'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [270v] (124/150)
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Chap. V. 84
FINANCIAL
review.
Irrigation (Portion
of Land Revenue
due to Irrigation).
Irrigation (Direct
Receipts).
Minor Works and
Navigation.
Civil Works
(Public Works
Department).
Land Revenue.
Stamps.
Excise.
Assessed Taxes.
Forest.
Registration.
Interest.
Law and Justice
(Courts of Law).
Law and Justice
(Jails).
Police.
Ports and Pilotage.
Education.’
Medical.
Scientific and other
Minor Departments.
Receipts in aid of
Superannuation
and retired
allowances.
Stationery and
Printing.
Miscellaneous.
Irrigation (Portion
of Land Revenue
due to Irrigation).
Irrigation (Direct
Receipts).
Irrigation Minor
Works and
Navigation.
Civil Works.
Civil Works
(Public Works
Department).
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U Rs. 12 , 62 , 638 . Receipts were larger by Rs. 67,1 14 than those of the previous yea
chiefiyon the Eastern Nara Works and Jamrao Canal. r,
,, Rs. 6 , 24 , 11 9- The decrease of Rs 8,906 is due to smaller recoveries on account
arrears on the Nira Canal and to smaller cultivation on the Began and Desert Canals i th °
Khilat Territory on account of insufficiency of water, partly counterbalanced, by ina^
fmm TIafVimA.fi a.nd Mutha, Ca.na.ls.
revenue from the Hathmati and Mutha Canals.
16 . Rs. 1 , 78 , 702 . There is an increase of Rs. 3 , 289 , due to larger irrigation receipts}
the Shikarpur and Kaira Districts.
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17 Rs. 27 , 289 . The decrease of Rs. 43,179 18 accounted for by the sale in 1
the old Customs House at Karachi to the Port Trust.
909-1910 Of
f 2 J Provincial Revenue.
1 . Rs. 4 , 61 , 18 , 165 . There is an increase of Rs. 58 , 53 , 068 , due to the causes mentioned
under the corresponding head of Imperial Revenue.
2 . Rs. 40 , 97 , 971 . The increase of Rs. 4,7 2 >54i is explained under the corresponding
head of Imperial Revenue.
3 . Rs. 94 , 86 , 448 . The increase of Rs. 7 , 13,041 is explained under the correspondinu-
head of Imperial Revenue.
4 . Rs. 25 , 49 , 924 . The increase of Rs. 1 , 91,264 is due to increased receipts under
“ Tax on other sources of revenue .’ 5
5 . Rs. 18 , 59 , 112 . The decrease of Rs. 19,716 is explained under the corresponding
head of Imperial Revenue.
6 . Rs. 7 , 55 , 074 . The increase of Rs. 39,605 was chiefly due to the normal expansion of
the operations of the department, and included a special receipt for registering the vesting order
relating to the properties of the Indian Institute of Science.
7 . Rs. 13 , 68 , 857 . The increase of Rs. 9,725 was chiefly due to recoveries of arrears.
8 . Rs. 6 , 07 , 052 . The increase of Rs. 8,108 was chiefly in receipts from magisterial fines.
9 . Rs. 2 , 29 , 460 . The increase of Rs. 40,924 was due in the main to large receipts on
account of the supply of Police clothing by the Jail Department.
10 . Rs. 3 , 88 , 422 . There is a decrease of Rs. 7 , 116 , due to smaller recoveries on account
of private watchmen and additional police.
11 . Rs. 89 , 816 . There is a small increase of Rs. 1,995 which calls for no remark.
12 . Rs. 4 , 22 , 024 . The increase of Rs. 12,81 5 appears in the fees for the Commercial
and Drawing Examinations and in the Workshops and Reformatory receipts.
13 . Rs. 2 , 35 , 918 . The increase of Rs. 7,665 is chiefly due to improved receipts of fees
at the Grant Medical College and to increased contribution paid by the Port Trust towards the
St. George’s Hospital, Bombay.
14 . Rs. 1 , 20 , 166 . The increase of Rs. 41,289 is mainly due to better receipts from the
sale of produce at Government farms and to a special contribution paid by the Gujarat Cattle
Preservation Association towards the Chharodi Cattle Farm.
15 . Rs. 3 , 24 , 410 . There is an increase of Rs. 57 , 764 , due to an increase in the number
of employes of local and municipal schools on account of whom contributions were recovered
from local bodies.
16 . Rs. 1 , 07 , 078 . The increase of Rs. 6,902 is chiefly due to larger receipts from
Stationery supplied to local bodies and from sales of unserviceable printed forms.
17 . Rs. 81 , 721 . There is a decrease of Rs. 3 , 01,301 which is due in the main to the
actuals for 1909-1910 having included adjustments by credit to this head of large amounts
erroneously debited to “ 3 .—Land Revenue ” in previous years on account of kadim cash
allowances and advances for boundary marks.
18 . Rs. 12 , 62 , 637 . The increase of Rs. 67,114 is explained under the corresponding
head of Imperial Revenue.
19 . Rs. 6 , 24 , 119 . The decrease of Rs. 8,906 is explained under the corresponding
head of Imperial Revenue.
20 . Rs. 1 , 78 , 702 . The increase of Rs. 3,289 is explained under the corresponding bead
of Imperial Revenue.
21 . Rs. 9 , 041 . There is a decrease of Rs. 227 .
22 . Rs. 7 , 14 , 278 . There is a decrease of Rs. 30 , 326 , chiefly on account of abolition
of tolls, partly counterbalanced by increased receipts from rents of buildings.
III.— Gross Expenditure.
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an increase under the head Provincial of Rs. 12 , 30,611
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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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