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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [277v] (102/192)
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.
78
[ 1919 .i 920i
grass-hoppers and the latter also by rust, and cotton suffered from wriu •
many places and bolls dropped owing to cloudy weather. Their v'Ja ln
thus far from satisfactory. In the west (Mallad) the early raim
unusually heavy and continuous and delayed the drilling of paddv ^
many places. July and August rains were sufficient, but the crop suL 1 1
from the heavy rains of the later months, and kharif jowar from supA
disease. Tur and other pulses for the same cause did not fare well 0
the whole the season was below normal. In the Konkan there were practical ) 11
no ante-monsoon rains anywhere and the drilling of rice in the above-ghat talukal
of Kanara had to be done later. The monsoon commenced early in June a i
over but being light and irregularly distributed in the latter part of the month
the sowing of sprouted rice in Ratnagiri was delayed. Light rain in July ^ as
trying to upland rice, but good showers at the end of the month enabled
transplantation to be carried out under favourable conditions everywhere
A break at the end of August again caused anxiety, but copious rains in the
latter half of September and in October improved prospects throughout the
division and all crops yielded well. There was some rain in November in
the south which helped rabi crops and supplied water for irrigation. The season
on the whole was the most favourable, it is said, of any during the last twenty
years. In Gujarat the monsoon commenced rather late, but the subsequent
rains were generally sufficient and well distributed and the crops progressed
well except in Kaira where seedlings of bajri and other crops were greatly
damaged by caterpillars in August and had to be resown. The appearance
of cloudy weather followed by rain in November, however, changed the aspect
of the season altogether damaging standing kharif crops as well as those lying
cut in the fields. The jowar crop lodged and sprouted in the ear in Surat and
the advanced cotton crop in Broach was affected by boll worm. The sowing of 1
rabi crops was delayed. The latter promised well in the beginning but were
in turn seriously damaged in many places by unusually heavy rains in January
and frost in February. The late cotton crop in Broach and elsewhere already
affected by the boll worm got wet and the lint was discoloured. The season
for kharif as well as rabi crops was thus far from satisfactory. In Sind the
inundation of the Indus, on which the cultivation in the province mainly
depends, was very good. The river was high by the end of June and kharif
sowings were started on an extensive scale at the normal time. The inundation
canals continued to flow till almost the end of September and favoured e
growth of early crops. Large areas were also flooded for bosi (dry) cultivaion
in Northern Sind. The cold weather supply, however, was short and me
irrigated wheat on the Jamrao suffered to some extent. The ramfa vane
from 3 to 9 inches and though not heavy proved injurious to cotton an cause
shedding of bolls and flowers in places. The local as well as the m ® nc ^
crop was attacked by boll worm and the latter by red leaf disease also, eve
frost accompanied by cold in February also did some damage to e s an
rabi crops, but its duration was short. The season on the whole was goo
kharif but only fair for later crops.
5.—Outturn of Crops.
The following table gives the approximate outturn of the principal
by percentages (100 denoting a normal crop, i-e., one valued a
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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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