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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [5r] (8/137)
The record is made up of 1 item (67 folios). It was created in 1908. 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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CONTENTS
PART I.
PAGB
PAGE
CHAPTER III, —Protection.
SUMMARY ... ... ••• i—xxviii
PART II.
CHAPTER I s
area, Aspect, Climate, Products
Historical Summary ... j
Form of Administration ... j
Character of Land Tenures, System y
op Surveys and Settlements
Civil Divisions oe British Territory.
Details op the last Census ....
See pages 1—7S
of Report for
1901-1902,
Part II.
Tributary States.
North Gujarat—
Cutch
...
1
Kdthiawar
• • •
2
Palanpur
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
• . •
3
Mahi K&ntha
...
4
Rewa K&ntha
« • •
5
Cambay .... ...
...
6
South Gujarat--
Dharampur, Baiisda and Sachin ...
ib.
Ddngs
• ••
7
North Konkan, Nasik and Khandesh- -
Surgana ...
...
ib.
Jawhar ... ...
...
8
South Konkan—
Janjira
• • •
9
Savantvadi ...
...
10
Deccan—
Sdtara Jaghirs—
Bhor, Phaltan, Aundh, Akalkot, Jath
Daphlapur ... ...
and
• « •
ib.
Kolhdpur, Southern Maratha Country States and
Dhdrwdr—
Kolhdpur ... ...
...
11
Southern Mar&tha Country States
12
Savanur ... ...
13
Sind—
Khairpur ... ...
•••
14
Aden ... ...
•••
15
Condition of the People
...
16
CHAPTER II. —Administration of the Land.
Surveys—
Great Trigonometrical Survey of India
Tidal and Levelling Operations ...
Revenue Surveys
Settlements—
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.
Proper ... ... ...
Sind
Alienation Settlements ...
Land Records ••• ••• •••
Waste Lands
Wards and other Estates under management of
Government ... ...
Estates in charge of the Talukdari Settle
ment Officer ... ...
Incumbered Estates, Sind ... ...
Revenue and Rent-paying classes
b 999 —a
17
ib*
ib.
18
ib,
ib,
ib.
19
20
ib.
21
ib.
Legislative Authority
98—100 of Report
for 1901-1902,
Pan U.
Course of Legislation
Police—
Mofussil, Sind and Railway Polk e
Rural Police ...
Additional Police
Bombay City Police ...
Aden Police ...
Vagrants
Wild animals and venomous snakes ...
Chemical Analysis
Criminal Justice ...
Prisons—Civil and Criminal ...
Civil Justice •••
Execution of decrees of Civil Courts ^by
Revenue Department
Registration—
Under Act III of 1877
Under Act XVII of 1879
Joint Stock Companies
Local Boards’Administration
Municipal Administration—
Bombay Municipality ...
District Municipalities
Bombay Improvement Trust ...
Military (Volunteering)
Marine—
Bombay Shipping Office ...
Aden
Bombay Port Trust ...
Karachi Port Trust ...
Aden Port Trust
Co-operative Credit Societies ...
the
23
i&.
24
ib.
ib,
26
ib.
ib.
26
ib.
27
ib.
28
ib.
29
ib.
30
31
ib.
32
ib.
33
ib.
ib.
ib.
34
CHAPTER IV. —Production and Distribution,
/ 118 -—124 of Report
Potter Industries and Handicrafts ■! for 1901-1902,
Part-II,
Agriculture—
Area of available statistics ... ... 35
Crop Areas ... ... ... ib.
Crop Experiments ••• ••• 36
Agricultural Experiments ... ... ib.
Advances to Cultivators ... ... 37
Agricultural Stock ... ... ••• ib.
Breeding operations ... ... ... ib.
Fairs and shows ... ••• ib.
Weather and Crops—
Meteorological Department of Western India . 38
Note on the weather in the Bombay Presi
dency in 1907-08 ... ... ... ib.
Note on the Weather at Bombay... ... ib.
CoMba and Alibag Observatories ... ... ib.
Poona Observatory ... ... ... 39
Season and Crops ... ... ... ib.
Outturn of Crops ... ... ... ib.
Locusts ••. ... 40
Prices • •• ib.
Wages ... ... ... ib.
Horticulture—
Public Gardens ... ... ... ib,
Forests ... ••• »•» ib.
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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 1907-08.
The report is divided into two parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 7-20). Part II (ff 21-69) comprises chapters I-IX.
PART II is divided into the following chapters, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- ‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 21-28), consisting of: North Gujarat; South Gujarat; North Konkan, Nasik and Khandesh; South Konkan; Deccan; Kolhapur, Southern Maratha Country States and Dharwar; Sind [Sindh]; Aden; Condition of the People
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 29-31), consisting of: Survey; Settlements Proper; Waste lands; Wards and other Estates under management of Government
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 32-37), consisting of: Legislative Authority; Course of Legislation; Police; Wild animals and venomous snakes; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons – Civil and Criminal; Civil Justice; Registration; Local Boards’ Administration; Municipal Administration; Military (Volunteering); Marine; Cooperative Credit Societies
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 38-58), consisting of: Power Industries and Handicrafts; Agriculture; Weather and crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Public Works; Irrigation; Railways; Tramways
- ‘CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 59-64), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Irrigation Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Sea Customs; Land Customs; Opium; Salt, Excise; Cotton Duties; Stamps; Income Tax; Forests; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS’ (65-66), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration and Immigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (f 67), consisting of: General System of Public Instruction; Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 68), consisting of: Archaeological Survey Party of West India
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 69), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Established Church of England; Established Church of Scotland; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 5. 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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- 'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908'
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- front-i, 2r:69v
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