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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [32r] (62/137)
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CHAPTER III.—PROTECTION.
For—
LEGISLATIVE A UTH(HUT Y
See-
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR 1101-1902 PART II
PAGES 98-100.
1- Course of Legislation.
Three Acts were passed by the Council of His Excellency the Governor of Bombay for
makinp’Laws and Regulations and assented to by His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor
General of India during the year commencing 1st April 1907.
These were :—
(1) Act I of 1907 (An Act further to amend the Bombay Tramways Act, 1874).
(2) Act II of 1907 (An Act further to amend the Deccan Agriculturists' Relief
Act, 1879).
(3) Act III of 1907 (An Act further to amend the Bombay Vaccination Act, 1877,
the City of Bombay Municipal Act, 1888, and the City of Bombay Improvement
Act, 1898, and to amend the Bombay Motor-vehicles Act, 1904).
The objects of Act I of 1907 were to legalize the use of wider tram-cars than those
hitherto allowed in Bombay and the increase of their speed, in view of the substitution of
electric for horse traction.
The objects of Act II of 1907 were firstly to enable the Civil Courts in all eases alleged to
fall under Chapter III of the Deccan Agriculturists’ Relief Act, 1879, to inquire into and
determine the real nature of monetary transactions to which agriculturists are parties, notwith
standing any provisions to the contrary in the ordinary law, and secondly to empower the
Collector to set aside execution sales of land belonging to agriculturists on account of inade
quacy of price.
The main object of Act III of 1907 was to give legal sanction to the various financial
re-arrangements between Government and the Municipal Corp nation of Bombay consequent on
Government relieving the latter body of all liability to contribute towards the police chaiges of
the City in consideration of the Corporation undertaking certain medical, educational and other
expenses that bad theretofore devolved on Government.
The following Bill was also introduced into the Legislative Council on the 10th March
190S : -
Bill No I of 1908 (A Bill to amend the Government Occupants (Sind) Act, 1899).
2 Police.
For details see the Annual Reports on the Bombay District Police and the Bombay City Police for the year
1907 and the tables under Police printed in Part VI of the Statistics of British India.
I I.—Mofussil, Sind and Railways.
1. The total Police Force of the
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.
, including Sind and Railways, stood at 22 608 Strength and cast ot
officers and men against 22,994 in the previous year. The cost of maintenance rose from
Rs. 47,60,519 to Rs. 51,21,173. The increase of Rs. 3,60,654 is accounted for by various
measures of re-organisation, especially additional appointments to the superior grades and the
recruitment of clerical establishments for the offices of Superintendents and Assistant Superin
tendents.
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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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