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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1902-1903' [32v] (58/106)
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Chap. IV. 34 BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION RIPORT. [1902-19C3.
PRODUCTION
DISTRIBUTION. coas t S0l ,th of Karachi on the 13th, subsequently moving into the Punjab. The storm was of
great intensity and did much damage to life and property at and near Karachi.
The October storms kept to the Arabian Sea, scarcely affecting the land area at all.
2 ,— Notes on the Weather at Bombay in 1902-1903.
The south-west monsoon rains began on 5th June and ended on 21st September. The
total fall for the year was 72T4 or 3‘02 below the 24 years' normal. The monsoon reached its
maximum intensity late in August. The falls in June and July showed a total deficit of 18-77
inches, while the falls in August and September respectively were 2*32 and 15-46 inches in
excess. DecembeT registered 0-81 inches of unseasonable rain, October 0*78, November 0*01 and
March 0T7.
The mean temperature of the year was 80 o, 0 or 0°'6 above the normal. The highest
hourly temperature recorded was 92 Q, 5 on 13th May and the lowest 62 0, 2 on 7th February
The highest mean daily temperature was 87°'7 on 13th May and the lowest 68 °‘l 0 n fit},'
February. *
The mean hourly velocity of wind for the year was 10’3 as against an average of
IPs
The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47.
miles. The greatest mean hourly velocity in one day was 28*9 miles on 36th July and the
least 4*0 miles on 17th December. The greatest recorded hourly velocity was 40 miles
11th June, the velocity of a single gust reaching 58 miles per hour on 14th June.
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-The Maharaja Takhtasingji Observatory, Poona.
Spectral observations were made on 54 days of the year and 68 sun spots were spectro
scopically observed. The records were forwarded monthly to Sir Norman Lockyer. 138stell '
spectograms were taken during the year.
4.—Colaba Observatory.
The usual record of seismic, magnetic and astronomic work was continued throughout the
year. Milne’s Seismograph registered 49 earthquakes daring the year, besides 597 small lord
and other movements. The Kashgar earthquake on 22nd August was the largest disturbance
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5.—Season and Crops.
The following table shows the distribution of the rainfall at the various head-quarter
stations m 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.
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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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