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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [318r] (183/192)
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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191 94920 .] VETEBINARY. 2.51
Anthrax was reported from 12 districts and caused 283 deaths. Foot and mouth
disease was prevalent in all districts except Kaira, Ahmednagar, Satara, Bel-
gaum and Ratnagiri and resulted in 343 deaths as against 635. The number
of inoculations against rinderpest fell from 26,836 to 24,432. Five thousand
four hundred and forty-nine animals were inoculated against haemorrhagic
septeemia. Inoculations against anthrax numbered 926 and vaccinations
against black-quarter 101. Contagious diseases prevailed in the whole of
Sind, but the number of deaths decreased from 4,125 to 1,688. Among
equiues the mortality rose from 67 to 109, surra alone accounting for 71.
The number of deaths among bovines decreased from 3,185 to 712 and among
other animals from 873 to 867.
2 . Four new dispensaries were opened during the year 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.
Veterinary institu-
proper, bringing the total up to 65. The number of patients treated at the tions *
dispensaries increased from 75,366 to 90,800, while animals to which medicine
only was supplied decreased from 61,060 to 59,664. The number of animals
treated by veterinary assistants on tour, excluding castrations, decreased from
52,655 to 30,671. Inoculations increased from 29,509 to 31,223. In Sind
the number of dispensaries was the same as last year, viz., 15. The total
number of patients treated at the dispensaries increased from 17,241 to 18,527,
while medicine and advice was given in 3,821 cases in the absence of ani
mals. The veterinary assistants visited 1,812 villages and treated 4,728
patients, excluding 26 castrations, as against 1,571 villages and 4,664 patients
in the previous year. Inoculation of 1,672 animals was carried out as against
2,637.
3. 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 the number of cases of glanders Glanders and Farcy
detected fell from 7 to 4, of which 3 were clinical and 1 non-clinical. In department.
Sind twenty-six cases of glanders, twenty-three from Karachi and three from
Hyderabad, were detected and destroyed as against six cases reported from
Karachi in the previous year. The number of horses imported fell from 7,968
to 5,141, of which 3,393 were imported from
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ports, 863 from
Egyptian ports, 444 from Australian ports and 329 from English ports.
4. Expenditure 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 rose from Rs. 3,88,260 to Expenditure.
Ks. 4,36,065, of which Rs. 1,04,961 were debited to local funds. In Sind the
expenditure decreased from Rs. 1,27,204 to Rs. 1,24,505, of which Rs. 44,068
were chargeable to local funds.
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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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