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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [319v] (186/192)
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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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1919-1920.
154
of 2 105, under public management, and 2 with 62 pupils under private manage
ment ; and 2 with an attendance of 77 were maintained by Native States.
Of the women’s training institutions, 5 with 393 students under public manage
ment and 12 with 458 pupils under private management were in British
districts; and 1 with 46 students was maintained by a Native State.
15. The total number of Mahomedans under instruction rose by 21,558
to 230,589, of whom 36,313 attended private institutions against 37,761 in’the
previous year. The number of Mahomedan girls at school increased by 6,742
to 52,887. Of the pupils attending public institutions in British districts,’l69
were in arts and 89 in professional colleges, 6,131 in secondary schools, 154,662
in primary schools, 414 in training institutions and 1,411 in other special
schools.
16. The total number of pupils decreased by 1,901 to 17,964 owing to
economic causes.
17. The number of pupils of depressed classes decreased under the same
causes by 3,755 to 35,316.
18. Attendance at the David Sassoon Industrial and Reformatory insti
tution increased by 52 to 252. The Yeravda school is dealt with below.
19. The balance of Imperial and
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grants unspent at the end of
the previous year was Rs. 43,41,590. No further grants were received during
the year under report except the old recurring ones. The expenditure from
these grants was Rs. 7,62,327 leaving a balance of Rs. 35,79,263 at the end
of the year, of which only Rs. 13,55,178 remained unpledged.
Yeravda Reformatory School.
1. The year 1919 opened with 118 boys on the register (of whom 3 were
employed outside on licenses) and closed with 139 (of whom 7 were serving
out on licenses). The average daily number of inmates rose by 18 to 125.
Of the 139 boys at the end of the year, 32 were 12 years of age, 20 under 14,
70 under 16 and the remaining 17 of or over 16 years.
2. The behaviour of the boys was, on the whole, as satisfactory as in
the previous years. The total number of offences for the year was 21 of which
a few only were serious.
3. Of the 22 juveniles discharged during the year, 9 had learnt agricul
ture and gardening, 6 carpentry, 3 smithy and 4 painting and varnishing.
Of the 105 boys discharged during the preceding triennium, 83 were reported
to be earning an honest livelihood, 2 had died, 5 were reconvicted and 15
could not be traced.
4. Three licenses were in force in the beginning of the year and 8 new
licenses were issued. Of the licensed boys 1 was discharged on expiration
of his term of detention, 1 escaped, and 2 being reported as unsuitable were
brought back to the Reformatory.
5. The health of the inmates was good during the year. There was no
epidemic of any sort. One inmate, however, died of pneumonia.
6 . The net profits rose from Rs. 674 to Rs. 825. Of the 139 inmates, 27
learnt carpentry, 19 black smith’s work, 11 painting and varnishing, and 13
book-binding. Sixty-nine boys were employed in gardening.
7. Out of 63 boys examined under vernacular standards I to Y, 45 passed.
In the beginners’ class 43 out of 60 did well.
8 . The net cost to Government of maintaining the institution rose by
Rs. 8,819 to Rs. 32,404.
2.—Literature and the Press.
*
For details see tables under Printing Presses and Publications printed in Part VII of the Statistics of British India.
1 .—Books and Periodicals.
The total number of publications registered during the year fell from 3,113
to 3,001, of which 1,720 were books and 1,281 issues of periodicals. Of the
1,720 books, 233 were written in English, 3 in Italian, 556 in Gujarati, 119 m
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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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