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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [263r] (73/192)
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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1919-1920.] CRIMINAL TRIBES—REGISTRATION. 4Q Chapter III.
^ PROTECTION.
8.—Criminal Tribes.
For details see the Report on the Working of the Cirminal Tribes Act in 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.
for the year 1919 .
The genesis of the Criminal Tribes Act, 1911, and the lines on which it is
worked are described in chapter III of the General Administration Eeport for
1918-19. During the year 1919-20 the work has been successfully continued
and its good effects have been increased. Through the exertions of the officers
concerned and of the. voluntary helpers associated with them the solid
advantages of a law-abiding orderly life are being convincingly brought home
to the outlaws. The system of allotting lands to settlers by Government free of
occupancy price was adopted during the year and has proved beneficial as some
of the settlers took to cultivation. Co-operative societies have continued to
produce encouraging results. Many settlers assisted the police in tracing
offenders in cases of thefts committed by outsiders. Marked progress was made
in the physical, intellectual and moral education of the children within the
settlements. The special features of the year’s work were the opening of
Children’s Homes at Sholapur, Hubli and Bijapur and the starting of a Women’s
Home at Hubli.
9.—Registration.
For details see the Annual Report of the Registration Department and of the Registrar of Companies, tables under
Registration printed in Part VI of the Statistics of British India, and Statistics of British India, Part II,
Commercial.
1.— Registration under Act XYI of 1908.
1. The number of registration offices open at the end of 1919 was 288 as Registration offices,
compared with 289 at end of 1918, the two sub-districts of Shahabandar and
Jati in Sind having been amalgamated into one.
2. The total number of deeds registered in 1919 was 373,572 as com- Number of deeds
pared with 311,718 in 1918, showing the remarkable increase of 19*8 per cent. le " istei0c ‘
The increase was almost solely under deeds relating to immoveable property.
Registration relating to moveable properties showed an increase of 13 per cent.
Wills and authorities to adopt showed a decrease of about 7’5 per cent.
Co-operative Societies presented 4,833 deeds against 4,066 in 1918.
3. The income of the Department rose by 19*8 per cent, from Rs. 10,64,356 Financial,
to Rs. 12,75,687 and the expenditure by 17*8 percent, from Rs. 4,27,790 to
Rs. 5,02,788.
4. There were four prosecutions for offences under the Indian Registration Prosecutions.
Act, one each in Kaira, West Khandesh, Belganm and Sukkur. Convictions
were secured in the Kaira and Sukkur cases; the Belganm case resulted in
acquittal. Out of the four accused in West Khandesh, one was convicted and
the rest w r ere acquitted.
2.— Joint Stock Companies.
1. Two hundred and eight companies limited by shares were newly General,
registered during the year. The large increase in registration had been
anticipated as a result of the cessation of hostilities. The Indian Companies
Restriction Act (XII of 1918) which retarded the registration in the . early part
of the year was repealed on 24th September 1919, and a boom in company
promotion set in both in new industries and in the conversion of established
concerns into limited companies. One insurance company, floated by a Turkish
subject and refused registration in 1916, was registered during the year.
Thirty-one companies ceased to exist, of which 3 were wound up by the court,
19 went into voluntary liquidation and 9 were removed from the. register by
ponstructive dissolution. Sixteen were dissolved. Of the companies that were
course of liquidation up to 31st March 1919, two were dissolved by courts,
11 were completely wound up by liquidators and two were struck off the register.
^ the end of 1919-20 the number of working companies was 760 as compared
with 583 in the previous year. Of the 760 companies, 17 were limited by
guarantee. The remainder were share capital companies with a nominal
capital of Rg. 2,24,90,21,648 and a paid-up capital of Rs. 43,73,93,472. In
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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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