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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [287v] (122/192)
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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Chapter IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
Exports.
98
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
7 .
Throughout the year the prohibition on the import of gold *
1, all gold imported under license being acquired on behalf of G ^ lllain '
At the rates offered, Banks and other institutions found it
import gold, mainly in the form of bullion to the value of over seve to
Large quantities are also believed to have found their way into Bombav
methods. Private exports of gold consisted almost entirely of coL? 1 lcit
to the Bank of England and include both Mysore bar gold and bar
South Africa held in Bombay on account of the Bank of England. h Q r0111
8. The total number of steam and sailing vessels engaged in flip i •
trade rose from 1,510 to 1,935 and the total burthen from 2,330831
4 , 388,487 tons. Thus record figures registered in 1913 - 14 ,-yk, 1675 ym i
and 4 , 229,623 -tons, have been surpassed in the first year of peace T1
following table illustrates the distribution of shipping by nationalties. Strik*
features are the immediate and complete recovery of the supremacy of Brifef
shipping, the check to further Japanese expansion, and the continued rarity in
Bombay waters of the American mercantile marine.
Total steam tonnage entered and cleared.
Nationality. .
1913 - 14 .
191849 .
1919 -t
Tons.
Tons.
Tons,
British .
2 , 739,773
1 , 616,482
3 , 556,049
Japanese
261,757
424,238
433,892
American
... ......
5,567
21,891
Others
1 , 201,156
187,887
310,914
The total shipping in the foreign trade, and the British share therein, would
probably have been even greater but for the concentration of a large number
of vessels on the carriage of rice from ports in Burma to Bombay, these
movements being registered under “ Coasting trade.”
(ii) Coasting trade.
1. There has been a steady advance in the aggregate value of the coasting
trade of the port of Bombay, excluding treasure since 1915 - 16 , the advance
during 1919-20 over the previous year being Bs. 19 crores. Both imports and
exports increased, the former by Bs. 6’87 crores and the latter by Es. 12’13
crores. The increase in imports was mainly due to larger importations from
Burma (+ Bs. 9*73 crores), Sind (+ Bs, 3‘20 crores), Bengal (+ Bs. 30
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
),
and British ports within 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.
(+ Bs. 20
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
). On the other hand
imports from Goa declined by Bs. 3*25 crores, Kathiawar by Bs. 1*17
crore
Equivalent to ten million, or one hundred lakhs. Used especially in connection with money (rupees).
,
Madras by Bs. 1*13
crore
Equivalent to ten million, or one hundred lakhs. Used especially in connection with money (rupees).
, Cutch by Bs. 81
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
and the State of Travancore
by Bs. 19
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. The increase in exports was showed by all provinces, the more
important being Sind (+Bs. 5 crores), Bengal (+Bs. 2 crores), Kathiawar
(+ Bs. 1*7
crore
Equivalent to ten million, or one hundred lakhs. Used especially in connection with money (rupees).
), Burma (+ Bs. 85
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
), Madras (+ Bs. 61
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
) and Goa
(+ Bs. 42
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
).
2 . The import coasting trade of Bombay may be divided into two main
sections : imports intended for consumption 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.
and ^ impm
marketed in Bomboy and largely re-exported. The principal articles oi impors
were grain, pulse and flour, raw cotton, seeds, spices, lierosene oil, tm _ ^
aiid raw ivool. The value of imports of gram, pulse and flour increase
Bs. 927
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
to Bs. 1,857
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, kerosene oil from Bs. 90
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
to Bs. 1
and teak toood from Bs. 12
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
to Bs. 84
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. On the other hand ,
fell from Bs. 1,610
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
to Bs. 1,329
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, seeds from Bs. 138
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
o ? _
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
and raw ivool from Bs. 42
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
to Bs. 41
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. Erne irom ^
constitutes the bulk of the imports under gram, pulse and flQM> , e 0 f i9&
receipts of raw cotton is a little puzzling in view of the large C10 P- • ^
particularly as imports from Sind increased by over three croies. ^
other important sources of supply, K&thi&war, Cutch, the Soutne ^
Country [via Goa) and Madras, the decline was heavy. It was pr
mainly to improved conditions on the railways during the cotton sea ^
3 . On the export side roughly one-quarter of the
re
distribution of foreign produce. In the case of articles of J-R _ ^ j
the value of exports of cotton manufactures rose from Bs. 540 la ^ ^0,
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, cotton hoist and yarn from Rs. 176
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
to Bs .225 a 0 f i or ef:
Vulse and flour from Rs. 333
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
to Rs. 483
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, while m the c» .
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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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