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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [280v] (144/150)
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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Chap. VI. 104
Veterinary
institutions.
Expenditure.
Glanders and Farcy
Department.
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
OQio-
VITAL STATIS
TICS AND MEDI
CAL BELIEF.
septicEemia for 3,994 attacks and 3,292 deaths, of which 1,502 were in the Kaira DW
There were 6 cases of glanders, 411 °f ^rra and 2 of lymphangitis In Sind there ‘ ' Ct '
32 deaths amongst equines from contagious diseases and 1,849 amongst bovines. Deaths ^ 6
rinderpest numbered 1504, compared with 745 ^ *6 previous year. There were - troi »
surra (26 in Karachi) against 13 in 1909-1910.
3 2 cases 0 f
2 There were 40 Veterinary Dispensaries in 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, 5 of ivhich
opened in the course of the year. The total number of cases treated by Veterinary Assist
w-as 97,994 against 77,921 in the previous year. Systematic touring was carried out hi
villages within easy reach of head-quarters and the number of cases treated by assistants whl
on tour rose from 11,291 to 21 , 416 . In Sind there were 7 Dispensaries, one of w h ich 1
opened during the year, and the cases dealt with numbered 12,403 in Dispensaries and 3,,82 n!
tour, against 11,832 and 3,426 respectively in the previous year.
3 . Expenditure in 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 rose from Rs. 1 , 50,796 to Rs. 2 , 55, 470
increase or Ks
Rs. 28,873 and
. 1 , 04 , 674 . Charges under the head Superintendence rose from R s . 164-2 t
-ad under Subordinate Establishment from Rs. 27,221 to Rs. 47>934; while a new
charge of Rs. 60,398 for Veterinary Instruction appears this year on account of the transfer of
the control of the Bombay Veterinary College from the Director of Public Instruction to the
Director of Agriculture. In Sind the expenditure was Rs. 58,560 against Rs. 54 , 028 .
4 . The staff consists of a Chief Inspector and 5 Inspectors, acting within the city 0 f
Bombay and Bandra Municipality. During the year 63 horses were seized under the Act
against 67 in the previous year. Of these 21 were discharged and the remainder were found
to be diseased, 9 from glanders, 3 from lymphangitis and 30 from surra. One was discharged
cured, and the remainder were destroyed or succumbed under treatment. Imports of horses
into Bombay numbered 6,329 against 4,646 in the previous year. Out of the total number 3,196
were Australian, 2,641 Arabian and 198 English.
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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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