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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [321v] (190/192)
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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CHAPTER IX.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1.—Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.
For —
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Decennial Review),
See —
General Administration Report for 1911-12, part II, pages 214-217.
1.—The Established Chuech of England.
1. The Eight Reverend Edwin James Palmer, D.D., held the appoint
ment of Bishop of Bombay up to 8 th April and then went on leave on medical
certificate for six months. The Reverend C. E. W. Hatched, acting Archdeacon
of Bombay, held charge of the Diocese until the return of the Lord Bishop.
The number of chaplains was 26 including 3 temporary chaplains. The total
clerical establishment increased from 100 to 104.
2 . During the year the Bishop visited Mount Abu, Panchgani, Ahmed-
nagar, Igatpuri, Gadag, Hubli, Miraj, Poona, Bhusaval and Belgaum, and the
Venerable Archdeacon Hatchell visited Ahmedabad and Poona.
*
3. The number of confirmations fell from 658 to 547. There was
one ordination at Christ Church, Byculla.
2.— The Established Chuech of Scotland.
The chaplain on the regular establishment at Poona ministered to Kirkee.
The chaplaincy at Quetta was in abeyance. The Additional Clergy Society
maintained a chaplaincy at Mhow, and there were acting chaplains at
Nasirabad, Deesa, Belgaum and Aden.
2—Stationery.
1 . The year opened with a balance of stock valued at Rs. 2,97,054.
Receipts amounted to Rs. 9,23,398, of which Rs. 3,76,109 represented the value
of purchases made in India. Issues aggregated Rs. 8,88,973, the share of
imperial departments being Rs. 4,18,739 and that of provincial and local
departments being Rs. 4,02,355. The closing balance rose from Rs. 2,97,054
to Rs. 3,31,479.
2. During the war owing to want of raw materials in England and
exorbitant freight charges, blotting paper, typewriter paper and foolscap paper
were obtained from Bengal. Demi-official superior envelopes and roneo-
impression papers were obtained from the Bengal and Bombay Mills, respect
ively. Writing ink manufactured by a company in Bombay was tested by the
Chemical Analyser to Government, Bombay, and was found to be satisfactory
and was supplied for use in Government offices. Red ink glasses of Indian
manufacture were supplied by a firm in Calcutta. Pencils manufactured in
Madras were found generally good. No firm in India is able to manufacture,
suitable penholders. The manufacture of Indian cutlery was much improved
and superior pocket and desk knives and superior kinds of scissors were obtained
from several manufacturers in Northern India and were found to be suitable
substitutes for imported articles. Cotton tags of various sizes and descriptions
were obtained from different manufacturers in India and the articles supplied
were found to be more or less satisfactory. Nibs of country manufacture were
partially introduced.
3. With a view to save wastage in the use of demi-official papers, it was
decided to dispense with the use of double sheets and to suppy
single sheets. Cheap badami paper of country manufacture was partia y
supplied for ordinary type written matter as a substitute for a superior w 1 &
foolscap paper. The instructions issued regarding the need for stnngon
economy in the use of certain articles of stationery were strictly enforced.
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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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