'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909' [‎98v] (58/132)

BOMBAY ADMINISTBATION EEPOET.
Chap. III.
PROTECTIOU - .
Education.
Ball practice.
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Es. 54,98,381, against Es, 49,89,430 in 1907. The increase is due to further re-or»ani 7
and to the grant of fodder and increased grain compensation allowances. ° a hon )
2. A total of 11,898 officers and men are educated against
The percentage thus remains stationary at 54.
11,528 in the
Preceding^.
8. The introduction of the new musketry rules in the year under review vitiates
comparison with last year's figures. Out of a total armed strength of 5,914, 5,352 men comnl ^
the musketry course, of whom per cent, qualified as marksmen and 30'29 p e r ceiq^
second class shots. In Sind the only district which has made appreciable progress in sWv as
is Karachi. ln ?
Punishments,
Rewards.
Police cognizable
cases.
4. The number of punishments rose from 2,100 to 2,480, yielding a percentage of l].o
the total strength against 9 - 5 in the preceding year. The rise is attributed to the increase°f
young constables in the augmented force.
5. The officers and men rewarded by promotion, good conduct tickets or money number
5,180 against 3,159 last year. The rise is due to an increased grant for money rewarb
Es. 13,115 having been spent under this head. s >
6. The total number of cognizable cases dealt with by the Police was 33,646 affa -
29,617 in the previous year.
Investigation by the 7. Cases in which investigation was refused by the Police numbered 566, an increase 0 f
Police and its results. 267. Excluding these and adding pending eases 38,053 remained for investigation, against
33,289 in 1907. Orders were received in 33,229 cases, the balance being only 83 more than ^
last year in spite of the increase of crime.
Excluded Police 8. Cases struck off during the year numbered 11,196 or 28 - 99 per cent, of the total for
cases * disposal, against 80-37 per cent, in the previous year.
False cases. 9. The number of complaints returned as maliciously false was 1,258 against 1,046 the
greatest increase occurring in Sind, where the number was 469. The Central Division claimed
439 of the remainder.
True cases and their 10. Eeal cognizable crime totalled 22,517 cases showing a rise of 3,933 as compared with
last year.. The increase affects all classes, but is most noticeable under Class V “ Minor offences
against property ” and Class III t: Serious offences against person and property. ” Out of 11,922
cases disposed of by trial, 10,706 or 89'8 per cent, ended in convictions against 8^*1 percent,
in 1907. Ow ing to the increased number of undetected cases the ratio of convictions to true
cases again fell from 51*1 per cent, in 1907 to 47*5 per cent, in 1908.
11. The number of cases remaining undetected was 10,029 against 7,628 in the previous
year. The average proportion of undetected to true crime rose to 44*5 per cent, from 41-04 per
cent. In Sind the proportion was 58 per cent.
12. With the increase of crime the number of persons arrested by the Police advanced
from 24,922 to 27,467. Of persons placed on trial 59*5 per cent, were convicted, against 587
per cent, in the previous year.
I 3 *. The value of property stolen was Rs. 17,00,287 against Es. 12,74,759 in 1907.
Recoveries amounted to 45 per cent, against 30*7 percent. The improvement is visible every
where except in Sind.
Undetected crime.
Persons in Police
cases.
Property stolen and
recovered.
II.— Rural Police.
. ^h e 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 rewards of various kinds were granted in 325 eases against 146
m the preceding year and 320 punishments were inflicted against 110 during 1907.
There are no rural police in Sind.
III.— Additional Police.
Additional Police. 1. Under section 25, District Police Act, 3 head constables and 16 constables were
employed for the year ending 14th May 1909 in certain villages of the Kaira district in con
sequence of robberies of running trains. In Sind punitive police numbering altogether 18 head
constables and 74 constables were employed, of whom 10 head constables and 40 constables
were imposed under the Criminal Tribes Act for the suppression of the Hur organization.
, r 2 ' In P° 01ia > Sa tara and ShoUpnr districts a total of 1 sub-inspector, 25 head constables
and 69 constables were temporarily entertained for plague duty. Por the same purpose 7 head
COn i no b r! eS al 7 ?? constables were employed in Ahmedabad district, and in Sind 5 head constables
and 129 constables.
Plague duty.
Miscellaneous,;
■p * ^ .^ S ik district 29 head constables and 131 constables were employed for the
5!!W, addlt f“ to 1 '"Bpecior and 20 constables deputed from the Punjab. The 3
3 Mahil K a ae d heris COaStab 68 Were e<mtinued iu KoUba district for P OT P ose of s