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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1903-1904' [‎92v] (72/112)

The record is made up of 1 item (56 folios). It was created in 1904. 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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distribution. 1903 to look after the arch geological remains at Tatta. No expenditure was incurred dmL
year on archaeological buildings and remains in the Indus Right Bank Division and only ^
were spent in the Indus Left Bank Division.
The construction of the Telang Memorial Students’ Quarters in connection with tli e
Elphinstone College, Bombay, including out-houses, cook-rooms, gymnasium, etc., estimated
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ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
cost Rs. 41,735, was in progress. The new Anatomical itooms lor me ijrant Medical ColL c
Bombay, were completed at a cost of Rs. 89,337 and furniture costing Rs. 1,625 was purchase]
against an estimate of Rs. 10,308. Additions and alterations to the Mahalaxmi leinalj
Training College, Ahmedabad, with certain additional works subsequently sanctioned, were h
progress and Rs. 65,942 were spent up to date. The construction of additional buildings h
connection with the Male Training College, Ahmedabad, was also in progress and Rs. 43,093
were spent up to date. The two Lecture Halls at the Deccan College, Poona, were comply
at a cost of Rs. 18,056. Additional Students’ Quarters and subsidiary buildings at the Deccan
College, Poona, were in progress, the estimated amount being Rs. 78,163. Additions aiij
alterations to workshops, College of Science, Poona, were completed at a cost of Rs,
The Male Training College, Poona, is approaching completion, the total expenditure being
Rs. 1,42,480 against an estimate of Rs. 1,76,648. The Female Training College, Poonaj
almost completed, the expenditure being Rs. 49,859 against an estimate of Rs. 57,293. %
construction of new buildings at the Training College, Dharwar, providing quarters for 51
masters, commenced in the previous year, was completed at a cost of Rs. 42,653. Residential
quarters for the masters of the Training College at Hyderabad, commenced last year, weti
completed at a total cost of Rs. 34,147 against an estimate of Rs. 33,373 and Rs. 2,852 w®
expended against an estimate of Rs. 2,870 for providing furniture for these quarters.
The extensions of the Local Boards’ Schools at Murbad and Deheri were carried out at 3
cost of Rs. 2,843 and Rs. 2,698 respectively, and that of the one at Dahanu, estimated to cost
Rs. 7,027, was in progress. The Hostel for the High School at.Nadiad (cost Rs. 31,889) a B |
that for the Telang High School at Godhra (cost Rs. 18,753) which were in progress intis
previous year were completed. The School House for boys and girls at Mahudha which m
in progress in the previous year was completed (cost Rs. 14,103), Materials for the construe'
tion of the new High School at Ahmedabad were collected, land was acquired, and foundatiois
excavated and Rs. 50,111 were spent thereon. A dormitory for 28 boys at the Reformatorj
School, Yeravda, was completed at a cost of Rs. 10,033. The School House at Belhe intk
Poona District (Local) was completed at a cost of Rs. 3,198. A School House at Ale in tk
Poona District, estimated to cost Rs. 6,176, was in progress. A School House at Lonavlait
the Poona District (Deposit contribution), estimated to cost Rs. 6,659, was in progress. Tk
work of a new School House at Sangola in Sholdpur (Deposit contribution), estimated to cost
Rs. 9,076, was commenced at the end of the year. School Houses at Shevgaon, Belapuranl
Akola (Local) in the Ahmednagar District were completed at costs of Rs. 5,468, Rs. 6,72S
and Rs. 6,596 respectively. Additions to the School House at Kopargaon (Local) in tk
Ahmednagar District were made at a cost of Rs. 3,418. A School House for 150 boys at
Chandori, tdluka Niphad in the N£sik District (Local), estimated to cost Rs. 4,303, wasii
progress. A Boarding House with out-houses for the Training School, Dhulia, estimated ti
cost Rs. 38,630, was in progress during the year and was almost completed. A Hostel witt
out-houses for the Garud High School, Dhulia, estimated at Rs. 36,653, was in progress, tk
expenditure during the year being Rs. 25,573. The construction of Superintendent’s Quarter
and subsidiary buildings in connection with the Training School at Dhulia, estimated to cost
Rs. 9^398, was in progress. Furniture for the Boarding House for the Training Schoohci
Hostel for the Garud High School at Dhulia was provided at a cost of Rs. 4,935. School
House (Local) at Mhasawad in the Khandesh District was completed at a cost of Rs. 2,905
School Houses at Varad, Nasirabad and Asoda, all in the Khandesh District and estimated to cost
Rs. 3,592, Rs. 8,599 and Rs. 6,104 respectively, were in progress. The School House at VaraJ
was practically completed. The School House at Jugal in the Athni Taluka (cost Rs. 2 , 782 ),ii
progress in the previous year, and School Houses at Kharosi (cost Rs. 3,368) and Ghodgeri
(cost Rs. 3,341) in the Chikodi Taluka, all in the Belgaum District, and the Technical School
at Wakawli in the Ratndgiri District (cost Rs. 3,922) were completed. The erection of Hostels
for the High School at Ratnagiri was in progress, the expenditure during the year being
Rs. 11,982. The work of converting the old Mamlatddr’s Kacheri into a School House at
Ankola in the Kanara District, estimated to cost Rs. 3,425, was commenced, the expendikK
during the year being Rs. 2,946. Additions to the Deputy Educational Inspector’s offe
at Karachi, estimated to cost Rs. 3,305, were commenced.
The roof of the Protestant Church at Ahmednagar was improved at a cost of Rs. 3,337.
A lantern for the Chief Criminal Court and a new Record-room in His Majesty’s
Court, Bombay, were provided at a cost of Rs. 10,534. Additions and alterations to 1 ’
Subordinate Judges Court at Wadgaon, Poona District, were completed at a cost of Rs
The Court House for the District and Subordinate Judges at Nasik was almost completed at 311
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House at Belgaum, commenced in the previous year, was completed (costs Rs. 20,322). '
Subordinate Judge s Court House at Vita in the Sat&ra District (cost Rs. 14),926) and the 6
bungalow for the Assistant Judge at Bijapur (cost Rs. 13,435) were completed. The ad<M»>*
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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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