'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909' [‎75r] (11/132)

1908-1909.]
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committee, Government sanctioned the re-imbursement of the expense which
they incurred in publishing a pamphlet entitled “ Evacuation and Inoculation ”
and ordered its wide distribution throughout 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. .
The result of these measures of support and encouragement is apparent in
the steady advance m the popularity of inoculation which is indicated by the
figures of the past three years. The number of inoculations performed during
the year 1905-1906 was 30,051, rising to 39,576 in the year 1907-1908.
During the year under review the figures again rose to 45,221, notwithstanding
the diminished virulence of plague; and of this number no less than 24,110
inoculations were performed in Poona.
Experimental demonstrations of the value of inoculation, evacuation and
rat-killing measures were carried on in selected villages of two districts. The
scheme for the localization of the permanent centres of plague and for the
adoption of special measures to limit infection was continued in four ^districts.
Government approved the undertaking of a lecturing tour in the Satara district
as a means of disseminating knowledge of the causation and prevention of
plague, and sanctioned the distribution among village schools of similar informa*
tion in the form of a pamphlet.
o. The principal events of the year were the several changes among the
ruling chiefs. A vacancy caused by the death of the late Mir of Khairpur
was filled by succession. Other deaths included those of the liana Saheb of
Torbandar, the Maharana of Danta and the representative TMukdars of Mak-
dala and Piprala. The Chief of Baria, the Maharana of -Danta and the Thakors
of Khadal and Limbdi were installed on their respective gddis. The Thfikors of
hayka and Anghad were placed in charge of their talukas upon their attain-
ment of majority, and the Chief of Miraj (Junior) having finished his education
was invested with the full powers of his State.
During the year 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 Janjira accompanied by his
Begum Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage. made a tour in Europe, in the course of which they had the honour of a
private audience with Their Majesties the King-Emperor and the Queen-
Empress. His Highness the Jam Saheb of Nawanagar returned from England.
Such trade as is claimed by any of the Native States fully participated in
the universal decline, but the fact possesses little independent importance. The
main interest of all the States centres in their agriculture, and in this respect
they were no less diversely affected by the season than the widely different parts
o 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. of which they are typical. In general, however, the year
nowhere resulted in a marked advance in prosperity, while it was nowhere so
unsuccessful as to cause a serious set-back. The States of South Gujarat and
t 0 Konkan for the most part enjoyed a favourable season, but elsewhere
a gnculture suffered from a deficiency of the later rains, in many cases coupled
Wl an excess in the earlier part of the monsoon. Every State, however,
succeeded in raising at least one crop which was sufficiently good to save the
S1 Ua ^ 0n > and the high prices which prevailed throughout the year tended to
compensate for any paucity of outturn. The plentiful demand for labour was
another favourable circumstance; and the absence of real distress is illustrated
the fact that the only two test-works that were opened were soon found to
unnecessary. Although, therefore, the smaller recoveries of interest due to
tj^ Vernmen h from some States in Kathiawar indicate a year somewhat below
in more or l ess improvement over the previous year's figures is visible
j, f re venue realizations of a majority of the States, including even the Satara
c b irs and the Southern Maratha Country States where the season was perhaps
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