‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [‎249r] (45/192)

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1919 - 1920 .] RELATIONS WITH TRIBUTARY STATES ANT) FRONTIER AFFAIRS. 21 Chapter I.
PHYSICAL
VIII.—ADEN. POLITICAL.
Tributary St vies.
For details see the Annual Report of the Aden Settlement for the year ending 31 st March 1920 . Aden.
Area (including Perim) 80 square miles ; Population ( 1911 )— 46,155 ; Gross revenue based on five nears' averacie —
Rs. 2 , 26 , 70 , 316 .
1. Major-General Sir James Stewart, K.C.M.G., C.B., held charge of the Personnel.
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. from the 1st to the 25th April 1919 and again from the 31st October
1919 to the end of the year. Brigadier-General L. N. Beatty, C.M.G., acted
as Resident from the 26th April to the 28th August 1919. Lieut-Colonel C. H.
B. Lees, C.M.G., acted from the 29th August to the 25th September and Major-
General Sir W. S. Delamain, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., from the 26th September
to the 30th October 1919.
2. The total number of officers and. men of the land police was 374, of Police,
whom 15 were mounted. Only 64 were literate. The expenditure on the force
rose from Rs. 1,33,595 to Rs. 1,51,992, of which Rs. 1,06,668 were borne by
Government, Rs. 28,800 by the Aden Settlement and Rs. 16,523 by the Port
Trust. Out of 267 persons concerned in 416 offences and sent up for trial, 220
were convicted and 47 discharged. The percentage of convictions fell from
77'27 to 76’66. The value of property stolen increased from Rs. 15,265 to
Rs. 30,460, of which property worth Rs. 7,702 was recovered. The conduct of
the police was fair. Five were dismissed, 33 discharged, 3 reduced and 99 were
otherwise punished. The strength of the harbour police was 61 men of all
ranks. Six hundred and seventy-one persons were deported to Somaliland and
to the interior of Arabia.
3. The total number of offences reported to the magistracy WRS 754, Criminal justice,
including 1,249 persons, of whom 859 were convicted and 381 acquitted. The
bulk of the offences were thefts, simple hurt and breaches of municipal and mar
tial law regulations. The Sessions Court disposed of one case, resulting in
conviction and three years’ rigorous imprisonment. There were 7 appeals, in
3 of which the sentences passed by the courts were confirmed while in 4 the
sentences were reduced. Of the 33 cases which came up for revision, the sen
tences were upheld in 21 cases and reduced in 4 cases. In 4 cases the lower
courts’ orders were set aside, in 2 cases the persons were released, 1 case was
quashed and in 1 case the application was rejected as time-barred.
4. The jail contained 486 male and 5 female prisoners as against 391 male Prisons,
and 6 female prisoners in the previous year. The daily average number of male
prisoners was 79*0 and that of female prisoners 0*4. The expenditure increased
from Ks. 22,234 to Rs. 26,443. The sale of articles manufactured in the jail
realized Rs. 19,378 as against Rs. 15,769 in the preceding year. There was
one death during the year. Nine prisoners were released on the remission mark
system.
5. There were 2,044 suits for disposal, of which 2,026 were disposed of and Civil justice.
18 remained pending at the close of the year as against 1,639 and 13, respec
tively in the previous year. There were 202 applications for the execution of
decrees valued at Rs. 1,63,944. They were all disposed of during the year,
imrty-three persons were committed to jail for non-payment of Rs. 17,922.
there were 27 appeals and 48 applications for revision. The judgment of the
lower court was upheld in 41 cases, varied in 5 and reversed in 3. Eight cases
were remanded for re-trial, 1 was rejected as time-barred, 2 were withdrawn and
t was settled. Eourteen appeals were pending at the close of the year.
The number of documents registered increased from 327 to 489 while Regis! ration,
weir va ^ e decreased from Rs. 14,64,971 to Rs. 10,85,695. Receipts and expen-
1 ure amounted to Rs. 4,488 and Rs. 1,734 as against Rs. 3,858 and Rs. 2,048,
r espectively, in the preceding year.
f 1-' Executive Committee of the Aden Settlement performs all the Municipality.
an Indian municipality. Receipts rose from Rs. 4,57,175 to
of S Rs 3 32 77 ^ ex P en ^ ure from Rs. 3,65,788 to Rs. 4,28,298, leaving a surplus
whil ® x P en diture on Imperial civil works fell from Rs. 58,932 to Rs. 5,389 Public works i
e hat on Provincial civil works rose from Rs. 69,090 to Rs. 1,73,142.
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