'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎142r] (13/148)

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1.1910.3
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(l e bfc remaining unpaid at the close ol the year was over 4 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees .
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d0C refca i ea sing estates gained in strength by the addition of 88 new leases,
^ brings the total number of leases to 876. The detailed survey and
wtk} 1 of talukddri Tillages continued. In Sind, 26 new estates came
claSSlfi Tlie charge of the Manager, Incumbered Estates, and 31 estates were
Ua ^ r ' bed the 5 total number under management at the close of the year being
^The amount paid in liquidation of debts was over 2 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees .
302.
paring the year three Acts were passed and published. The first had Legislation.
^ h’ect the further amendment of the Karachi Port Trust Act in order to
aslts ° sa.me footing as other larsre Port Trusts by empowering
place
this Trust on the same footing as other large Port Trusts by empowering
to raise loans under their own enactment for improvements to the Port
th0m e d by increasing trade. The second >Act provided for the erection and
^ ^einent of the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, intended to
“^Temorate the visit of His Itoyal Highness the Prince of Wales to Bombay
c ° m i9 05 . The last Act made certain modifications in various Acts of the
Legislature affecting 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. .
Three Bills were also introduced. Tbe first was concerned with the further
mendment of the Act for the preservation of the Bhagdari and Narwadari
Tenures. The second was a Bill further to amend the Bombay Port Trust Act
of 1879, and the third dealt with further amendments in the Bombay Hereditary
Offices Act and the Matddars Act.
H n 0 marked improvement was visible in the police returns of the Police,
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. including Sind. Again there was a rise of over 5 per cent, in the
total number of cognizable and non-cognizable cases reported during the year,
but improvement appears in the exercise of the discretion allowed by section
157 (b) of tbe Criminal Procedure Code under which investigation was refused
in 1,056 manifestly mistaken, trivial or untrue complaints, compared with 566
cases in 1908 and 299 cases in 1907. The rules recently sanctioned by Govern
ment for the application of this section have proved to he of great assistance to
subordinate police in enabling time and energy formerly expended on infrue-
tuous investigations to be saved for work of more. importance. After tbe
elimination of cases struck off and of cases pending disposal a,t tbe end of the
year, the remainder discloses an increase of nearly 2| per cent, in real cognizab e
crime, an increase which in serious forms of crime is noticeable nn er
burglaries, thefts and murders, though dacoities and robberies have been less
frequent. The percentage for the whole 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 cases remaininp
undetected to true crime disposed of has risen steadily for some years and this
year stands at 45 per cent. It must, however, be said that the police in the
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. proper have shown some slight improvement since last year, the
police in Sind are responsible for the increased percentage of undetected ciime.
The local conditions in Sind offer peculiar difficulties to the Police, particularly
in the scarcity of suitable and educated recruits. A general improvement,
however, should follow on the increase of the pay of the lower grades of po ice
und tbe re-organization, which will attract men of more education and . i 0 hv,r
character. Moreover, the increase in the number of rewards should be an m cen
five to more efficient work. During the year the sum disbursed increase y
ever 60 per cent. The improvement in the recovery of stolen property mar 'e
iu 1908 has not been maintained, the percentage of recovered property havin^
iulleu from 45 to 80*2 chiefly owing to want of success iu tbe investigations o
file largest cases. The number of cognizable cases dealt with by the Bom ay
Police fell by almost 10 per cent., owing to less activity in the prosecution
squatters and hawkers and a diminution in the practice of swelling records