'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎252v] (88/150)

Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
distribution.
Numbsr of boilers
and inspections.
Boiler Commissions.
Offences and
accidents.
Finances.
Examinations.
General.
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
The Steam Boiler Inspection Act.
[ 1910 -
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, The total number of boilers on the reg.ster for 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. , including Sind,
and the Native States, was 3,518 compared with 3,376 m the previous year, an increase of
Z2 The number offered for inspection was 2,043, an increase of 54. The Inspectors carriel
out 2079 regular inspections and paid 556 casual visits during the year against 2 , 02 , ^
1 070'respectively in the preceding year. , In addition to casual visits of inspection moreth a „
500 visits were paid for witnessing tests, inspecting repairs and other miscellaneous purposes
2 . No Commission sat during the year either at Bombay, Karachi or Aden.
, Ten irregularities were detected, of which 2 were in Bombay, against 16 detected in
the previous year. In one of these cases no action was taken, as the owner immediate],.
complied with the Act; in 2 cases warnings were given ; 5 cases were reported to the
Collectors • in two cases prosecutions were ms-nuted, leading in one case to acquittal and in
the other to conviction and a fine of Rs. 120. No irregularity is reported in Sind or Aden.
Nine accidents were brought to notice, but no serious injury was occasioned thereby. An
inquiry regarding an accident reported in the previous year led to the engineer’s second
class certificate being suspended for one year and a third class certificate substituted.
4. The receipts rose from Rs. 74,265 to Rs. 79,514 and the expenditure from
Rs 77 171 to Rs. 97,027. The increased receipts are mainly due to examination and
inspection fees and the increased expenditure to a rise in establishment charges. The closing
balance of the boiler fund was Rs. 1,76,045.
5. Four examinations were held during the year in Bombay and four at Karachi. Out
of 1,163 candidates at Bombay and 81 at Karachi 442 and 49 respectively were declared to
7. Trade.
For details see—{i) Report on the Maritime Trade 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. .
(2) Annual Statement of the Sea-borne Trade and Navigation 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. .
(3) Annual Statement of the Sea-borne Trade and Navigation of British India with the British
Empire and Foreign Countries.
(4) Annual Statement of the Coasting Trade and Navigation of British India.
(5) Review of the Trade of I ndia.
(6) Statistics of British India, Part II.
(1) 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.
Sea-borne Trade.
The aggregate value of the sea-borne trade of 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 reached the
unprecedented figure of Rs. 190-87 crores, an advance of 13 per cent, on the figure 0^1909-1910.
The advance is chiefly due to an expansion amounting to 14 per cent, in Foreign Private
Trade, which was valued at Rs. 148-55 crores. Coasting Trade advanced nearly 10 per. cent,
to a total value of Rs. 39-76 crores. Foreign Import Trade shows an expansion distributed
amongst all the main groups of imports with the exception of Machinery and Mill-work and
Raw Materials. Out of a total value of Rs. 79'96 crores assigned to this trade, imports of gold
and silver amounted to no less than Rs. 32-6 crores. There is no increase in the imports of
gold coin, but the net consumption of gold bullion, after deducting re-exports, rose from Rs..4'2o
to Rs. 8-o8 crores. This increase is accompanied by a tall in the net consumption of silver,
and suggests the inference that gold is displacing silver as a form of hoarding. . Imports 0
silver were, however, affected in the year under review by adventitious causes which include
the increased import duty, an active demand from China, and an artificial rise in pnee
brought about on speculative grounds. Foreign Export Trade shows a remarkable expansion
in all branches. The total value was Rs. 68-59 crores against Rs. 60-69 crores in igog-ip 10 -
Under the influence of good harvests the shipments of Indian produce increased by 6-85 crores
to a total value of Rs. 59-77 crores ; while re-exports of foreign merchandise, which rose
in value by Rs. 62 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 3-26 crores, the highest figure yet recorded, indica e a
satisfactory revival of the entrepot trade of Bombay.
A.— Chief Port—Bombay.
I he total trade of the Port of Bombay, exclusive of Government transactions, was ^ a L ]iCf
at Rs. 181-51 crores, an increase of Rs. 22-34 crores on the previous year. l nc u 5
Government transactions the total trade was 184-02 crores.
(i) Foreign Trade.
a gg r egate value of the Foreign Trade of the Port was Rs. 148-53 crores,
T s. J^g-go crores in 1909-1910. A comparison with the figures for the P°yt ^ , w
shows that in aggregate value the Foreign Trade of Bombay exceeded that of Calc