'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1904-1905' [‎125v] (26/116)

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Chap. I.
POLITICAL.
Tributary States.
Cutch and
Kathiawar.
Criminal justice.
Prisons.
Civil justice.
.Registration.
Municipalities.
Trade and customs.
Public works.
Revenue and
finance.
Vital stati
Medical.
Education.
Miseellanet us.
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[19 °4-19os,
4. The 45 criminal courts dealt with 2,135 cases as against 2,125 last year. Of the 3 fi 9 j
persons affected, 1,638 or 45 per cent, were convicted against 46 in the previous year.
were 86 appeals; decisions were confirmed in the cases of 82 persons, modified in 33 ^
reversed in 32.
5. The twelve prisons held 1,982 persons as against 1,855 last year. The total cof
amounted to Rs. 17,773 as against Rs. 23,276 last year.
6. The 51 civil courts disposed of 4,192 cases out of 4,263 on the files as against correspond
ing figures of 4,259 and 4,471 last year. There were 846 appeals for disposal, of which 683
were disposed of, leaving a balance of 163. The decisions of the lower Courts u r ere
in 350 cases.
7. The number of documents registered was 1.976 as against 1,933 and
amounted to Rs. 9,517 against Rs. 8,767.
8 . The aggregate income of the seven municipalities was Rs. 30,123 as against Us.28Uj
last year and expenditure Rs. 35,286 against Rs. 34,827.
9. Imports fell from Rs. 90,51,127 to Rs. 72,57,899 and exports from Rs. 36,60,474 jv,
Rs. 13,19,374. The number of vessels which entered the Cutch ports was 3,015 against 299|
while 4,088 vessels left against 4,279 in the previous year.
10. Expenditure on public works amounted to Rs. 2,04,349 as against Rs. 1,77,118 l as [
year. A further sum of Rs. 44,010 was spent on the Anjar-Tuua Railway and Rs. 12,008 01
tanks, wells and irrigation.
11. The revenue of the year was Rs. 22,28,028 as against Rs. 19,46,579 mainly due to
increase in land revenue for the year of accounts ending July 1904. The closing balance at tk
end of the year Samvat 1960 was Rs. 22,30,474, the opening balance being Rs. 16,42,816.
12. Eirths and deaths were 7,361 and 7,091, respectively, as against 6^852 and 8,66!),
The figures for deaths are exclusive of those registered in plague-affected towns and villages. Th
total number of attacks of plague and deaths were 1,927 and 1,644 as against 2,461 and 2,036
last year.
13. Yaccinations numbered 17,752 as against 15,442 last year. The hospitals afli
dispensaries treated 85,117 patients at a cost of Rs. 38,109 as against 1,00,861 atacostol
Rs. 33,996 last year.
14. Schools numbered 132 and were attended by 6,683 pupils. Expenditure fell from
Rs. 62,588 to Rs. 62,065. There were 98 Darbari scholarships, of which 58 were availai
to females.
15. The nine Darbari stallions covered 93 mares, of which 10 foaled. A veterinary
graduate was appointed during year. The infanticide rules were enforced as in the previous
year. There were 89 breaches of the rules punished by fines of Rs. 569 as against 68 and fines
of Rs 236 in the previous year. The number of marriages of Girassia girls fell from 216
to 19 7.. Certain artizans of Cutch were sent with their exhibits to the Bombay Industrial
Exhibition at State expense.
2.—KATHIAWAR.
Chief events.
Rainfall and crops.
Police and criminal
justice.
Civil justice.
Registration,
Trade.
Area -20-877 square miles; Population —2,329,196; Gross Pevenne —Rs. 1,80,49,960; Tribute to BriM
Government and His Highness the Gdelcwdr of Baroda —Rs. 10,78,684; Military Force— j
Principal Articles of Production —Crain, cotton, stone and Akik pebbles ; Manufactures —Silk, goli
and silver lace, carpets, copper and brass ware.
Kumar Shri Ramsinghji, heir-apparent of the Wadhwan State, was horn on October lOtli,
1904. . His Excellency the Governor visited Kathiawar, and on March 4th, 1905, delivered tk
insignia of K.C.S.I. to His Highness Sir Bhavsinhji, Thakore Saheb of Bhavnagar, at Rajkot
The converted Morvi Metre°Gauge Railway was opened by His Excellency the Governor at
Wadhwan on March 3rd, 1905. The old fourfold sub-division of the province was restored 1)|
the re-establishment of the Gohelvad Prant. The new Th4na scheme worked satisfactorily.
2. The rainfall was scanty and the year poor, the crops varying from 4 to 8 annas.
f? Q/i s ^ ren glh of the police in the States and under the control of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. was
7, -‘G and the cost of their maintenance during the year under report was Rs. 12,18,435.
percentage of convictions was 60 t in the States and 59 in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . The percentage of recovery
o stolen property was 48*06 in the States and 35*71 in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . The number of serious
crimes 5,510 in the States and 633 in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. jurisdiction shows a large increase. _ Tk
number or dacoities and robberies rose to 710. The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Courts disposed of 815 orig®
criminal cases and ol appeals, while the State Courts disposed of 8,889 criminal cases and ^
appeals, there was a large increase in serious crime.
. ., 4 * T 1 he Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Courts disposed of 2,432 original civil suits, 116 appeals, 19 miscellaneou 8
crvil appeals, and 84 political appeals. The State Courts disposed of 21,256 civil cases and
J,24d civil appeals.
4our ^ ousan (l an cl twenty-nine documents were registered as against 254 in 1903*
rey affected property valued at Rs. 27,65,397. The increase is notable.
v JLJqko Va i Ue exceeded those of the previous year (Rs. 1,84,48,29°) Jl
^the^preTOus ye^° ltS Sh ° W ^ in ° reaSe of Ils - 1.01,11,450 on the figures (Rs. 1,W 3 .° ,( )
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