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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [257v] (62/192)
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.
Bill withdrawn.
Other work tran
sacted .
Strength and cost.
38
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
^ 19 - 1920 ,
Bill No. XI of 1919, read for the first time, was referred to
Committee which reported on 19th February 1920. The Bill W belect
postponed at the meeting held on 13th March 1920. ’ Ver >^$
Bill No. VI of 1919, Bill No. YII of 1919, Bill No. VIII 0 f loin
Bill No. X of 1919, read for the first time at the meeting of the Leg'i ?
Council on 10 th December 1919 and referred to Select Committees wor 1Ve
for the second and third time on March 13th, 1920, while Bill No I JiS
Bill No. II of 1920 and Bill No. Ill of 1920 were also read three times at ff’
March meeting of the Council. These Bills were not, however, published 6
Acts during the period under report. ’ a as
5. During the period under report the Bill for the prevention of m '}
smoking, which was introduced by the Honourable Major C. Fernandes Mj)
F.C.P.S., I. M. S., a non-official additional member of the Legislative Couni
was withdrawn by the mover with the permission of the Council.
6 . Besides the above legislative work, the following work was transacted
in the Council during the period mentioned :—
( 1 ) Six hundred and forty-nine questions were put by the Honourable
Members and answered by Government and 78 resolutions of
general public interest w r ere moved and discussed.
Out of these 78 resolutions, 22 were carried, 14 were lost, 30 were
withdrawn, 9 were postponed, and 3 were not moved.
(2) The following resolutions were carried against Government at the
meetings of the Legislative Council held on 20 th September
1919 and 16th March 1920:—
Resolution by the Honourable Mr. Purshotamdas Thakurdas, C.I.E
M.B.E.—
“ This Council recommends that His Excellency the Governor in
Council be pleased to accelerate further the pace of construc
tion of irrigation works in the
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.
by all such steps as
may be necessary including—
(a) the provision of additional staff for the irrigation depart
ment ;
(b) the importation of labour from other Presidencies if
necessary;
(c) full advertisement of the irrigation programme for a
certain number of years, in India and different parts of
the world, in order to secure the employment of better
class of contractors for construction of irrigation works
from India and, if warranted, suitable contractors from
abroad also;
(d) the use of up-to-date machinery for excavation and
speedier construction than hitherto.”
Eesolution by the Honourable Mr. S. B. Upasani—
“ This Council recommends to His Excellency the Governor in Council
that the system of taluka courts and of linked courts, w ere
necessary, be extended to all the districts in the
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.
so
that the ryots may not have to go beyond the limits o ei
revenue talukas for their civil litigation.”
2.—Police. ^
For details see the Annual Reports on the Bombay District Police and the Bombay City Police for the y
and the tables under Police in Part VI of the Statistics of British India.
1 .—Mofussil, Sind and Bailways.
. | j-hg
1 . During the year 1919 the strength of the police, exc J u , s ?; ve r p V i s i 0 n
Dangs, fell from 27,779 to 26,333 due to the introduction of hie
scheme. The cost rose from Bs. 86,31,142 to Bs. 99,96,937. ^
2. The total number of educated officers and men increased fron* ^ ere
to 13,923 and the percentage of actual strength from 56*42 to oo
-—^—ip
Education.
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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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