‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [‎244v] (36/192)

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Chapter i.
PHYSICAL
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POLITICAL.
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
^ 919 - 1920 ,
4. Of the 274 offenders dealt with in 150 cases, 102 were on •
Teibutary States. were (ii sc l aar ged or acquitted, 1 died during trial and 13 rpmsiv, 1 ^ Vlc ^ ( l ) Igg
Janjira. at the close of the year. There were no appeals except the 6 ^!^ 11 —- U,n ^ er ^
Janjira
Criminal justice
Prison.
the preceding year.
5™% from
5. There were 42 admissions. The daily average was Q-Q «. ,
expenditure Es. 632. and the total
Civil justice.
Registration.
Forests.
Public works.
Revenue and
finance.
6. Out of the total of 83 suits, 76 were disposed of.
of which two were decided.
There were 5 appeals,
7. The number of documents presented for registration was 188
which 187 were registered and one was refused. The fees realized d ?
Rs. 368 as against Rs. 453 in the previous year. edto
8. Forest revenue rose from Rs. 1 ? 49,024 to Rs. 2,25,840. The inc
was due to the high prices obtained in the sales of forest coupes. The tTl
forest expenditure rose from Rs. 9,169 to Rs. 14,150. The increase was due° t
increase of salaries, fire-tracing, and construction of a forest road and t °
forest stations for beat and round guards. The area burnt by fire w !° s
106 acres as against 45 in the preceding year, and the damage amounted to
Rs. 50.
9. The expenditure was Rs. 82,652. Out of this Rs. 9,547 were spent on
roads, Rs. 10,486 on buildings, Rs. 11,195 on water-works, Rs. 29,881 for
purchase of a bungalow, Rs. 17,600 on Radhasagar, and the rest on a famine
relief work opened in the preceding year and on salaries of servants.
10. The gross revenue increased from Rs. 4,34,997 to Rs. 6,06,664 and
gross expenditure from Rs. 2,46,055 to Rs. 3,68,486. The increase in’receipts
was due to the collection of the preceding year’s arrears of land-revenue and
half oi the increased assessments in Karyat-Haveli Mahal according to the
revision survey, the receipt of past three years’ abkari assessment from the
British Government, the high prices fetched in the sales of forest coupes, con
fiscation of the deposit of the attached inam village Bhuritek, the collection of
interest on grain loans with the preceding year’s arrears of interest, the sale of
a state building, and the recovery of advances, deposits and tagai.
Vital statistics.
Medical relief.
Education.
Municipality.
11. The birth and death ratios per mille of population were 16'50 and
49*2, respectively, as against 25*31 and 105*42 of the preceding year.
12. The number of patients at the two dispensaries was 4,664, a decrease
of 175. The expenditure, including the cost of vaccination, was Rs. 4 , 434 .
The number of vaccinations decreased from 1,485 to 1,115.
13. The number of schools fell from 19 to 18. The English school started
as an experiment in the preceding year had to be closed for want of pupils.
The number of pupils (of other schools) rose from 596 to 606 and the average
daily attendance from 294 to 322.
14. The receipts and expenditure amounted to Rs. 2,884 and Rs. 2,613,
respectively, as against Rs. 1,682 and Rs. 1,087.
General.
Chief events.
IV.—SOUTH KONKAN.
1 .—Janjira.
Buling Chief —Highness Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Sidi Sir Ahmed Khan Sidi Ibrahim Khan, G.C.I.E.; Rm^e-Murud,
Janjira ; Caste—Habsi, Sunni Mahomedan ; Aqe— 5 % years : Educated at the Rajkumar College, KajKoc.n
male heir.
Area -377 square miles ; Population ( 1911 )-!, 01,090 ; Gross revenue based on five years' average-^ ^
(approximately) ; Military force —238 ; Articles of production—Bice, n4gli, cocoanut, betelnut,
myrabolam, fish, b&jri, jow&ri, cotton, hemp and sesamum. Jafarabad in K&thiawar is a depen en y
State.
1. The State proper and the dependency, Jafarabad, are administered )
the Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Saheb, the. Collector of Kolaba being political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. for the
and Jafarabad being within the limits of the Kathiawar Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . The s ai
cal information in this summary contains gross figures for the State an
dependency. ^ vC
2. His Highness ordered a dharmshala to be built at Murud at a cos ^^
about Rs. 20,000 as a peace memorial. The foundation stone was laid on