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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [308r] (163/192)
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.]
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FINANCIAL.
17. Es. 11,05,973 (+Es. 2,89,647). The excess was chiefly in payments sanitation,
to local bodies for special sanitary projects. 1 Ite residue was due to revision
of salaries, establishments and distribution of quinine treatments.
18. Es. 7,29,928 (+Rs. 1,60,123). The excess was partly due to Political.
w e payments to officers of other provinces and smaller recoveries from
certain Indian States towards the cost of establishments in foreign service.
19. Es. 19,71,705 (+Rs. 1,16,699). The excess was principally due Agriculture,
firstly to the creation of the three posts, viz.:-~(i) Deputy Director of Agricul
ture, Gujarat, (ii) Deputy Director of Agriculture for Animal Breeding and
(iii) Inspector of Agricultural Schools, and secondly to the entertainment of
the temporary establishment for the prevention of the deterioration of cotton
in the Surat district and in the Southern Maratha country. Increased rates
of temporary and provisional allowances, annual increments, starting of
vernacular agricultural schools at Veshvi (Alibag) and Godhra, and to^ the
expansion of the Co-operative Credit Department also contributed to the
excess.
20 ; Es. 7,90,341 (+Bs. 3,33,216). The excess was mostly due tothescientificandother
expenditure of the Director of Industries, transfer of the Dapuri Workshops miscellaneous de P art -
from the Public Works Department to this head and the purchase of certain ments ‘
collections of antiquities for the Prince of Wales Museum.
21. Es. 43,64,846 (+Rs. 40,721). Due chiefly to larger payments of Superannuation
commuted pensions sanctioned during the year. allowance and
L cj ^ pensions.
22. Es. 19,80,442 (+Bs. 2,00,454). The increase was mainly under Stationery and
stationery and paper issued from the Central Stores owing to enhanced prices. P rintin g-
The expenditure of Government Presses was also higher due to increased
wages of the employees.
23. Es. 9,23,861 (—Es. 7,38,551). The actuals of 1918-1919 included Miscellaneous.
Rs. 9,68,736 on account of loss in connection with the sales of rice at cost
price through Messrs. Ealli Brothers. The expenditure on War boards was
also in the year under review half of what it was in 1918-1919. On the other
hand payments of additional subventions to certain district boards for non-
official presidents, arrears of rates and taxes to the Bombay Municipality and
expenditure on Peace Celebrations debitable to this head, partially counter
balanced the decrease.
24. Es. 5,86,657 (+Rs. 36,853). Attention is invited to the corresponding Famine relief—civil,
paragraph under Imperial revenues.
25. Es. 4,14,551 (+Rs. 2,84,368). Attention is invited to the correspond- Famine relief—Pub-
ing paragraph under Imperial revenues. lic W0Lkb '
26. Es. 10,25,258 (+Es. 71,668). Attention is invited to the correspond- Major works-work-
ing paragraph under Imperial revenues. lng ex P eases -
27. Es. 15,28,059 (+Rs. 1,23,916). Attention is invited to the corre-Major Works—inter-
spending paragraph under Imperial revenues. estondebt.
28. Es. 4,024 (+Rs. 3,299). A ttention is invited to the corresponding Minor works—civil,
paragraph under Imperial revenues.
29. Rs. 20,12,868 f+Rs. 4,57,344). Attention is invited to the corre- Minor works and
onm-miva™ 1 -.^ ’ navigation (Public
apunaing paragraph under Imperial revenues. works.
30. R s . 23,43,801 (+Rs. 13,88,139).— The increase was due to large civil works (civil),
expenditure on the improvement of village water-supply, grants-in-aid (i) to the
hombay Municipality for the supply of water to Salsette from the Pawai lake,
t il° ^ e . •DisRlct Local Board, Karachi, for repairs to roads and bridges, (iii)
0 ^ Trimbak Municipality for water-supply and (iv) to Hyderabad, Sukkur
ail d Sehwan municipalities for certain sanitary schemes.
31. Es. 1,52,50,403 (+Rs. 43,99,871). The excess was due to larger civil works (Public
M on Pi v il buildings classed under sub-heads u Forest , ‘ Administration ,
Manor departments”, “Law and Justice”, “Jails”, “Medical” and Mis-
e a neous ”, (ii) on construction and improvement of roads and miscellaneous
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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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- ‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’
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