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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [285r] (117/192)
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 .] TRADE. gg Chapter IV.
PRODUCTION
rapid strides. The transfer of fuel oil tanks to War! Bunder and of other tanks distribution.
to th© Sewri Reclamation is virtually complete. A special Pier for the
accommodation of bulk oil vessels is in course of construction off Trombay
Island, whence oil will be pumped to the installations on the Sewri Reclama
tion. Finally a scheme for the construction of new docks in the same
neighbourhood is under consideration.
(i) Foreign Trade.
1 . The aggregate value of private foreign trade was Rs. 206-48 crores General,
against Rs. 151*58 crores or about 36*28 per cent. The general course of
foreign trade is shown in the following table : —
* *
Increase
Articles.
1915-1916.
1916-1917.
1917-1918.
1918-1919.
1919-1920.
or
Decrease
in
1919-20.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
IMPORTS.
Lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
Lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
Lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
Lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
Lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
Lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
I,-Food, drink and tobacco
8,61-65
8,80-75
8 , 68-12
10,30-54
15,95-99
+ 5,65-45
II-Raw materials and articles mainly unmanufac
tured
4,29-13
5,22-79
5,75-58
5,19-44
8,73-31
+ 3,53-87
III.-Articles wholly or mainly manufactured
29,88-27
39,64-68
39,92-45
51,64-37
51,56-80
-7-57
IV.-Miscellaneous and unclassified (including parcel
post) ••• ••• ••• •••
1,41-46
1,64-34
2,45-21
3,94-04
2,62-98
-1,31,06
Total Imports ...
44,20-69
55,32-56
56,81-36
71,08-39
78,89-08
+ 7,80-69
r *
EXPORTS.
Indian Produce and Manufactures.
I—Food, drink and tobacco ... ... ...
4,69-18
5,93-97
10,17-00
7,68-18
5,27-94
-2,40-24
II.—Raw materials and articles mainly unmanufac
tured
28,77-41
48,93-07
50,79-46
42,19-46
67,25-83
+ 25,06-37
III—Articles Wholly or mainly manufactured
10.20-37
15,90-59
14,40-43
15,37-45
27,64-15
+ 12,26-70
IV.-Miscellaneous and unclassified (including parcel
post)
66 "84
71-10
77-48
86-61
92*66
+ 6,05
Total, Indian Produce and Manufactures ...
44,33-75
71,48*73
76,14-37
66,11-70
1,01,10-58
+34,98-88
Foreign Merchandise.
1
I.-Food, drink and tobacco
98-42
1,63*15
2,29,82
2,08-42
3,02-76
+ 94,34
II.—Raw materials and articles mainly unmanufac
tured
30-47
55 "29
24*59
40-25
61-74
+ 21-49
III.-Articles wholly or mainly manufactured
1,72-49
3,59-76
3,92-83
7,81-15
8,23-18
+42-03
IV,-Miscellaneous and unclassified (including parcel
P^t),
4,52
7-81
11-52
20-54
21-34
+ •80
Total, Foreign Merchandise ...
3,05-90
5,86-01
6,58‘76
10,50-36
12.09-02
+1,58-66
Total Exports ...
47,39-65
77,34-74
82,73-13
76,62-06
1,13,19-60
+ 36,57-54
The developments under class I arise mainly out of the food-stuffs situation
which gave rise to a large official import of Australian wheat and to
stringent restrictions on exports of food-grains. The high price of sugar has
also swelled the import figures. Imports of manufactured articles have
remained stationary, the marked revival in other lines of business having been
set off by the reduction in piece-goods. The rise in exchange alone accounts for
he reduction under the miscellaneous head and tends to conceal a good deal of
he growth in the import trade.
2 - The most conspicuous feature of the import branch of trade is the Im P oi ' fcs -
€0n q rac ^ orL imports of cotton manufactures owing to high costs of
Production in Europe and Japan. The local industry enabled Bombay to
ls pense with dear imported cloth better than Calcutta where imports exceed
ur value those during 1918 - 19 . The unduly inflated yarn business with Japan
t s ,° c °llapsed, bringing its imports of cotton twist and yarn to ninth on the
18 ‘ Their place has been taken by sugar of which the price throughout the
’ ear bas been abnormal. The stoppage of war production has improved the
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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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