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‘BOMBAY – 1924-25. A Review of the Administration of the Presidency’

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The record is made up of 1 item (156 folios). It was created in 1926. 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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THE BUDGET FOR 1924-25
The Collector and District Magistrate is placed over the whole
district. Besides superintending the realisation of the land revenue,
the duties of administering the excise and other special taxes and of
supervising the stamp revenue devolve in each district upon the Collector
as executive head of the district.
The Revenue Commissioners, of whom there are four for 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 and one in Sind, exercise a general superintendence and
control over the revenue administration 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. .
An important feature of the Revenue Administration is the steady rise
in the revenue for non-agricultural use of lands. With the growth of
trade and business and the expansion of towns more and more land is being
diverted to non-agricultural purposes and the enhanced assessment realised
on this account forms a not inconsiderable portion of the Revenue
of the land.
THE BUDGET FOR 1924-25
There was again a set back in the year under review under the most
important head of land revenue receipts. The budget estimate for the
year stood at 5754 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees land revenue in addition to 60± lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees under
irrigation, a total of 6364 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The final accounts of the year showed
that the actual revenue was 5164 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees land revenue plus 742 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees for
irrigation, or a total decrease of 45| lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The revenue under this head
is subject to heavy fluctuations owing to the policy of grant of suspensions
and remissions on a liberal scale. From the agricultural stand-point, the
year was on the whole favourable in the greater part 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.
which was fortunate in escaping the ravages of the great storms which
swept over the south-western coast of India but stopped just within our
Kanara borders, and also those storms which wrought such havoc in
Upper India. The latter storms however affected the water-sheds of the
river Indus and caused the inundation to rise in places 3 or 4 feet above
the highest recorded level. Considerable expenditure had to be incurred
to repair the breaches in water courses effected by the heavy floods.
The proposal of Government for the continuance of the enhanced rates
of Court Fees, levied for a period of two years ending 31st March 1924
under the Court Fees (Bombay Amendment) Act, I of 1922, was negatived
by the Legislative Council, the result of which was that the estimate of
stamp revenue for 1924-25 was reduced to 168} lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees as compared with
the actuals of 180 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees for 1923-24. The actual revenue for 1924-25
stood at 178 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The improvement of 9} lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees was due to the additional
assignment sanctioned by the Government of India to recoup the loss to
the provincial revenues on account of the use of unified postage and revenue
stamps on documents chargeable with stamp duty. Since the introduction
of the reforms, the Government of India were making an annual assignment
of 33 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to this 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. to cover the loss of revenue on account of
the use of unified stamps. This Government represented to the Central
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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 1924-25. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1926.

The report is divided into two parts. Part I (ff 541-554) comprises a report ‘GENERAL SUMMARY’, consisting of: [Political]; Finance; Trade and Commerce; Agriculture; Department of Agriculture; Instruction; Law and Justice; Police and Crime; Bombay City Police; Public Health; Salt; Excise; Forests; Co-operative Movement; Public Works; Bombay Development Department.

PART II (ff 555-683) comprises the following headings, which are further divided into sub-headings:

CHAPTER I ‘INDIAN STATES.’ (ff 555-560), 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; Condition of the people
CHAPTER II ‘ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND.’ (ff 560-565), consisting of: Land Records; Revenue Surveys; the Record of Rights; Remissions of Revenue; System of Land Tenure; Gujarat Talukdars’ Act; Sind Incumbered Estates Act; the Court of Wards Act; Department of Land Records; Routine Measurement Work; Revenue Surveys; City Surveys; Revision Settlements
CHAPTER III ‘LAW AND JUSTICE.’ (ff 565-572), consisting of: the Budget; Resolutions and Questions; Course of Legislation; Administration of Justice; Civil Justice; Criminal Justice; Registration; Joint Stock Companies
CHAPTER IV ‘POLICE AND CRIME’ (ff 573-580), consisting of: Mofussil and Sind Police; Bombay City Police; Village Police; Aden Police; Government Male and Female Workhouses; Bombay Jails; Criminal Tribes
CHAPTER V ‘AGRICULTURE, WEATHER AND CROPS’ (ff 582-602), consisting of: Nature of the Crops; Outturn of the Crops; Agricultural Stock; Condition of the Agricultural Population; Department of Agriculture; Note on the Weather; Prices; Labour and Wages; Forests; Co-operative Movement; Horticulture
CHAPTER VI ‘TRADE AND COMMERCE’ (ff 603-624), consisting of: Industries; Department of Industries; the Factories Act; Sea-borne Trade; Foreign Trade; Foreign Merchandise; Indian Produce and Manufactures; Trade According to Countries; Shipping; Coasting Trade; Subordinate Ports 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. ; the Trade of Sind; Shipping Offices; Labour Office
CHAPTER VII ‘PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT’ (ff 624-634), consisting of: Irrigation; Sind; Deccan and Gujarat; Railways
CHAPTER VIII ‘VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF’ (ff 634-649), consisting of: [Births and Deaths]; Epidemic Diseases; Hospitals and Dispensaries; Sanitation; Vaccination; the Haffkine Institute; Veterinary; Chemical Analysers; Wild Animals and Venomous Snakes; Mental [psychiatric] Hospitals; Acworth Leper Asylum [hospital for people affected by leprosy or Hansen’s Disease], Matunga
CHAPTER IX ‘LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT’ (ff 650-656), consisting of: District Municipalities; Bombay Municipality; Local Board Administration; Village Panchayats; Bombay Improvement Trust; Bombay Port Trust; Karachi Port Trust; Aden Port Trust; Working of the Rent Acts
CHAPTER X ‘COLLECTION OF REVENUE AND FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 656-670), consisting of: the Budget for 1924-25; Loan Accounts; No Revenue from Income Tax; Land Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Customs Administration; Salt Department; Excise; Cotton Duties Act; Stamps; Taxes on Income
CHAPTER XI ‘INSTRUCTION’ (ff 671-676), consisting of: Education; Yeravda [Yerwada or Yerawada] Reformatory; Books and Publications; Newspapers; Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay; Victoria and Albert Museum, Bombay; Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay; Natural History Section; Victoria Museum, Karachi
CHAPTER XII ‘ARCHAEOLOGY’ (ff 677-678), consisting of: [Archaeological Survey of India, Western Circle]
CHAPTER XIII ‘MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 679-683), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; the Established Church of England; the Established Church of Scotland; Stationary; Printing; Bombay Development Department; Back Bay Reclamation; Industrial Housing in Bombay; Suburban Industrial Schemes; Suburban Development; Water Supply in Salsette; Railway Schemes; Advisory Committee; Organization of the Directorate; Military (Indian Auxiliary and Territorial Forces); Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Advances to Cultivators.

