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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [279r] (105/192)
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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SBB
1919 - 1920 .] WEATHER AND CROPS. Ql
a day and for skilled labour Re. 1 to Rs. 2 a day. Satara district now supplies
much labour to the mills and docks in Bombay, Karachi, Sholapur, the Berars
and other places, and with the end of the rains a large emigration commences
to those places. This emigration naturally leads to a scarcity of labour locally
and an increase, in wages. In Kaira, Panch Mahals, Nasik and Poona the
wages for field labour were abnormally high. In the Broach district field
labour is usually drawn from the Kaira district and the adjoining parts of the
Baroda and Rajpipla States. In the Kaira district large land-holders have
now been forced to use improved implements in order to economise labour,
while in the Surat district the landlords complain that they do not get
the required field labour even for twice the pre-war wages. During the
cotton picking season and the harvesting of jowari, wheat and other crops,
higher rates were demanded and paid in the East and West Khandesh
districts. In Sindkheda and Shirpur talukas of the West Khandesh district
labourers formed parties and took contracts for picking cotton, thereby earning
a daily wage of at least a rupee. A very large proportion of the labourers
from Poona and Kolaba districts were attracted to Bombay and the Tata
works while some three thousand people mostly Mahars and Kolis from
Dindori in the Nasik district went to Bombay to work in the mills. In Sind
the high rates of pay which prevailed in the previous year were generally
maintained and in several cases exceeded. The ordinary rate for unskilled labour
was 10 annas to Re. 1-4 and and for skilled labour it was Re. 1-8-0 to Rs. 2-8-0.
The periodical immigration of Kachhis to Sind has now practically ceased,
due to their being able to earn good wages nearer their homes. This is an
additional cause of wages rising in the province. On the whole the condition
of the labouring classes is improving very steadily and decidedly and they
are getting more independent, conscious of their own rights and power. In
fact as noticed last year the labourer not only continued to be his own master,
but often received high wages for bad and short work. He showed he was no
longer the docile servant of his master, but was now in a position to dictate
terms to him. The formation of labour unions, the insistent demand for
high wages and the threat to strike, if demands are not met, are becoming
characteristic of labour even in India.
9.—Famine Relief.
The suspensions and remissions of land revenue granted in each district
oi 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.
proper during the revenue year ending 31st July 1920 are
shown in the following table :—
Current year’s
Current year’s revenue.
District.
fixed
demand.
Suspended.
Remitted or
written off.
Ahmedabad
Rs.
15 , 24,955
Rs.
4 , 36,552
Rs.
64,004
Kaira
21 , 35,910
8 , 02,809
36,111
Ranch Mahdis
3 , 54,395
46,185
5,167
Broach
19 , 68,279
2 , 42,146
12,621
Snrat
23 , 63,340
66,783
31,842
Thdna
13 , 98,777
436
1,298
Ahmednagar
18 , 55.532
11 , 14,909
1,977
East KhAndesh
28 , 84,809
18,954
W est Kh&nd esh ...
19 , 20,104
24,600
56,149
Ndsik
18 , 88,295
2 , 81,577
5,802
Poona
15 , 13.044
3 , 21,208
22,090
Satara
20 , 22,106
5 , 24,646
43,783
Shol&pur
12 , 21,017
1,39 895
747
Belgaum
8 , 38,110
51,698
20,071
Bijdunr
15 , 53,098
1 , 55,517
1,306
Dh&rw&r
29 , 03,596
83,287
21,552
Kanara
9 , 98,360
88,982
5,233
Kol&ba
13 , 48,331
6,309
Ratn&giri
8 , 91,315
9,382
10,829
The province of Sind is omitted from the foregoing table, as it is
onsidered to be exempt from famine and the rules regarding suspensions and
Missions differ from those in force 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.
proper.
H 923-21
Chapter IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
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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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