'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909' [‎112v] (86/132)

Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
Residences for Local
Governments,
Government Officers
and Secretariat
Offices.
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ROM HAY ADMINISTRATION EEPOi.T.
Agricultural.
Museums.
Monuments and
Antiquities.
Under this head the expenditure during the year was :■
New Works ...
Additions and alterations to existing works
Repairs ... ...
Dsob.
Total
Rs.
93,259
36,091
M4,646
The works consisted of a complete electric installation at Government House ivr
Point, and decoration of the walls and ceilings of the Drawing Room and Central Lolffi
decorations were designed by the Consulting Architect to Government and consist of • ^
plaster work in white and gold with narrow panels of cream figured silk on the walls,
installation was designed by the Electric Engineer to Government and is very ^ 6 ee ^ c
The interior lights are of metal filament, and in the grounds bothj M. P. and are lamiL
& . .1 * * • i i - --1 i. —-ii am P s have been
Political Agencies.
provided either or both of which can be used at will.
Under this head the expenditure during the year was :
New Works ...
Additions and alterations to existing works
Repairs ... ... ...
Total
Rs,
44,214
8,178
3,382
55,774
The works carried out were additions and alterations to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Record room at S'd
in the Mahi Kantha Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , hnd a new Central Record office at Rajkot in the Kathiawar Ao- ^
The building erected at Rajkot is double-storied, of fire-proof construction and protected 3
strong iron bars with, in addition, iron webbing on the ground floor. In it the
the whole province are to be preserved. we records 0 £
A bungalow for visitors and quarters for Probationers and Fieldmen were construct i
the grounds of the Surat Farm. The expenditure on them and on other minor works was
New Works
Additions and alterations to existing works
Repairs
Under this head the expenditure during the year was
New Works ‘ *
Additions and alterations to existing works
Repairs ... ... *
Rs,
... 41,532
••• 5,383
1,055
Total ... 47,970
Rs.
• • .. i 4,245
Total
jLoiai ... 4,245
1 , inin " T 0 ^ an ^ excavating the foundations of the New Prince of W
foiindatinn 68 on s ^ e ^ I1 9 wn as Orescent was commenced. '
the visit of TIW D e ^ seum ^ which, is intended to form a permanent memorial
laid hv Hie p 1 jTl Prince and Princess of Wales to this 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. , 1
wat subseonfX of Wales on the 11th November 1905. A commit
Courts to framo^^V 11 ^/ 0 f? V1Se -? 0Vernment r . eg,ar ^ n ^ S P aee re( l u ^ re ^ Va ”
building’s anrl to oAllV 0 ^ ^ tlie ^ U1( ^ aace of architects who wished to submit designs for
England ^ Covo + 1 ' esl ^ Ils, ^P 611 P^dia and limited to four selected architects
view at the we ^ e e a PP rove a ny of the designs submitted (they were
desio-n The stvle ? ne ? e< t t t! e -^ onBU ' tlng ’ Arc * 1 ’ tect > ^Tr. Wittet, to prepare a i
dese^vmg of the noble sifetUhlstelyotd'torMu^um! 16 ° £
city of Brahmauabad in SM. 6 The'totarexpenditure'inourred^vras 3 :— the 8146 ° £ ^
New Works
Repairs 138 ^ alterations to exis fiog works
Es.
2,842
19X
23,739