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The record is made up of 1 item (66 folios). It was created in 1909. 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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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Chap. VI.
VITAIj statis
tics AND MEDI
CAL BELIEF.
Belgaum Vaccine
Depot.
Expenditure.
92
4. The output of the Depot during the year was 606,005
Rs. 23,024.
5 The total expenditure was Rs. 3,27,370, showing an increase of R s . 33 42q
was shared by all classes of funds. The increase under Provincial Funds was dj
difference in pay drawn by the Deputy Sanitary Commissioners, and that under tho r 11)6
Fund and Municipal heads was due to the payment of grain compensation allowance and f Ga ^
entertainment of new vaccinators. The average cost of each successful vaccination 0
annas 8 and pies 5. / Was
7. Veterinary.
For details see the Annual Report of the Civil Veterinary Department in 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. for I 9 O 8.1909
1. In 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. proper deaths from contagious disease numbered 261 among e a •
and 8,395 among bovines, against 135 and 22,084. in the previous year. The decrease 8
entirely due to a marked abatement in rinderpest, which was responsible for only 4,825 deaf?
against 19,413. The number of animals inoculated against rinderpest fell from 26 553 7
4 to 736. Haemorrhagic Septicsemia and Surra showed an advance, the former accountingf
2,660 deaths in 13 districts and the latter for 231 in 5 districts, against 1,464 and 93 ( f eat ?
respectively in the previous year. Among other diseases the deaths from Anthrax number I
238, from Foot and Mouth Disease 137 and from Black Quarter 444, against 235, 72 and
respectively in the preceding year. In Sind 4 equines and 1,753 bovines died f roill
contagious disease against 4 and 221 respectively. .An outbreak of rinderpest in Karachi
resulted in 1,734 deaths, and 1,787 bovines were inoculated. Two cases of Surra were
recorded®
Veterinary
institutes.
Expenditure.
Glanders and Farcy
Department.
Imports.
2. The number of dispensaries in 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. proper increased by 4 to 32. The total
number of eases treated by Veterinary Assistants on tour or at head-quarters rose from 56 282
to 72,535. In Sind there were 6 dispensaries as before, and 15,664 cases were treated
against 14,303.
3. In 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. proper the expenditure was Rs. 1,03,888 against Rs. 2,13,357 in
the previous year, the decrease of Rs. 1,09,469 being principally due to the exclusion of the
figures for institutions not under the control of the Civil Veterinary Department. In Sind
the expenditure was Rs. 65,868 against Rs. 39,380.
4. During the year 128 horses were admitted into the Government Lazaretto at Sewree
against 142 in the previous year. Twenty-five were returned to their owners and of the rest
27 were destroyed for Glanders, 72 for Surra and 2 for Epizootic Lymphangitis.
5. Imports included 4,597 horses, 34 donkeys and 149 mules against 5,767 horses and
67 donkeys in the preceding year. Six of the horses were destroyed for Glanders.

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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 1908-09.

The report is divided into two parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 73-86). Part II (ff 87-135) 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 87-94), 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 95-97), consisting of:: Survey; Settlements Proper; Waste lands; Wards and other Estates under management of Government
  • ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’, (ff 98-103), 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 104-124), 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 125-130), 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’ (ff 131-134), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration and Immigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary
  • ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 133-134), consisting of: General System of Public Instruction; Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; Arts and Sciences
  • ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 135), consisting of: Archaeological Survey Party of West India
  • ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 136), 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 72. 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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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909'
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