta Country States; VII. Sind [Sindh]; VIII. Aden
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 23-25), consisting of: 1. Realization of Land Revenue; 2. Surveys; 3. Settlements; 4. Waste Lands; 5. Wards’ and Other Estates; 6. Revenue and Rent-paying Classes
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 25-30), consisting of: 1. Course of Legislation; 2. Police; (no item 3) 4. Chemical Analysis; 5. Criminal Justice; 6. Prisons - Civil and Criminal; 7. Civil Justice; 8. Registration; 9. Local Board Administration; 10. Municipal Administration; 11. Military (Volunteering); 12. Marine
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 30-46), consisting of: 1. Agriculture; 2. Weather and Crops; 3. Horticulture; 4. Forests; 5. Mines and Quarries; 6. Manufactures and Industries; 7. Trade; 8. Public Works; 9. Irrigation; 10. Railways; 11. Tramways
- ‘CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 46-51), consisting of: 1. Financial Review, 1902-1903; 2. Mint; 3. Currency; 4. Land Revenue; 5. Irrigation Revenue; 6. Public Works Revenue; 7. Customs; 8. Opium; 9. Salt; 10. Excise; 11. Cotton Duties Act; 12. Stamps; 13. Income Tax; 14. Forests; 15. Local Funds; 16. Municipal Revenue
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISITICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF’ (ff 52-53), consisting of: 1. Births and Deaths; 2. Emigration; 3. Immigration; 4. Medical Relief; 5. Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; 6. Sanitation; 7. Vaccination; 8. Veterinary
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 54-55), consisting of: 1. Education; 2. Literature and the Press; 3. Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 56)
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 56), consisting of: 1. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; 2. Stationery; 3. General Miscellaneous.
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 6. 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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