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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [259v] (66/192)
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.
Pilgrims.
Fires.
Street accidents.
Miscellaneous.
Government male
workhouse.
Government female
workhouse.
Casualties.
Rewards.
Licenses.
General.
Medico-legal
.analyses.
42
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[ 1919 - 1920 ,
their lease had expired. One cinema theatre was under construction „f
close of the year. The number of performance licenses issued was 238 ' •
213. Forty-nine plays were scrutinized by the Department, of which 4] *
passed as unobjectionable, 1 was rejected and 7 were passed on revision. We,e
14. During the year 9,218 pilgrims left Bombay for the Fieri;.,
compared with 1,313 in 1918. z as
15. Fires decreased from 313 to 265 and the loss of pronertv i ,
from Bs. 36,48,414 to Es. 25,73,988. y mvo «
16. The number of persons killed in street accidents was practically ft
same as in the-previous year, namely, 78, as compared with 79, but the numb 6
of persons injured rose from 1,904 to 2,357. Tram cars were responsible (!■
12 deaths and 346 cases of injury, and motor cars for 46 deaths and 841 case!
of injury.
17. The miscellaneous work performed by the police included the
investigation of applications for passports of persons desiring to leave Bombay
by sea, which numbered 4,209 as compared with 2,520 in 1918. The Bombay
City Mounted Police Co-operative Credit Society has effected a marked iruprove-
ment in its financial status, its share capital and profits having increased and
its liabilities decreased.
5 .—Aden Police.
Information concerning the Aden Police will be found in chapter 1 of
the report.
6.—Vagrants.
1. The total number of inmates during the year was 99, and the daily
average population 13 against 14 in the previous year. Employment was
found for 30,2 were deported, 23 were discharged, 3 were sent to friends, 1
to the Home of the “ Little sisters of Poor,” Bangalore, 4 to the Salvation
Army Home, 2 to the Strangers’ Home, 1 to Sailors’ Home, 1 to the Leper
Asylum, Madras, and 1 was sent to England by the Brigade Office. One died
and 16 were accounted for in other ways. The number remaining at the end
of the year was 14. The total expenditure rose from Bs. 7,400 to Bs. 8,609.
2. Two female vagrants were admitted and discharged and none
remained at the end of the year.
3.—Wild Animals and Venomous Snakes.
For details see tables under Wild Animals and Snakes printed in Part V of the Statistics of British India.
1. The total mortality amongst human beings reported during the year
as due to wild animals was 45 as against 42 for the previous year. Jbe
number of deaths caused by snake-bite fell from 1,486 to 1,161,
Batnagiri accounts for 215, Thana for 154 and Satara for 103. The Brunton
lancet was used in 11 cases only, but in none of these cases was the sna e
authentically identified as venomous.
2. The amount of rewards paid for the destruction of wild animals and
venomous snakes was Bs. 171 as against Bs. 169 in the previous year.
3. The number of licenses for arms in force during the year was llM
of which 4,832 were granted during the year.
4,—Chemical Analysis.
For details see the Annual Reports of the Chemical Analysers to Government, Bombay and Sind,
year 1919 and the tables under the Medico-legal investigations printed m
Part VI of the Statistics of British India.
1.—Bombay.
1. There was a decrease in the number of analyses from 7,608 to 6,8
2 . Medico-legal cases numbered 731, of which 352 were caS p^ g °Q I1 W ai
pected human poisoning and 68 of suspected animal poisoning- wert
detected in 134 of the former and in 32 of the latter cases. Blo° s
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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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