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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [319r] (185/192)
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 .]
EDUCATION.
153 Chapter VII.
INSTRUCTION.
number of students decreased by 34 to 305, of whom 177 were University
students, and 26 probationers; 102 belonged to tbe overseer Mechanical and
Electrical Apprentices’ classes. Out of 56 candidates who appeared for tbe
B. E. examination, 36 were successful. The number of students at the Grant
jfedical College rose by 68 to 1,029. There were also three medical schools
managed by Government and one private aided school containing in all 656
students and maintained at a cost of Rs. 1,13,270. Medical degrees were
secured by 109 out of 240 candidates. 8
8. The number of students at the Bombay School of Art decreased by Technical education.
46 to 325. Out of 5,879 candidates who appeared for various Art examina
tions 2,929 passed. In the He ay Art Workshops the attendance fell by
16 to 132. In the Pottery Department the average number of students in
all the sections was 7. At the School of Drawing and Design, Ahmedabad,
the number of students rose from 40 to 44, of whom 31 were bona fide crafts
men. Thirty-seven students attended the morning and 7 the evening class.
The number of students at the Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute rose from
336 to 338. The number of students attending the 29 Technical and Indus
trial Schools in British districts (excluding the School of Art) was 1,625
against 1,511 in the previous year. The expenditure on them rose by Rs. 37,375
to Es. 4,07,056.
9. The total number of public secondary schools rose by 7 to 734 and Secondary educa-
the number of pupils by 4,189 to 105,526. The total expenditure on these tion genera1,
schools rose from Rs. 49
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
to Rs. 55
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
approximately.
10. Boys’ high schools increased from 176 to 184 and the attendance High schools,
from 58,503 to 62,387. The number of girls’ schools rose from 42 to 47, and
the attendance from 6,582 to 7,425. Moral instruction continues to be impart
ed in all Government secondary schools.
11. Middle schools for boys decreased from 465 to 460, and the attend- Middle schools,
ance from 32,744 to 32,460. Girls’ middle schools decreased by 1 to 43, and
the attendance from 3,508 to 3,254.
12. The number of schools for Europeans and Anglo-Indians remained secondary school*
the same, viz., 39, but the number of pupils fell from 4,625 to 4,515, of whom AngSindianl and
3,818 were Europeans and Anglo-Indians. The total number of European and
Anglo-Indian children receiving secondary education was 4,513.
13. The total number of primary schools for boys increased by 589 to Primary education.
14,086, and the number of pupils by 54,209 to 829,733. In British districts
the schools rose by 605 to 11,252 and the pupils by 49,238 to 657,438 but in
Native States the former fell by 16 to 2,834, while the latter increased by 4,971
to 172,295. The number of girls’ schools increased by 141 to 1,770, and the
attendance by 10,118 to 130,384. Making allowance for boys at girls’ schools
and girls at boys’ schools, tbe total number of girls under instruction in primary
schools in British districts was 157,965, showing an increase of 13,830. The
number of pupils in the upper primary stage in British districts increased by
3,135 to 59,497, including 4,845 girls ; the number of pupils in the lower
primary stage reading printed books increased by 42,613 to 484,706, including
89,631 girls ; and the number not reading printed books by 12,570 to 215,919
including 63,489 girls. The number of local fund and municipal board schools
increased by 170 to 9,801, and that of pupils by 37,114 to 622,245. Aided
schools increased by 645 to 2,781. Unaided schools fell by 71 to 98. Night
schools numbered 173, showing an increase of 35 over the figure of the pre
vious year, and the pupils attending them increased by 659 to 5,141. The
total expenditure on primary schools in British districts and Native States
rose by nearly R s . 24
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
to over Rs. 128
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. In British districts pro
vincial funds contributed about Rs. 67
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, local board funds Rs. 6
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
,
municipal funds Rs. 25
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
and fees Rs. 5
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. Out of 7,946 candidates
atthe Vernacular Final Examination 3,874 passed, among whom there were
two girls.
i 14. There were 28 training institutions for men with 2,244 students and T
for women with 897 students. Of the training in stitutions for men, 26
'vith an enrolment of 2,167 were in British districts, 2 4 with an attendance
-i
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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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