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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [256v] (60/192)
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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CHAPTER III.
PROTECTION.
Acts passed.
For —
Legislative Authority
See —
General Administration Report for 1911-12, Part II, pages HS-ng
1.—Course of Legislation.
1 . In the period between the 1 st April 1919 and 31st March 1920, five Acts
were passed by the Legislative Council of the Governor of Bombay, and
after receiving the assent of Their Excellencies the Governor and the Governor
General were published in the Bombay Government Gazette.
The Acts were as follows :—
(1) Act No. II of 1919 (an Act to amend certain enactments and to
repeal certain other enactments) introduced as Bill No. Xof
1918 on 25th October 1918, received the assent of the Governor
General on 30th April 1919.
( 2 ) Act No. Ill of 1919 (an Act further to amend the Government
Occupants (Sind) Act, 1899) introduced as Bill No. Ill of 1919
on 26th April 1919, received the assent of the Governor General
on 1st August 1919.
(3) Act No. IV of 1919 (an Act further to amend the Bombay Port
Trust Act, 1879) introduced as Bill No. II of 1919 on 4th
March 1919, received the assent of the Governor General on 4th
August 1919.
(4) Act No. Y of 1919 (an Act further to amend the Bombay Local
Boards Act, 1884) introduced as Bill No. V of 1919, received
the assent of the Governor General on 8 th August 1919.
(5) Act No. VI of 1919 (an Act to amend the Bombay Prevention of
Gambling Act, 1887) introduced as Bill No. IX of 1919 on 12 th
November 1919, received the assent of the Governor General
on 10th January 1920.
2 . The Bombay Repealing and Amending Act, 1919 (Bom. II of 1919)
provided for certain modifications in various Acts of the legislature affecting
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.
which have from time to time appeared to be desirable,
Under section 8 of the Government Occupants (Sind) Act, 1899, Govern-
t occupancies could not be attached or sold in execution of a decree a
court or in insolvency proceedings and could not be transferred or change
without the previous consent of the Commissioner in Sind. These restnc ions
made it difficult for co-operative societies in Sind to obtain loans from
Bombay Central Co-operative Bank or other sources at present availa e
them, for the liability of members of the societies, which forms the basis o
credit of the societies, could be enforced only against their moveable props
The object of the amending act (Act No. Ill of 1919) is to repeal the resu
tions in question.
The Bombay Port Trust (Amendment) Act, 1919 (Bom. IV of 1919) male
the requisite amendment in section 43 of the Bombay Port Trust Acr,
necessitated by the exchange of certain land in the possession of e ‘ ^
Railway Company at Wari Bunder, with the sanction of the Governm >
Port Trust land at Sewri Reclamation.
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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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