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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [263v] (74/192)
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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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
the previous year there were 564 companies of this type, with ,
up capital of Bs. 92,04,26,205 and Es. 39,76,60,559. • The numW*
companies increased from 496 to 630 and the noticeable feature
registration was the great increase in the average authorized capital of u ^
companies as compared to the companies previously registered TP ^
partly due to the decreased purchasing value of the rupee, partly ■ - as
with "which subscriptions were obtained in the market and partly to a ret* 8
that many of the older companies on the register were very imid *1 '
capitalized. ' un ^ r '
2. Under the Societies Begistration Act, 122 documents were Wf
The number of documents registered under other Acts was 3,944 as con I’
with 2,035 in the previous year. The revenue from fees’ under the In?
Companies Act, the Societies Begistration Act and the Provident hisim
Societies Act was Bs. 1,44,045, Bs. 900 and Bs. 10 against Bs. 22,350 EsIy
and nil, respectively, in the previous year. The increase was mostly cluetott
fees levied on the registration of the large number of new companies. e
3. The expenditure rose from Bs. 27,692 to Bs. 30,362, due mainly t
house rent allowance to Begistrar and accommodation in a new buildinv " °
Alteration in names, 4. Two companies changed from public into private ones and one private
classification, etc. company changed into a public one and four companies changed their names
During the year tw T o societies were registered under the Provident Insurance
Societies Act. Two companies were registered under the Indian Life Assurance
Companies Act, 1912. The number of life assurance companies existing
at the end of the year was 16.
5. Two managers in Ahmedabad and two companies in Bombay were
fined for publishing prospectuses before they w 7 ere duly registered.
10.—Local Board Administration.
For details? see the Annual Report on Local Boards 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 1919-20 and tables under Local
Boards printed in Part VIII of the Statistics of British India.
69 iSe
1. The number of district local boards remained the same, viz.
the number of taluka local boards increased by four to 219 owing to tlie
splitting up during the year of the Dahanu Taluka Local Board into two, vk,
Dahanu and Umbergaon, the establishment of two new 7 taluka local boards,
viz., one at Parola in the East Khandesh district and the other at Nawapur in
the West Khandesh district, and the formation of a separate taluka local board
at Manjhand in the Karachi District. The number of non-official presidents
of district local boards increased from nine to twelve, while twenty-nine taluh
local boards had non-officials as their presidents. Most of the taluka local
boards had non-officials as their vice-presidents. The total number of members
of local boards again fell from 3,486 to 3,090, of whom 443 were ex-officio,. 711
nominated and 1,936 elected. Triennial elections were held in the district of
Kanara and ten talukas of the Dharwar district. In the Northern Division
the local hoards in the districts of Ahmedabad, Surat and Tirana were
reconstituted. In the Central Division all the boards in the Ahmednagar,
East Khandesh, Sholapur, West Khandesh and Satara districts excepting the
taluka local boards of Satara, Patan and Javli were reconstituted. In tiie
Southern Division all the local boards in the Belgaum, Dharwar, Kanara and
Kolaba districts were reconstituted. The average number of meetings held }
the district and taluka local boards, respectively, were 3.9 and 4.2 m the Nor em
Division, 2.57 and 5.83 in the Central Division, 4.3 and 7.2 in the bon er
Division and 3 and 8 in Sind. The average percentages of members pies
at each, meeting of the taluka and district local boards, respectively, w e ^
and 60 in the Northern Division, 54.9 and 61.47 in the Central Division, o •
and 68.1 in the Southern Division and 49 and 64 in Sincl.
2. The aggregate income of the boards, excluding the opening ’
rose from Bs. 1,07,69,496 to Bs. 1,41,87,362, the increase havin e ^
contributed by all the Divisions and Sind. Northern Division snow
increase of Bs. 6.44
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, Central Division of Bs. 11*07
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, _ ^
Division of Bs. 14.2
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
and Sind of Bs. 2.54
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. The p» on(rir
taxation was highest (Be,0-7-1) in Broach and lowest (Be. 0-0-lt) m
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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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