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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [322v] (192/192)
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. 160
miscellaneous
BOMBAY ADMINISTKATION EEPOET.
[ 1919 - 1920 .
3 > Re-settlement Committees eoe the Demobilized.
1 . During the year the Bombay Committee continued its efforts f or
assisting British and i^-Hglo-Indian ranks of the British and Indian ArmiGs
who on demobilization were desirous of securing employment in India and
received hearty co-operation from employers. The Committee has since been
dissolved.
2. The Sind Committee continued its work on similar • lines, but its
appeals to the mercantile houses and other employers of labour met with
no great measure of success. The Committee has since been dissolved.
4.— Peace Celebeations.
On the signing of the Treaty of Peace at Versailles steps were taken in all
parts of 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.
, including Native States, to collect funds with the
object of celebrating the occasion in a befitting manner. In Bombay City a
sum of Bs. 1,39,760 was collected, out of which Bs. 87,530 were expended for
peace celebration purposes. It was decided to utilize the balance for the benefit
of British and Indian sailors and soldiers.
5 .—Bombay Smoke-Nuisances Commission.
The chief and assistant inspectors took 5,731 observations as against 2,590
in the previous year and visited 2,181 factories, etc., as against 1,322. The
number of tests made was 543. The average emission of smoke of high
density increased from an amount represented by IT44 minutes per hour to
1*254. During the year 890 reports, 20 intimations and 8 warnings were
issued. No fireman appeared for examination during the year.
6.—Society foe the Peevention of Ceuelty to Animals.
For details see the Annual Report of the Society for the year 1919 .
The number of cases of cruelty to animals prosecuted by the agents of the
Society was 6,798. Animals cruelly treated numbered 7,753, of which 971
were horses, 6,268 bullocks, 25 buffaloes and 304 fowls. In 6,495 cases the
accused were fined, in 1 case the accused was sentenced to two months’ rigorous
imprisonment, in 2 cases to rigorous imprisonment for one month each, in 4
cases to rigorous imprisonment for periods varying from one to three weeks, in
3 cases to simple imprisonment for periods varying from one to fifteen days and
in 263 cases the accused were warned and discharged. In 1,016 cases the
animals cruelly treated were sent to the Bai Bakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital
for treatment, while in 18 cases they were found to be suffering from incurable
diseases and sent to the Pinjrapole. The whole of the fines levied in cruelty
cases prosecuted by the Society’s agents is granted to the Society after
deducting certain charges. The amount received by the Society from
Government in 1919 was Bs. 25,948. The total receipts, including fines and
subscriptions and donations (Bs. 917), amounted to Bs. 27,474 and the total
expenditure to Bs. 25,292. The closing balance amounted to Bs. 20,401, of
which Bs. 9,000 were invested.
BOMBAY : PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS;
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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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