'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [‎22r] (42/137)

1907-1908.]
relations with tributary states and frontier affairs,
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3 Chap. L
POLITICAL.
6 . There are 14 Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Jails and Sub-Jails and 125 State Prisons. The number o£
. .a -J Q9A ^4- —- t, — umuyi 01 Kdthidwdr and,
Palan/pur Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
Prisons.
Civil justice.
tes at the end of the year was 924. The total cost was Rs. 93,681.
The Agent to the Governor decided 109 political appeals.
8 . In the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Courts 215 deeds and in the States’ Courts 4 681 deeds were
registered. The aggregate value was Rs. 30,04,806, an increase oE Rs. 4,78,404.
9. The expenditure on Public Works was Rs. 21,93,000, of which Rs 19 09 002
were borne by the states, the remainder by the States fund, Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Local 'funds and
Imperial and Provincial funds. ' '
Registration.
Public Works.
10 . The approximate revenue of the Province is Rs. 2,00,00,000. The total amount R
recovered on account of Government loans was Rs. 5,73,981 and the balance outstanding Finance ^
Ks. 50,40,843. 6
11. The receipts of the Consolidated Local Fund were Rs, 1,94,754 and the expenditure Local funds
Rs. 1,95,098, against Rs. 1,91,15 1 and 2,11,524, respec ively, last year. Exclude! Local Funds'
receipts increased from Rs. 1,53,468 to Rs. l,8o,5ll and expenditure decreased from Rs. 1 60 757
to Rs. 1,51,015.
12. The sea-borne trade amounted to Rs. 3,21,49,581 in exports and Rs. 2,36,21,666 in Trade,
imports; the rail-borne trade to Rs. 7,09,516 local trade, Rs. 3,39,10/ exports, and
Rs. 1,71,993 imports.
13. There were 74,045 births and 59,369 deaths compared with 69,822 and 49,092 last vital statistics,
year. The ratios per mitle were 31*78 and 25*48, respectively. There were 6,227 deaths from
plague.
14. There are 116 hospitals and dispensaries in the province. In these 11,977 in-door and Medical.
7,66,006 out-door patients were treated at a cost of Rs. 2,96,989. In the Rasulkhanji Hospital
for women 174 in-patients and 1 741 out-patients were treated. The number of vaccinations
and re vaccinations was 75,264, and the cost Rs. 30,401.
15 . The number of schools increased by 5 to 1,338, but the number of pupils decreased Education,
from 84,855 to 82,909, and the daily average attendance from 51,2 Id to 53,131. The average
.attendance m girls' primary schools was 5,6)5 agiinst 5,411 last year. The expenditure
amounted to Rs. 8,90,646, an increase of Rs. 31,747. 16 17
16. There were 41 Rdjkumars on the roll, an increase of 2. The receipts amounted to Rdjkumdr Collage.
Rs. 78,234 and the expenditure to Rs. 59,687.
17. The number of stallions maintained by the States is 46. Horse-breeding has not Horse-breeding
been found remunerative, but some good stock has been produced in some of the Paddocks.
18- The number of e-tates was 682, 20 having been released from management and Managed estates.
7 newly attached during the year.
3.—PALANPUR AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
'Ruling Chiefs
[First Class).
Residence.
Caste. Age, Where educated. Heirs.
His Highness Sir Sher Palanpur
Muhammad Khan Zorawar
Khan, Gr.C.I.E.
His Highness Muhammad Sher Radhanpur
Khan Bisinilla Khan Babi.
Lohani Pathan, 56 Privately Has male heir.
Mahomedan.
Babi Mahomedan 22 Rajknmdr College, No male heir.
Pathan. Rajkot.
Area 6,392 square miles ; —468,374 ; dross Revenue (approximately)—Rs. 14,72,382 j to
His Highness the ddelcwdr of Baroda—K*- 44,052 ; Military Force—815 ; Principal Articles of
Preduction—‘Wheat, rice, jowari, beijri, cotton, gram, sarsav and mug.
1. The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. comprises two First Class States—Palanpur and Radhanpur and ceitain General,
minor States and petty tdlukas
2. His Highness the Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. of Radhanpnr, who was only installed on the Addi in April chief events.
1907, met with a serious accident shortly after and was subsequently attacked by P aia y sis *
In April 1908 His Highness left for England in the company of Dr. John Pollen, C.I.E.
3. The boundary dispute between the Palanpur and Sirohi States is still unsettled.
Relations with other
States.
4. '■ he monsoon crops suffered considerably from excessive rainfall ^ Prices were bigner Season p
than last year. However the rabi crops improved the situation to a certain ex c,n
5. A force of 1,240 Police was maintained at a cost of
reported to the Police numbered 1,640 against 1,606 last year.
Pts. 74,128 reported as stolen, the percentage of recoveries was 48.
Ls. 32 599 and 34 respectively.
Rs. 1,91,082. Offences Police.
Out of property worth
Last year’s figures were