'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1903-1904' [91v] (70/112)
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BOMBAY ABM IKIST E ATI ON EEPORT.
[1903.
Chap. IV.
I90i
PRODUCTION
AND
In connection with His Majesty's Mint, Bombay, the rebuilding of a portion of th(
distribution, wall, the construction cf latrines in the compound and the provision of a tiled floor to the
Mint.
Post Offices.
Telegraph,
Customs.
Treasury and
Currency Buildings.
Land Revenue
Buildings.
room of the Assay Office, estimated to cost Us. 11,818, Rs. 2,887, and Rs. 4,002, respective]
were in progress and the compound wall was rebuilt at a cost of Rs. 4,913.
Additions and alterations to the Post Office stables, Bombay, were carried out at
a Cost
Rs. 4,548, and the construction of a store shed in the compound of the General Post Offt'
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Bombay, estimated to cost Rs. 2,055, was in progress. In connection with the new Genera]
Post Office, the works of clearing the site and making a road 50' wide were eommeneed and
Rs. 6,064 were spent. A combined Post and Telegraph Office with quarters for the f>
blaster at Thana was completed at a cost of Rs. 12,511. A combined Post and Telegraph OfT
at Ahmednagar, estimated to cost Rs. 19,846, was in progress. Additions and alterations ?
the Post Office at Belgaum were completed at a cost of Rs. 3,232. Additions and alteratio°
to the combined Post and Telegraph Office at Ldrkhana were commenced and completed at^
cost of Rs. 5,968. The work of providing additional accommodation in the General Post
at Karachi, estimated to cost Rs. 8,224, was nearly completed.
Additional signallers' quarters, with out-honses, for three married families in the Governme
Telegraph Office at Bhusdwal, estimated to cost Rs. 12,306, were in progress.
Provincial Services,
Forests.
The bungalow for a Forest Officer at Dhnlia, estimated to cost Rs. 12,616, commenced last
year, was completed at a cost of Rs. 12,618.
The construction of a Branch Custom House at Prince's Dock, Bombay, was in pro^re
the expenditure to date being Rs. 1,47,935. Additional office accommodation in the Customs
House at Karachi was provided at a cost of Rs. 6,470. Additions to the Customs staff-quarters
at Kiamari were completed by the Port Engineer, Karachi, at a cost of Rs. 10,530.
The extension of the Paper Currency building, Bombay, estimated to cost Rs. 1,61,880 was
in progress. The Treasury stong room at Wadhwan Civil Station was completed at a cost of
Rs. 4,671.
Mdmlatddrs' Kacheries at Karjat and Bhiwndi, estimated to cost Rs. 42,053 anl
Rs. 35,691, respectively, were in progress. Additions and alterations to the old Jail buildiuo-g a {
Kaira for the accommodation of the Revenue and Registration records, and minor additions to
the Collector's Office, Treasure room and Prisoners' cells, estimated to cost Rs. 12,694, were in
progress. Extensions of the Record-room and Treasury of the Mamlatddr's Kacheri at Anaul
(cost Rs. 3,595) and of the Record-room of the Mamlatdar's Kacheri at Nadiad (cost Rs. 2,999)
were carried out. The reconstruction of the left wing of the Mdmlatddr s Kacheri at Malsh!
in the Sholapur Colleetorate, estimated to cost Rs. 5,961, was almost completed, the expenditure
during the year being Rs. 5,405. Mamlatddrs' Kacheries at Pdrner and Shevgaon in the
Ahmednagar District (estimated to cost Rs. 39,219 and Rs. 39,294, respectively) were in
progress.. A sum of Rs. 19,203 was spent on materials and foundations for the work of
constiuctmg Revenue buildings at Ndsik. The work of constructing quarters for the Mamlatd^r
at lemt was practically completed, the expenditure during the year being Rs. 3,684 a^ainstan
estimate ot Rs. 3,968. Certain additions and alterations to the Mdmlatdar's Kacheri at
Bhusdwal (estimate Rs. 3,403) were completed at a cost of Rs. 2,507. Certain improvements
to the Record-room, etc of the Mamlatdar's Kacheri at Sindkheda in the Khdndesh District,
estimated to cost Rs. 3,609 were completed at a cost of Rs. 3,454. The residence for a Revenue
Officer at Dhnlia (estiinated to cost Rs. 12,616) commenced last year was completed at a
cost of Rs. 12,616. A new Mamlatdar’s Kacheri and Police Lines at Bail Hongal in the
Belgaum District, estimated to cost R^ 42,623, were commenced and an expenditure of
25■* R »; ”i K"§*i» a. w,U, 018,..
and at Badami in the Bijdpur District, estimated to cost Rs. 43,102, Rs. 39 266 and Rs 35!
respectively, were also commenced, and Rs. 17,880, R s . 17,007 and Rs. 15,008, resiectivek
Ttf ^ amla - td il S ?;f hen afc Su ' si in the Kanara District (cost Rs!35,696)
and the Mahalkan s Kacheri a,t KhamMla in the Satara District (cost Rs. 15,938) were finally
tCA^Lf P 77 i 7 7 ?%°^ “ the Kolaba District (cosi Rs. 19 , 624 ) J
vtr 7 re cl ]fi 7 ° r t t ^ 7 ” (COst Rs ’ 12 ’ 708 )> ^“enced in the prevw
year, were completed. The district bungalow at Athni in the Belgaum District, in progress in
JaZeirir;’ n w r/r p ete 7:°, st Rs - \ 311 )- The a t LiLd
Rs 31 082 Additions and & 1 J a COb ,]' ^ ®' s - 28,840 against the sanctioned estimate of
comnleted t0 the Kardarate a * Chachra, commenced last year, were also
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estimate D> To ^ year ' w f r e 7 eom P leted at a total °ost of Rs. 3,502 against »
AgrTcuRnre n TT* at K c arachi for the Superintendent, Land Records ani
Kapbprif>a of -*-ne construction or Mnkiitiai'Rars
were in nrogress b Af Tfrt7 m ° r ' f° COst Rs 30 > 180 and Rs - 27,872, respectively,
offices n f - , 7 Laihhana at the Collector’s office with Treasury and Account
Collectors mlll7"77 0 77 Rh ..7 t : h °, USes > and the b -™g a ^ for the two Assistant
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Rs 44 369 and R. 6 M(m previ “ us y 6 ”’® re port, were completed at costs of Rs. 1,21,482,
Ldrkul te7 d 9 ’7 f s P ecfcwel y- Additions and alterations to the Kardarate at
Larkhana were commenced and practically completed at a cost of Rs. 4,50o!
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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 1903-04. 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 60-68). Part II comprises chapters I-IX (ff 69-112).
PART II comprises the following:
- ‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 69-75), consisting of: I. North Gujarát; II. South Gujarát; III. North Konkan; IV. South Konkan; V. The Deccan; VI. Southern Mahratta Country States; VII. Sind [Sindh]; VIII. Aden
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 76-78), 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 79-84), consisting of: 1. Course of Legislation; 2. Police; 3. Wild Animals and Venomous Snakes; 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 85-101), 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 102-107), consisting of: 1. Financial Review, 1903-1904; 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 108-109), consisting of: 1. Births and Deaths; 2. Emigration and Immigration; 3. Medical Relief; 4. Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; 5. Sanitation; 6. Vaccination; 7. Veterinary
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 110-111), consisting of: 1. Education; 2. Literature and the Press; 3. Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 112)
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 112), 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 59. 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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