'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1903-1904' [‎70r] (27/112)

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3. The total strength of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Police was 998 including the Vasavad Thana
Police, and the cost of their maintenance was Rs. 2,43,890 during the year of report. The per
centage of persons convicted to those disposed of by trial was, during the year*under report,
73in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . Property of the value of Rs. 18,256 was stolen, while the percentage of
recovery was 56-35 in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Jurisdiction. The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Courts disposed of 905 original
criminal cases and 27 appeals. JSo far as information is forthcoming, the Police in employ of
the States numbered 5/376 and cost Rs. 7,72,845. They arrested 4,829 persons, of whom 2,753
were convicted. Stolen property was valued at Rs. 81,955 and the percentage of recoveries
53*5; in all 11,322 criminal cases were disposed of by the State's Courts, and of these
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Tributary States.
Kathiawar and
Pdlanpur Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
Police and Criminal
Justice*
was
4,382 cases ended in conviction.
4. The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Courts decided 2,427 original civil cases, 49 civil appeals and 87 Political
appeals. No encumbered estate claim was decided in the year under report. The Courts of
the Jurisdictional Sates disposed of 26,238 cases,
5. The number of documents registered during the year was 254 as against 216 in
1902-93, and the value of the property affected by them was Rs. 2,89,043 as against Rs. 2,22,003.
6. Exports increased from Rs. 89,59,751 to Rs. 1,96,93,070 and imports slightly receded
from Rs. 2,27,10,810 to Rs. 1,84,48,290.
7. The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Engineer spent Rs. 94,527 on public works in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the
Native States spent Rs. 12,79,948 as against Rs. 15,21,100 in the previous year.
8. The total demand on account of tribute including outstandings was Rs. 15,27,511 at
the end of the year.
9. The receipts and expenditure of the consolidated funds amounted to Rs. 2,12,328
and Rs. 1,78,535, respectively, as against Rs. 1,72,136 and Rs. 1,64,596 in 1902-1903.
10. The number of Hospitals and Dispensaries under the supervision of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Surgeon is 21. 103,241 patients were treated at a cost of Rs. 45,302-2-7. The Rasulkhanji
Hospital for woman treated 200 in-patients and 2,226 out-patients. In the States there were
103 dispensaries which treated 627,272 patients at a cost of Rs. 2,37,355. The total number
of primary and secondary vaccinations rose from 53,925 to 54,157.
* 11. The Educational Institutions numbered 1,200 with 80,041 scholars against 1,207 with
84,245 scholars in the previous year. A scheme for raising and broadening the standard
of teaching in the Rajkumar College was under consideration and was brought into operation
shortly after the close of the year. The total expenditure incurred on public instruction was
Rs. 8,28,549.
12. Nine States in Kathiawar have in their paddocks 56 stallions which covered 791 mares.
Civil Justice*
Registration.
Trade.
Public Works,
Tribute.
Local Funds.
Medical,
Education.
Horse-breeding.
13. The mileage of open line remained the same during the year under report. The con- Railways,
version of the Morvi Railway into the metre gauge is in progress and will shortly be
completed. The gross earnings rose from Rs. 19,90,047 to Rs. 22,51,922 and the working
expenses fell from Rs. 11,94,094 to Rs. 11,35,411. The dividends varied from 6*20 per cent,
on the Morvi Railway to 2 per cent, on the Dhrangadhra line.
3.—PALANPUR AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. *
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3 100,861,
15,442 of
Ruling Chiefs,
Residence.
Caste,
Age.
Where educated.
Heirs,
His Highness Sir Sher
Mahamad Khanji
Lohani, G.C.I.E.
Palanpur ...
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At P41anpur ... *
Has male heir.
His Highness Mahamad
Sher Khanji.
RMhanpur ...
Do. ...
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Rajkum&r College,
Rajkot, and now
under a private
tutor.
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Area—8,000 square miles ; Population (1901)—467,271; Q-ross Revenue (approximately)—12| Hkbs ; Tribute
to Bis Highness the Q-dekwar—Rs. 59,590; Military Force—Sbl ; Principal Articles of Production —
Wheat, rice, jow&ri, bajri, cotton, gram, sarsav and mug.
1. The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. comprises two first class States—Palanpur and Radhanpur (the latter of General,
which is under British management during the minority of the Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. ), and certain minor
States and petty talnkas.
2. The marriage of the minor Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. of Radhanpur was celebrated in April 1903 at a Chief Events,
cost of Rs. 30,0o0. A daughter was born to him in February 1904 but died in April. The
minor Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. has left Rajkumar College and is now under the charge of an European tutor.
3. Some disturbances connected with alleged encroachments of land and petty thefts of Relations with other
cattle and sheep occurred on the PManpur-Sirohi border, but nothing serious took place. States.
4. Crops were not good owing to the premature cessation of rain and the visitation of large Season and Crops,
swarms of locusts. Cotton was damaged by frost.
5* The gross revenue of the Palanpur, Radhanpur, Thardd and Vav States rose from Revenue and
Rs. 7,59,177 to Rs. 15,39,221. This includes a loan of Rs. 3,50,000 taken by Palanpur from Fmaace ‘
Government. The gross expenditure of the same States was Rs. 12,98,851 against
Rs. 12,38,842 and includes Rs. 3^64^658 paid by Palanpur in payment of debt.