The report includes the following photographs:

‘Gateway of India, Apollo Bandar, Bombay.’ (f 540)
‘Large Hand Sizing Machine (suitable for a hand-loom factory An East India Company trading post. )’ (f 606)
‘Group of castings made at the P. W. D. Workshops, Dapuri, Poona [Pune]. The large roller rim weighs over a ton.’ (f 625)
‘Dragline Excavators for the three Right Bank Canals ex Indus at Sukkur. Ruston and Hornby’s Model No. 300, crossing the North-Western Railway line at Bagerji [Bagarji].’ (f 627)
‘Dragline Excavators crossing Sukkur Canal on a bank 16 feet high, pierced with 6 ‘armco’ pipes 36” in diameter to carry the canal discharge.’ (f 629)
‘Four machines ready to start on their journey to the site of work.’ (f 631)
‘Lake Arthur Hill, Bhandardara Dam. Downsteam full view from south Bank.’ (f 633)
‘Lloyd Barrage Circle. View of the Barrage Township at Sukkur.’ (f 635)
‘Another view of the Barrage Township.’ (f 637)
‘Alandi Fair–Pilgrims taking baths in the ‘Chakratirtha’’ (f 644)
‘Alandi Fair–View of the pilgrims encamped on the river side from the bridge over the Indrayani River.’ (f 646)
‘Alandi Fair–Lady Volunteers from the Seva Sadan, Poona, assisting the pilgrims in securing a darshan.’ (f 648)
‘Salt Department. West wall of wharf at Dabhol. S. S. “Jayanti” alongside wharf, south side.’ (f 664)
‘East end of wharf at Dabhol, showing landing steps and Indian Company’s office at far side.’ (f 666)
‘Mohenjo-Daro (District Larkana, Sind). Well and paved baths.’ (f 676)
‘Mohenjo-Daro (District Larkana, Sind). Seals with pictographic writings.’ (f 678).

There are also diagrams showing the following: ‘WAGES AND COST OF LIVING’ (f 597); ‘Chart I DEATHS IN 1924 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.’ (f 639); ‘DEATH-RATE AT AGE-PERIOD’ (f 640); ‘CHART VI - ANNUAL INCIDENCE OF DEATHS FROM EPIDEMIC DISEASES.’ (f 641); ‘CHART VII MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF DEATHS FROM EPIDEMIC DISEASES’ (f 642); ‘DISTRIBUTION OF PRINCIPAL HEADS OF REVENUE FOR THE YEAR 1924-25.’ (f 657); ‘DISTRIBUTION OF PRINCIPAL HEADS OF EXPENDITURE MET FROM REVENUE FOR THE YEAR 1924-25.’ (f 659); ‘TOTAL EXPENDITURE CHARGED TO REVENUE [1913-14 to 1924-25]’ (f 661).

There are appendices on folios 684-686, and an index on folios 687-689. 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 690.

A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 538-539. In a small number of instances, there are discrepancies in the 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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Reference: IOR/V/10/317/4
Title: ‘BOMBAY – 1924-25. A Review of the Administration of the Presidency’
Pages: 535r:659r, 659r:659v, 659v:690r, 690r:690v, 690v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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