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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [247r] (41/192)
The record is made up of 1 item (95 folios). It was created in 1921. 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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19194 920 .] EELATIONS WITH TKIBUTABY STATES AND PEONTIEE AFFAIES. 17
6. There were 124 estates under the management of the Judicial Depart
ment; Management was assumed of 26 new wards and withdrawn from 16
during the year, leaving 134 wards under management at the close of the year
Wards under the management of the Revenue Department numbered 23
against 16 of the previous year.
Chapter I.
PHYSICAL
AND
POLITICAL.
Tributary States.
Kolhapur and
Southern Mar diha
Country States.
Wards.
'• it documents presented for registration increased from
7,249 to 9,023 and the value of property involved from Es. 29,75 639 to
Es. 42,36,742. The fees realised also increased from Rs. 48,536 to Rs. 61 809
The cost of maintaining the department rose from Rs. 5,265 to Rs. 7 Of)?.
8. The area under forest remained unchanged during the year viz
489 square miles. The total receipts rose from Rs. 24,442 to Rs 30 949 but
the expenditure fell from Rs. 91,462 to Rs. 45,525. The yield of hirda crop
decreased from 12,880 khandis to 3,592 khandis and the revenue from its sale
fell from Rs. 1,06,260 to Rs. 35,133. The abnormal decrease in the produce
was due to the failure of the crop during the year*
Registration.
Forests.
^nn’olon , an i? nn ^ ( ? n works during the year rose from Public works.
Rs. 1,99,309 to Rs. 3,18,6/4, of which Rs. 1,25,500 were spent on repair works
and Rs. 1,63,408 on original works. The apparently abnormal increase in
expenditure is due to the fact that the accounts of the last two years were
adjusted during the year under report.
-n o ^e gross revenue of the year amounted to Rs. 93,70,250 against Revenue and
Rs. 86,43,514 and the gross expenditure amounted to Rs. 95,95,776 against finailce -
Rs. 83,74,721. The closing balance was Rs. 6,46,488 against Rs. 8,38,002.
The net receipts and expenditure during the year amounted to Rs. 74 66 711
and Rs. 76,58,224 against Rs. /2,/8,461 and Rs. 69,97,383, respectively.
11. Births and deaths numbered 24,323 and 25,003 compared with 25,820 Vital statistics,
and 72,901, respectively, of the previous year. Influenza and plague epidemics
were responsible foi the abnormal rise in the number of deaths in the previous
year.
12. There were one hospital and 17 dispensaries in the State including Medical relief.
1 homeopathic and 1 ayurvedic dispensary. The number of ont-door patients
tell from 1,43,188 to 1,36,841 while the cost rose from Rs. 54,843 to Rs. 66,735.
13. The number of schools fell from 330 to 310 but the number of pui oils Fdueation.
rose from 15,421 to 15,903. The cost of maintaining these schools also decreased
horn Rs. 1,77,237 to Rs. 1,72,975., The number of free and compulsory
primary schools rose from 95 to 123 and the number of pupils attending them
irom 4,631 to 5,389. The expenditure increased from Rs. 5,986 to Rs. 12,859.
14. The number of municipalities in the State was the same as in the Municipalities,
previous year, viz., 11. The first in importance is the city municipality in
me capital. The income of this municipality rose from Rs. 1,60,300 to
Rs. 2,12,677 and the expenditure from Rs* 1,65,199 to Rs. 1,85,216. The total
revenue of the 10 district municipalities increased from Rs. 44,225 to Rs. 46,222
and the expenditure from Rs. 42,210 to Rs. 47,664.
2. —Southern Mara'tha Country States.
Stated - ^ ou ^ ern M ar &tha Country
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
consists of the following General.
Name of State.
Area in
square miles.
Population
according to
the census of
1911 .
Tribute to
British
Government.
Gross revenue
based on five
years’ average.
SangH
Miraj (Senior)
Miraj (Junior)
wurundwad (Senior)
::: ::: :::
Mudhol
R^mdurg . ••• ... ...
