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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [‎47v] (93/137)

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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Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
distribution.
JaiIs.
Police.
54
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1907.
■1908,
Ks. 10,549, against the estimates of Ks. 3,8S6, Rs. 2o,o84 and Rs. lb,872 respectively. A(
Karwdr, the work of adopting the Crystal Company’s bungalow on the hillside for the Judw
residence, whch was in progress during the previous year, was completed at a total cost 0
Rs. 29,726, the expenditure during the year being Rs. 1,839. ihe purchase of a bungalow ay
its compound for the Assistant Judge at Ratnagm was effected for Rs. 8,500. At Dhdrwdr
the additions and alterations to the District Judge s residence, which were in progress duri^
the previous yeur, were completed at a total cost of Rs. 5,767. Continued progress was
with the Court-house for the Sub-Judge at Athni, the total expenditure being R s . 22,623,
Additions and alterations to the District Court-houses at Belgaum and Karwdr and a Court,
house for the Joint Sub-Judge at Hubli were commenced, the expenditure during the y eai ,
being Rs. 3,884, Rs. 8,599 and Rs. 6,275 against the estimates of Rs. 4,202, Rs. 11,048 and
Rs. 6,500, respectively. As the Kacheri buildings at Hyderabad were destroyed by ^
temporary buildings were constructed for the establishments of the District Judge and the
~ a ons The works of constructing 8 chambers for pleaders
Assistant Judge at a cost of Rs. 4,908. The works of constructing 8 chambers for ^auers
attending the Judicial Courts in Barrack ISTo. 40 at Sukkur, and providing additional aecom-
modation in the Resident Magistrate's Court-house at Rohri were started during the year, the
expenditure incurred being Rs. 4,183 and Rs. 2,697, respectively.
A further sum of Rs. 1,84,952 was spent in acquiring additional land at Parel for the
construction of a new Prison for the City of Bombay, the total expenditure incurred to the end
of the year being Rs. 2,97,925. The construction of quarters for 20 warders at the Special
Prison, Thana, estimated at Rs. 14,089, was in progress. The construction of a work-shed for
the Central Prison, Ahmedabad, estimated at Rs. 4,901, was nearly completed. Hospital
Assistants' quarters in the Central Prison, Ahmedabad, were constructed at a cost of Rs. 3,196,
In connection with the Deccan Central Jail, Yeravda, the works of constructing Printing Press
buildings and quarters for the Press establishment and constructing 20 cells for Judicial solitary
confinement and prison punishment were completed at a cost of Rs. 2,23,852 and Rs. 17,293
respectively, while the work of constructing 15 cells for under-trial prisoners and quarters for
the Assistant Press Manager and 14 subordinates was commenced, the expenditure during the
year being Rs 7,359 and Rs. 10,001 against the estimates of Rs. 12,354 and Rs. 20,795,
respectively. The installation of electric light and motors at the Central Prison, Yeravda,
estimated to cost Rs. 20,488, was commenced, the expenditure during the year being Rs. 6,354,
The work of constructing a Civil Jail in the Shan war Wrida in Poona was in progress, the expendi
ture during the year beingRs. 6,171 against the estimate of Rs. 6,236. The construction of the
Warder's quarters' Hospital Assistants' and clerks' quarters in connection with the Dhulia
Prison was completed at a cost of Rs. 11,863. The quarters for two clerks and fifteen
warders at the Criminal Jail at Kdrwar, which were in progress during the previous year, were
completed at a total cost of Rs. 11,727. At Dhdrw&r, the construction of eight cells for
prisoners in the District Jail and of quarters for the Jailor, which was in progress during the
previous year, was completed at a total cost of Rs. 4,395 and Rs. 5,001, respectively. The
subsidiary Jail at Tando Adam which was mentioned in last year's report, was practically
completed at an expenditure of Rs. 5,979. Additions and alterations to the subsidiary Jail at
Matli were also nearly completed, the expenditure during the year being Rs. 8,000. New
Suio Jails at 1 atta and Alirpur Sakro, and additions to the Sub-Jail at lUirpur Bat boro were
commenced during the year, and Rs. 5,002, Rs. 6,599 and Rs. 2,896, respectively, were spent
on them. The new Civil Jail and new Central Prison at Karachi were completed at a total
cost of Rs. 15,782 and Rs. 3,65,416, respectively. The work of constructing quarters for the
warders attached to the Aden District Jail, Crater, was completed at a cost of Rs. 15,877.
A single-storeyed block to accommodate the offices of the Protector of Pilgrims and of
Public Land Conveyances and an intestate and lost property room, and the addition of an upper
storey to the existing store-room, both in the compound of the Head Quarters Police Office and
Lin f; were completed at a cost of Rs. 10,216 and Rs. 6,490, respectively. The
constiaction ot Lunatic Cells and Isolation Wards in connection with the new Police Hospital
at Byculia and the reconstruction of a Police Chauki and Loek-np at Mdhim, Bombay, were
completed at a cost of Rs. 16,755 and Rs. 4,030, respectively. Additions and alterations to the
Police Rifle Range, fhana, and a Bungalow for the District Superintendent of Police at
of" he Polill^ f I" «° Bt ? f Rs. 15,840, respectively, while the construction
of the Police Lines for the Mamlatdar s Kacheri at Bhiwndi, estimated to cost Rs. 6,257, was
m progiess. Additions and alterations to the Police Lines at Anand, (2> additions to the Head*
quarter Police Lines at Kaira, (8) the construction of a block of 30 rooms in the Fool Mce
Lme» of the Mahi Kdntha Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sadra and (4) additions to the City Police Lines in the
muili" a al 14 QRQ 6 1 ^ hm , edaba< i w f re ““pleted at a cost of Rs. 2,833, Rs. 29,860 Rs. 9,981
estimated 1 tfc^Rri^’ the 1 work constructing the new Police Lines at BulA
PoilVe T iJe. S40 16 ’i? iT f^ ““P^ted. Additions and alterations to the Mounted
f^’p u A ffi eStlma i t€ T d * 1 ° e0st Rs - S . | lf b were commenced. The Police Lines at
were in progress, the expenditure during^th^yea^beh^ rT 4 983 R^sfe^^R^Si 993
^Un Ae Shol^. r ; r th r P °J 1Ce ( 3 ) the D(i w Police Lines at Mohol,
and^Hhe pltfce rfno f ' ( ) bu “» alow ^r the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Jalgaon,
the year tein ° R K ^ J a l°9 a " ere «ommeneed, the expenditure during
Rs 12 532 Rs 5 u ^q'qao ’S’* Ps. 997 and Rs. 5,681 against the estimates
Rs. 12,532, Rs. 5,980, Rs. 8,802, Rs. 7,680 and Rs. 7,127, respectively. Additions and

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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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