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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [9v] (17/137)
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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v j BOMBAY ADMINISTKATXOK EEPOBT.
The Editors ot Native Papers in the Bombay City and
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,
the Chief Medical Officers of Native States and the Members of the Millowners’
Association were invited by His Excellency the Governor to the Pare! Labora
tory with a view to acquaint them with the process of manufacturing anti-
plague serum and with the experience hitherto gained with regard to the
effects of inoculation. The number of inoculations performed during the year
ending the 30th June 1908 was as
follows:—
Number of Inoculations.
Bombay City
...
... 6,827
Karachi District
••• • ••
... 2,821
L^rkhdna District ...
...
... 2
Ahmedabad District
... 1,702
Kaira District ...
... •••
... 873
Panch Mah&ls District
... 121
Broach District
...
... 547
Thilna District
2
Nasik District
... •••
215
East Kh&ndesh District
• • • •••
... 55
Poona District ...
••• t••
... 15,298
Satara District ...
... 6,477
Katn&giri District ...
• • • • •
... 16
Belgaum District
• « • • • ‘
no
Bij^pur District
... •••
... 603
Mahi K&ntha
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
••0 •••
... 137
Kolhapur and Southern Mar&tha Country States
... 4,3/0
Total ... 39,576
The number of inoculations
30,051.
performed during
the preceding year was
Grants were placed at the
disposal of the
Collectors of Satara and
Kaira for carrying on experiments for the demonstration separately of the value
of inoculation, evacuation and rat-killing measures in
certain selected villages
of their districts. Special Medical Officers were appointed in the Belgaum,
Surat, Thana and Sat&ra Districts with a yiew to localize the permanent centres
of plague in those districts and to adopt special measures to limit infection.
Messages of sympathy were received from His Majesty the King-Emperor
and His Excellency the Viceroy expressing deep sympathy for the sufferings of
the Indian subjects from the ravages of plague, and the Collectors were requested
to have the translations thereof widely distributed, posted in village chavdis
and read out to the people in their districts. A proclamation explaining
the best measures (viz. evacuation, rat-destruction and inoculation) for
diminishing the disastrous mortality and suffering caused by plague was
translated into the vernacular, and the Collectors were asked to give it the widest
publicity in all towns and villages of plague affected districts by posting it at
cbavdis and by reading it with beat of drum.
The following letter from His Excellency the Governor was addressed to
the Editors of Native Papers:—
44 His Majesty the King has recently expressed bis deep sympathy for
the sufferings of bis Indian subjects from the ravages of the plague. In
England all hearts are touched by the terrible mortality which is bringing
sorrow to numberless households and is tending to check the progress of this
great country.
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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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