• • • ••• • • •
Total
1,112
342
196 J
185
114
524
3 C 8
169
227,146
80,281
36,490
38,375
34,084
100,304
62,831
36,610
Rs.
1 , 35,000
12,558
7,389
j 8,619
20,515
2,672
Nil
Rs.
11 , 70,964
3 , 57,639
2 , 82,691
f 1 , 66,317
^ 1 , 86,408
7 , 00,104
3 , 87,456
1 , 49,567
a,oio£
616,121
1 , 87,753
34 , 01,146
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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 1919-20. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1921.
The report is divided into two parts. Part I comprises a report ‘GENERAL SUMMARY’ (ff 231-238).
PART II (ff 239-322) comprises the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- ‘CHAPTER I. – PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL. TRIBUTARY STATES.’ (ff 239-249), consisting of: I. North Gujarat; II. South Gujarat; III. North Konkan; IV. South Konkan; V. The Deccan; VI. Kolhapur and Southern Maratha Country States; VII. Sind [Sindh]; VIII. Aden; IX. Condition of the People
- ‘CHAPTER II. – ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND.’ (ff 250-256), consisting of: 1. Surveys; 2. Settlements; 3. Waste Lands; 4. Land Records; 5. Wards’ and other Estates; 6. Revenue and Rent-paying Classes
- ‘CHAPTER III. – PROTECTION.’ (ff 256-269), consisting of: 1. Course of Legislation; 2. Police; 3. Wild Animals and Venomous Snakes; 4. Chemical Analysis; 5. Criminal Justice; 6. Prisons – Civil and Criminal; 7. Civil Justice; 8. Criminal Tribes; 9. Registration; 10. Local Board Administration; 11. Municipal Administration; 12. Rent Acts; 13. Indian Reforms Scheme; 14. Military (Indian Defence Force); 15. Marine
- ‘CHAPTER IV. – PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.’ (ff 270-304), consisting of: 1. Agriculture; 2. Weather and Crops; 3. Co-operative Societies; 4. Horticulture; 5. Forests; 6. Mines and Quarries; 7. Power Industries and Handicrafts; 8. Trade; 9. Public Works; 10. Railways; 11. Tramways
- ‘CHAPTER V. – FINANCIAL REVIEW.’ (ff 305-314), consisting of: 1. Financial Review, 1919-20; 2. Land Revenue; 3. Irrigation Revenue; 4. Public Works Revenue; 5. Customs; 6. Salt; 7. Excise; 8. Cotton Duties Act; 9. Stamps; 10. Income Tax; 11. Local Funds
- ‘CHAPTER VI. – VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF.’ (ff 314-318), consisting of: 1. Births and Deaths; 2. Emigration and Immigration; 3. Medical Relief; 4. Epidemic Diseases; 5. The Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory; 6. Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; 7. Acworth Leper Asylum [hospital for people affected by leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease], Matunga; 8. Sanitation; 9. Vaccination; 10. Veterinary
- ‘CHAPTER VII. – INSTRUCTION.’ (ff 318-320), consisting of: 1. Education; 2. Literature and the Press; 3. Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. – ARCHEAOLOGY.’ (f 321), consisting of: Archaeological Survey of India, Western Circle
- ‘CHAPTER IX. – MISCELLANEOUS.’ (ff 321-322), consisting of: 1. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; 2. Stationary; 3. Printing; 4. General Miscellaneous.
There is a map 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. on folio 229. The report also includes the following photographs:
- ‘RESIDENCY SCHOOL. Crater, Aden.’ (f 292)
- ‘POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE SHOLAPUR [Solapur].’ (f 243)
- ‘HOSTEL BUILDING FOR THE NORTHCOTE HIGH SCHOOL SHOLAPUR.’ (f 245)
- ‘BUNGALOW FOR THE SANITARY ENGINEER TO GOVERNMENT, YERAVDA [Yerwada or Yerawada]. (North West Elevation).’ (297).
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 230. 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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