'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎155r] (41/148)

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HHIMMiHi
1909
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relations with tributary states and frontier affairs.
Chap. I.
POLITICAL.
Teibutary States.
Kathiawar and
Pdlanpur Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
Prisons.
Civil justice.
Registration.
Public Works.
Revenue and
finaoce.
Local funds.
Trade.
6 There are 13 Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. jails and 127 State prisons. At tlie end of the year the total
bpr of prisoners remaining m jails was 8.76. The total cost was Rs. 1,03,141 and the
averag 6 p r i soce ? s was ^4.
7 The abolition of the Bagasra Thana has reduced the number of Courts from 20 to 19.
T the origin 3 -! Courts the total number of cases disposed of was 1,315 for the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Courts
d 22 359 for the States Courts; cases pending numbered 272 and 2,211 ^respectively.
Sventy-one cases were disposed of in the Court of the Agent, leaving 18 pending at the close
f the year. In the States Courts 1,395 appeals were disposed of, 234 remaining' for hearing.
The Agent to the Governor disposed of 85 political appeals, being 10 less than in the year
preceding*
8 . In the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Courts 244 deeds and in the States Courts 4,894 deeds were registered.
The combined value was Rs. 34,05,800.
9 . The total expenditure under this head was Rs. 29,65,555, of which works costing
Ps 1,96,523 were carried out by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Engineer.
10 . The gross revenue is two crores of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. approximately. The loan of Rs. 45,000
taken by the Lathi State last year has been repaid. The total amount recovered on account
0 f Government loans was Rs. 8,12,020 and the total balance outstanding was Rs. 39,20,958.
11 . The receipts and expenditure of the Consolidated Local Funds were respectively
Rs. 2,09,229 and Rs. 2,31,243 against Rs. 2,19,010 and Rs. 2,09,994 ia the preceding
v e a r. * Excluded Local Fund accounts shew Rs. 4,43,540 and Rs. 3,61,766 as receipts and
expenditure respectively.
12 . Exports by sea amount in value to Rs. 2,98,36,016 and imports to Rs. 2,96,91,338.
Compared with the returns for 1908-1909 there is an increase under each head of Rs. 54,31,209
and Rs. 64,88,301 respectively. Rail-borne local trade amounted to Rs. 6,38,985 and foreign
trade to Rs. 2,94,928 in exports and Rs. 2,36,265 in imports.
13. There were 77,291 births and 47,877 deaths against 78,546 and 52,860 last Vital statistics,
year. The rates per mille were respectively 33-42 and 20-7. The deaths from plague were
1,390, a decrease of 1,286 on the figures for last year.
14. There are 116 hospitals and dispensaries in the province, of which 18 are under Medical,
the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Surgeon. Seven thousand two hundred and eighty-five in-door and 740,796
out-door patients were treated in these institutions during the year at a cost of Rs. 2,93,845.
In the Rasulkhanji Hospital for women 218 in-patients and 1,842 out-patients were treated
during the year at a cost of Rs. 14,920. Yaeeinations and re-vaccinations number 83,581
against 81,088 last year. The total expenditure under this head was Rs. 31,686, an increase
of Rs. 10,955.
15. There was an increase of 48 schools and 5,264 pupils during the year. The total Education,
number of schools is 1,414 and of pupils 92,838 (boys 75,016, girls 17,822). The expenditure
on education was Rs. 9,18,100, a decrease of Rs. 1,581.
16. There were 41 Kumdrs on the roll of the College at the end of the year, an increase ftajkum&r College,
of 1. The receipts, including Government grant, amounted to Rs. 1,08,345 and the expendi
ture was Rs. 98,554 (including refund of advances). His Excellency presided at the meeting
of the College Council and also distributed prizes.
17. The number of paddocks is the same as last year. Horse-breeding is not reported Horse-breeding,
to be remunerative by any State.
18. There are 6 States of Class I to IV under Government management—4 on account Managed estates,
of minority of Chiefs and 2 on account of debt. Petty managed estates number *572.
Seventy-five were released from attachment and 3 newly taken under management.
3.—PAXANPUE AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
Ruling Chief
{First Class).
Caste.
Age. Where educated.
Lohani, Pathcln, 58 Privately
Muhammadan.
Heirs.
Has male heir.
^Residence.
^Ma^ ness Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Sir Sher Palanpur ..
uhammad Khan Zorawar
Hwi, G.C.I.E., Divan of
raianpur.
(Xs Highness Muhammad Sherkban Bismillakhan Babi, 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 Eadhanpnr, died on 25th February
910, and the orders of Government regarding the recognition of his younger brother Kumar Shri
J alaluddinkhan as Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. are awaited.)
Area 6,392 sqnare miles; Population —468,374; Gross Revenue based on five years average
(approximately)—Es. 15,13,952 ; Tribute to His Highness the Gtiikw&r of Baroda—lis.^ 44,052 ;
Military Rorce —81o ; Principal Articles of Production —Wheat, rice, jowari, bajn, cotton,
gram, sarsav and mug.
lumnl c-j Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. comprises two first class States—Palanpur and Rfidhanpur and certain General.
unor Wales and petty talukfis.