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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [245v] (74/150)
The record is made up of 1 item (75 folios). It was created in 1911. 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.
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-Aden Port Trust.
The receipts amounted to Rs- 4,93.469 showing an increase of R*. 8
p Hit,Tre rose from Rs 4 , 02,059 to Rs. 5,93,459, the increase being chiefly duetotl 5 '
repayment of the first instalment of the dredging loan and the payment out of revenue of
-JLL Of Hrerlmutr onerations. The closing balance was Rs. 2 , 53 , 705 . Xhe total
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excess cost of dredeinsr operations, ‘AT ine
penditure on improvements to the Port was Rs. 2,14,110. The Port Trust returns show an
improvement in the trade in Cotton Manufactures, Hides and Sugar and a decrease in
Ivory and Provisions.
The total ex-
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a The number of vessels .which entered the port during the year, exclusive of Govern
ment vessels, was 2,547 with an aggregate tonnage of 3,452,121, compared with 2,609 vessels
and a tonnage of 3 , 223,421 in the previous year.
13 . Co-operative Credit Societies.
For details see the Annual Report on Co-operative Credit Societies for the year , 9 , 0 - 1311 . and tables „ nder
Co-operativeCredit Societies printed in Part II of the Statrst.cs of Bntish Ind.a.
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.
1 During the year the number of Societies increased from 208 to 252. Fifty-five new
Societies were registered, and 11 were cancelled. Of the total number 69 were Urban and
183 Rural compared with 56 and 152 respectively in the preceding year Of the 69 Urban
Societies 7 were a Central/’ i.e. Societies which in addition to other tunctions act as financing
agencies to or supervise the working of other Societies. A classification according to liability
shows 225 Societies with unlimited and 27 with limited liability. The number of Societies in
the Northern Division, including Bombay, increased from 64 to 80, the Ahmedabad District
from 21 to 27 and the Surat District from 28 to 35. In the Central
Division there were 106 Societies against 87 in the previous year. The Ahmednagar District
shows an increase from 9 to 22, while in the Satara District there was an increase of 6 under
Urban and a decrease of 8 under Rural, leaving a total of 59 ’ ^ Southern Division the
total number rose from 54 t 0 63. There were 3 Societies in Bombay. A special form of
Co-operation is shown by a few Societies which deal in gram and miscellaneous stores. Indus
tries are represented by 5 Societies of tanners, 12 of Chambars and 6 of weavers. The total
membership of all Societies was 19,798, an increase of 4,279.. The average membership for
Societies with unlimited liability w 7 as 61 and with limited liability 226. The number of
Honorary Organizers increased during the year from 8 to 10.
The total w r orking capital increased from Rs. 8,28,816 to R-s. I3,47f4 1 ^ of which
Rs. 7,27,149 comes under limited and Rs. 6,20,267 under unlimited liability. ^ The working
capital of Central Societies increased from Rs. 1,94,965 to Rs. 4,62,648 : of Urban Societies
other than Central from Rs. 2,20,152 to Rs. 3,41,186 : of Rural Societies from Rs. 4 j i 3)^99 l0
Rs. 5,43,552. Loans granted to members increased from Rs. 57 I 3>3 0 9
Recoveries totalled Rs. 7,40,030. The amount spent on redemption of old debt was
Rs. 1,24,606 against Rs. 40,124 in 1909-1910 and Rs. 20,561 in 1908-1909. Loans from
Government amounted to Rs. 52,100, leaving a balance due to Government of Rs. 2,11,040.
The total assets were Rs. 14,23,650 and the liabilities Rs. 13)65,756, the latter including sums
of Rs. 9,20,089 due to members and Rs. 85,692 due to outside lenders other than Governmen.
The proportion of capital borrowed from Government is 17 per cent., from Central Socie ics
7 per cent, and from capitalists 2 per cent., wdiile deposits and shares account for L he remain
ing 74 per cent. The working expenses were Rs. 8,072, forming *5 per cent, of t e oa
amount spent and -68 per cent, of the working capital. The total Reserve Fund increase
from Rs. 35,759 to Rs. 51,344.
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Three new Societies w 7 ere registered during the year, bringing the total numberup
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but 2 of the new Societies did not start working until after the close of the year,
membership increased from 144 to 397 and the working capital from Rs. 5>474 s
Loans to members amounted to Rs. 6,987.
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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 1910-11.
The report is divided into two parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 212-226). Part II (ff 227-283) comprises chapters I-IX.
PART II is divided into the following chapters, some of which are further divided into the following sub-headings:
- ‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 227-235), 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 236-238), consisting of: Survey; Settlements Proper; Waste lands; Wards and other Estates under management of Government
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 239-245), 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 246-269), 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 270-278), 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 279-280), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration and Immigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 281-282), consisting of: General System of Public Instruction; Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 283), consisting of: Archaeological Survey Party of West India
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 283v), 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 211. 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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