'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1904-1905' [152r] (79/116)
The record is made up of 1 item (58 folios). It was created in 1905. 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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PUBLIC WORKS,
completed at an expenditure of Rs. 49,933. The Local Fund Veterinary Dispensary at
Jalgaon in the Khandesh District, cpmmenced last year, was completed at a cost ofRs. 7,434.
The work of constructing buildings in connection with the Veterinary Dispensary at Dhulia
was completed during the year at a cost of Rs. 3,336. The dispensaries at Chikodi (cost
Rs. 12,099) and Khanapur (cost Rs. 13,820) in the Belgaum District, in progress in the
previous year, were completed. A dispensary at Hirekerur in the Dharwar District was
commenced and Rs. 9,069 were expended. The work is approaching completion. The
Contagious Diseases Ward in the Civil Hospital at Hyderabad, which was commenced last
year, was completed at a total outlay of Rs. 8,400. The construction of an Infectious Diseases
Ward for the Civil Hospital at Sukkur was commenced and Rs. 2,998 were spent. The
Dispensary and Septic Ward of the new Civil Hospital at Karachi were commenced and
nearly completed, and an expenditure of Rs. 31,384 and Rs. 33,114, respectively, was
incurred. Land was also acquired for the new Civil Hospital at Karachi and an award
of Rs. 22,471 was made.
The renewal of the peons’ huts at Chowpatty and Wodehouse Bridge, Bombay, was
carried out at a cost of Rs. 4,050. Huts for the peons of the Customs Department at Tank
Bandar and Health Camp for Government servants at the Wodehouse Bridge, Bombay, were
erected at a cost of Rs. 10,169 and Rs. 6,961 respectively. The bungalow on the Parsik Hill
.at Thana for the Executive Engineer, Thdna District, was completed at a cost of Rs. 13,286.
Additions and alterations to the Superintendent's Office at Mdther4,n were carried out at a
cost of Rs. 7,196. Thef arm buildings at .Nadidd were completed at a cost of Rs. 7,700..
The construction of the Agricultural Buildings at the Manjri Farm was in progress, the
expenditure being Rs. 7,995. The building for the Poona Branch of the Bank of Bombay
was completed at a cost of Rs. 17,894. The construction of a store and work-shed in the
compound of the Public Works Department Sub-divisional Office at Sholapur, commenced
last year, was completed at a total cost of Rs. 4,241. Additions and alterations to the exist
ing Public Works Department Offices at Nasik to accommodate the office of the Executive
Engineer, Nasik and Ahmednagar Irrigation District, were made at a cost of Rs. 4,344
Additions and alterations to the Executive Engineer's Office at Dhulia, estimated to cost
Rs. 2,774, were in progress during the year. Additions and alterations to the Local Fund
Workshop at Dhulia were completed at "a cost of Rs, 5,082. The buildings in connection
with the Experimental Farm at Dh&rw&r were commenced and Rs. 17,592 expended. A
store and record-room in the office of the Executive Engineer, Shikarpur Canals, at Sukkur,
was constructed at a cost of Rs, 2,802. The work of roofing the market at Old Thul in the
Upper Sind Frontier District (Local), estimated to cost Rs. 2,939, was completed at a cost of
Rs, 2,083. Additions and alterations to the office block in the compound of the bungalow
of the Executive Engineer, Western Nara, at Ldrkana, were carried out at a cost of
Rs. 2,886.
2.—Communications.
During the year Rs. 5,56,288 were expended on original works connected with roads.
Out of this Rs. 2,97,312 were provided by Provincial and Rs. 2,58,976 by Local Funds.
The principal works, either in progress or completed, were the following :
Metalled Roads—Bridged and drained throughout.
Chap .IV.
PRODUCTION
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Miscellaneous.
Northern Division
Central Division
Mehmedabad-Dikor Road, 1st section (Provincial).
Kotumbighat deviation on the N&sik-Balsad Road (Provincial).
Metalled Roads—Rartially Iridged and drained.
Northern Division
Central Division
Southern Division
Road from Morkhadak to Wag River (Provincial).
Mehmedabad-Ddkor Road, 2nd section (Provincial).
Dohad-Limdi Road (Provincial).
Dohad-Alirajpur Road (Provincial).
Ghorda-Kondaibari Road (Provincial).
Ghorda-Chinchpada Road, 2nd section, from 52nd mile of Dhulia-Surat
Road to Yisarwadi (Provincial).
Completing Halki-Murgod-Bail Hongal Road (Provincial).
Unmetalled Beads—Bridged and drained throughout.
Northern Division
Central Division
... Road from Bhynder to Kashmira (Local).
... Ghoti-Shirghat Road (Provincial).
Unmetalled Boads—Partially Iridged and drained.
Northern Division
... Road from Kaly&n to Karjat (Local).
Road from Gokhirwa to Yajreshwari (Local
Road from Boisur to Maswan (Local).
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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 1904-05. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai] in 1905.
The report is divided into two parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 116-124). Part II comprises chapters I-IX (ff 69-112).
PART II comprises the following:
- ‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 125-132), 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 132-135), 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 135-142), 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; 13 Co-operative Credit Societies
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 142-159), 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 159-165), consisting of: 1. Financial Review, 1904-05; 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 166-167), 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 168-169), consisting of: 1. Education; 2. Literature and the Press; 3. Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 170)
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 170), 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 115. 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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