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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [247v] (42/192)
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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2. The
Lieutenant.
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
was appointed
bom to him
to the
(honorary)
rank of
Chief of S&ngli
A daughter was born to him during the year % •
Soubhagyavati Yeshodabaisaheb, wife of the Chief of Kurundwad No • ^ ^
on the 11th December 1919. He married Shrimant Soubhaffvfl^
saheb on the 15th February 1920. The elder son of the Chief of Mii!^ i
on 21st February 1920. J ftcl
3. The rainfall and consequent outturn of the crops were fa’*
whole. There was a general scarcity of food-grains and fodder Tif ° n
of water was sufficient. ‘ e SU PP^
4. The strength of the police was practically the same as in the
year, viz., 1,621 against 1,620. The aggregate cost was Rs. 2,42 321 n™!!!
Rs. 2,44,183. Six hundred and twenty-four offences were reported during t?
year against 558 of the previous year, and the number of persons arrested w
753 against 848 (including persons arrested during the previous year) %
number sent for trial fell from 842 to 816, of whom 442 against 404 wer
convicted and 233 against 270 were acquitted or discharged. The value of
property stolen and recovered during the year was Rs. 83,078 and Es. 45892
against Rs. 1,00,576 and Rs. 39,352, respectively. The percentage of
recoveries to property stolen was 48*8 against 39*6.
5. The number of offences reported during the year was 1,718 against
1,599. The courts dealt with 4,651 persons, of whom 783 were ’ discharged
2,099 acquitted, 718 convicted, 90 committed or referred, 48 died or escaped
and 913 remained awaiting trial at the end of the year. Of 114 criminal
appeals 97 were disposed of during the year.
6. The number of jails and lock-ups remained the same as last year, viz,,
27. The number of persons confined in them was 1,117 against 935. The
total cost of jails and prisoners was Rs. 43,979 against Rs. 32,041. There were
in all 4 deaths reported in the jails.
7. The total number of suits for disposal was 5,504 against 5,716 of tke
previous year. Of these, 3,197 against 3,620 were disposed of, leaving'2,307
against 2,096 suits to be decided. Out of 3,440 applications for execution of
decrees, 2,395 were disposed of, leaving a balance of 1,045 at the end of the
-year. The number of civil appeals for disposal was 742 against 702, of which
456 against 404 were disposed of.
. 8* The number of documents registered during the year was 16,070
against 14,655. The amount realized from fees was Rs. 77,563 against
Rs. 74,116 and the cost of the department amounted to Rs. 6,105 against
Rs. 5,107 of the previous year.
9. The total area under forest was 128,443 acres. The receipts and
expenditure amounted to Rs. 55,587 and Rs. 20,462, respectively.
€ 10* The total outlay on works of public utility amounted to Rs. 3,98,320
against Rs. 3,95,119 in the previous year.
11. The total receipts, including balance of the preceding year, amounted
to Rs. 87,11,073 against Rs. 81,21,047 and expenditure to Rs. 37 , 66,992 agains
Rs. 39,19,069. The closing balance was Rs. 49,44,081 against Rs. 42 , 01 , 978 .
12. The births and deaths numbered 17,794 and 15,683 compared'4th
17,742 and 27,049 of the previous year. The number of deaths, due to plff
was 123 against 905, and to cholera 104 against 65 in the previous year,
number of persons vaccinated during the year was 19,348 against 20,569.
13. The number of dispensaries fell from 27 to 26. The patients heated
numbered 155,880 against 201,075 at a cost of Rs. 73,931 against Rs.
14. The number of schools rose from 426 to 428. The daily attendant
was 17,570 against 15,948 of the previous year. The expenditure o
department w T as Rs. 2,32,318 against Rs. 1,94,144. The number ot now
rose from 39 to 40.
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15. The number of municipalities remained unchanged, viz., *
total receipts amounted to Rs. 2,75,956 against Rs. 2 , 54,770 and the expen
to Rs. 1,53,375 against Rs, 1,35,691 of the previous year.
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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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