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The record is made up of 1 item (154 folios). It was created in 1927. 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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GENERAL SUMMARY
Mr. Jayakar, the leader of the Swaraj Party in the Bombay
Legislative Council, took a prominent part with Mr. Kelkar in
the fight for responsive co-operation. Mr. Jayakar defined
this as co-operation or opposition in response to or in accordance
with the changing of circumstances of which the attitude of the
bureaucracy was an important factor. They both resigned
their seats in the Bombay Legislative Council and Council of
State, respectively, after the Cawnpore Congress in order to
obtain greater freedom to carry on the propaganda in favour
of responsive co-operation.
The fourth session 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. Liberal Con
ference was held in Poona at the end of August, when resolutions
were passed recommending that immediate steps be taken to give
effect to the principal recommendation of the Minority Report of
the Muddiman Committee by appointing a Royal Commission or
otherwise to put the constitution of British India on a permanent
basis with provision for automatic progress in the future.
Hindu-Moslem tension continued throughout the year but
not to anything like the same extent as in other parts of India.
Government found it necessary to undertake prosecutions against
both Hindus and Muhammadans in respect of violent and
intemperate attacks in the Press. The Moharrum passed off
peacefully throughout 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. , except in Sholapur,
where on August 2 there was a collision between the Hindus and
Muhammadans followed by a more serious riot in October,
when two Muhammadans were killed and a number of Hindus
and Muhammadans were injured.
Finance.—In his introductory note on the Budget for 1926-27
Mr. G. Wiles, Secretary, Finance Department, summarised the
course of events since 1921. He pointed out that there had
been wonderfully little change in the total revenues received,
though various items had fluctuated. Land Revenue had
remained unimproved or even retreated a little. Excise Revenue
had gone up, and the revenue from Stamps had fluctuated with
trade, and with the addition and subtraction of the Court Fees
Act had finally gone up by some 9 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees on account of an
assignment from the Central Government to cover the loss
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. due to the introduction of unified stamps.
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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 1925-26. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1927.

The report is divided into two parts. Part I (ff 697-709) 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; the Co-operative Movement; Public Works; Bombay Development Department.

PART II (ff 710-837) comprises the following headings, which are further divided into sub-headings:

  • CHAPTER I ‘INDIAN STATES.’ (ff 710-715), 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 715-719), consisting of: Land Records; Gujarat Talukdars’ Act; Sind Incumbered Estates Act; Department of Land Records; Routine Measurement Work; Revenue Surveys; Revision Settlements; City Surveys
  • CHAPTER III ‘LAW AND JUSTICE.’ (ff 720-725), consisting of: Resolutions and Questions; Course of Legislation; Administration of Justice; Civil Justice; Criminal Justice; Civil and Criminal Justice; Joint Stock Companies
  • CHAPTER IV ‘POLICE AND CRIME’ (ff 725-734), 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 734-759), consisting of: Nature of the Crops; Outturn of the Crops; 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 760-782), consisting of: Industries; Department of Industries; the Factories Act; the Workmen’s Compensation Act; Bombay Boiler Inspection Department; Sea-borne Trade; Foreign Trade; Foreign Merchandise; Indian Produce and Manufactures; Trade According to Countries; Shipping; Coasting Trade; Subordinate Ports 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. ; the Trade of Sind; Shipping Offices
  • CHAPTER VII ‘PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT’ (ff 782-792), consisting of: Irrigation; Sind; Deccan and Gujarat; Railways
  • CHAPTER VIII ‘VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF’ (ff 792-805), consisting of: [Births and Deaths]; Epidemic Diseases; Hospitals and Dispensaries; Sanitation; Vaccination; 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; Emigration and Immigration
  • CHAPTER IX ‘LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT’ (ff 805-812), consisting of: District Municipalities; Bombay Municipality; Local Board Administration; 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 812-824), consisting of: the Budget for 1925-26; Loan Accounts; No Revenue from Income Tax; Revenue and Expenditure; Land Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Customs Administration; Salt Department; Excise; Stamps; Taxes on Income
  • CHAPTER XI ‘INSTRUCTION’ (ff 825-830), 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; Natural History Section; Victoria Museum, Karachi
  • CHAPTER XII ‘ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 831-832), consisting of: [Archaeological Survey of India, Western Circle]
  • CHAPTER XIII ‘MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 833-837), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; the Established Church of England; the Established Church of Scotland; Stationary; Printing; Bombay Development Department; Industrial Housing in Bombay; Industrial Schemes; Town Planning Schemes; Suburban Schemes; Railway Schemes; Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Advances to Cultivators.

The report includes the following photographs:

  • ‘KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, PAREL. (CENTRAL BLOCK)’ (f 696)
  • ‘SUGARCANE GROWN BY THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT METHODS AT POONA [Pune]’ (f 737)
  • ‘COTTON GROWN UNDER RIDGE CULTIVATION BY THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT AT POONA’ (f 742)
  • ‘ONE OF THE AGRICULUTURAL DEPARTMENT’S PREMIUM BULLS’ (f 744)
  • ‘WEAVING BY SCHOOL BOYS AT THE DEVI-HOSUR AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL’ (f 747)
  • ‘BIJAPUR [Vijayapura] COTTON SALE SOCIETY–VIEW OF THE WEIGHING OPERATIONS OF CULTIVATORS’ KAPAS IN THE SOCIETY’S COMPOUND’ (f 758)
  • ‘BORING OPERATIONS UNDERTAKEN BY THE SANITARY ENGINEER’ (f 783)
  • ‘SUKKUR BARRAGE SCHEME–A DRAGLINE EXCAVATOR WORKING ON THE KHIPRO CANAL’ (f 785)
  • ‘FLOATING PIPELINE FOR DREDGERS IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION AT SUKKUR’ (f 783)
  • ‘WATER WORKS SERVICE RESERVOIR AT WANOWRIE, POONA, CONSTRUCTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT’ (f 789)
  • ‘VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF TO THE LLOYD DAM’ and ‘LLOYD DAM AT BHATGAR [Bhatghar] NEAR POONA’ (f 791)
  • ‘MOHENJO-DARO, DISTRICT LARKANA–BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE EXCAVATED AREA’ (f 830)
  • GATESVARA MAHADEVA TEMPLE AT SARNAL IN THE KAIRA [Kheda] DISTRICT SHOWING PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK’ (f 832).

There are also diagrams showing the following: ‘DEATHS IN 1925 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.’ (f 793); ‘DEATH-RATE AT EACH AGE PERIOD’ (f 795); ‘ANNUAL INCIDENCE OF DEATHS FROM EPIDEMIC DISEASES.’ (f 797); ‘Distribution of Principal Heads of Revenue for the year 1925-1926.’ (f 813); ‘DISTRIBUTION OF PRINCIPAL HEADS OF EXPENDITURE MET FROM REVENUE FOR THE YEAR 1925-26.’ (f 815); ‘Total Expenditure Charge to Revenue.’ (f 817).

There are appendices on folios 838-840, and an index on folios 841-843. 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 844.

A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 694-695. 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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‘BOMBAY – 1925-26. A Review of the Administration of the Presidency’
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