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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’

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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.
103
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XK j 0 Chapter IV.
PRODUCTION
affa inst 379,878 cwts. valued at Rs. 2'84 crores. The figures are easily the mst R®tion.
highest yet recorded. On the other hand seMs declined by over Rs. 10 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees .
B,— -Subordinate Ports,
Keti Bunder and Sirganda.
The combined trade of these two ports fell from Es. 14-35 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to
p lSl O’bS lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees .
C—Sind External Land Trade.
1. The total value of imports and exports, excluding treasure, rose by General
Rs, 12419 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Es. 421-89 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , the highest figure on record. Excluding
Keiat and Beyla territories imports rose from Es. 103-57 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Es, 161*53
l&ldis, and exports from Es. 194-12 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Es. 260*37 Mkhs, exceeding the
record figure of the previous year by 34 per cent.
2. Imports from Afghanistan rose from Es. 99*55 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Es. 158*59 Distribution,
liikhs showing an increase of 59-75 per cent, and exports rose from Es. 156-35
hkhs to Ks. 156*89 blkhs. The value of imports into Bind and British
Baluchistan from southern and western Afghanistan rose by Es. 60 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to
Bs. 14613 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . Exports to southern and western Afghanistan fell from
Rs. 153‘53 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Es. 152"25 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The value of imports from northern and
eastern Afghanistan decreased from Es. 13-72 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Es. 12-46 14khs while
that of exports rose by Es. 1-82 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . Imports from Persia decreased by
Rs. 1*09 lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees or 27 per cent, to Es. 2*93 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees while exports rose by Es. 65*7
Mkhs or 174 per cent, to Es. 103*48 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , a record figure. The trade by the
Nushki route between Bind and Afghanistan rose by Es. 18*54 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to
Rs. 84*94 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees and that between Bind and Persia rose by Es. 64-62 Mkhs to
Rs. 106-41 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees .
3.—ADEN.
The total value of the private sea-borne and land trade of Aden increased
from 410,044,659 to 413,641,082. The sea-borne trade rose from 49,923,126
to 413,220,106. The value of Indian trade was 43,095,410 as compared with
43,034,642 in the year previous. Land trade increased in value from 4121,533
to 4420,976 or by 4299,443 ; the increase in imports being 4190,369, and in
exports 4109,074. Government transactions increased from 471,925 to 4328,616,
or by 4256,691, but exact figures are not available.
I.-— Sea-borne Trade.
1. The total value of the import trade, exclusive of treasure, increased from imports.
15,185,209 to 46,580,474. The value of class I (Articles of food, drink and
tobacco) increased from 41,*219,510 to 41,538,776. Increase was due to coffee
(+468,865), grain and 'pulse (+4238,744), dates (+4113,225), tea, black
(+420,212) and sugar (+493,387) ; decreases were observed in spices
(—436,394); tobacco unmanufactured (—4172,905) and cigarettes (—416,895).
The. increase in coffee was due to the resumption of trade with the Eed Bea
ports, resulting in large consignments from Mocha, Hodeida and Gaizan.
Harrar coffee from Djibouti, decreased. Grain and pulse increased chiefly in
wee, joivari and wheat flour mainly from Bombay. G ram showed a decrease.
k)ates increased in imports chiefly from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Muscat and Arabian
dulf ports contributed towards the increase. Ghee, though showing a slight
increase in value, decreased in quantity. The increase in tea was due nearly
wholly to imports from Bombay. Sugar increased in quantity and value ; the
prices ruling even higher than the year before. The decrease in was
contributed to almost equally by smaller imports of cloves from Zanzibar, which
were exceptionally high the year before, and ginger and pepper from Bombay.
Tobacco unmanufactured decreased, especially in imports, from Bombay and
cigarettes from'the United Kingdom. The total value of class II (Eaw
niaterials and produce, and articles mainly unmanufactured) increased from
+096,554 to 42,340,772, or by 41,244,218. Coal increased in value by 484,642,
chiefly from the United Kingdom, whence imports ceased since 1916-1
i\atal and Indian Coal also increased. The increase in gums and resins
(+430,404) was chiefly due to gum Arabic, (+18,478) from Somali ports and

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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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Reference: IOR/V/10/316/4
Title: ‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’
Pages: 227r:322v
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