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‘BOMBAY – 1925-26. A Review of the Administration of the Presidency’ [757v] (134/316)
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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88
BOMBAY, 1925-26
value of Rs. 84
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
in the Canal tracts. There were 18
Cattle Breeding Societies of which only those at Shidenur and
Alur in Dharwar District deserve notice. As regards joint
improvement the two Dam Societies at Mutta and Sanikatta
in Kanara did well, and at Yelvigi in Dharwar District a newly
formed society of Waddars has brought 160 acres of land
under cultivation.
The development of co-operative activities in urban area by the
Institution of People’s Banks has received special attention in
this Province. The policy is to have at least one such bank in
every taluka headquarters. This aim is near realisation in parts
of the Southern Division, although it must be admitted that the
banks have reached very different stages of development in the
different talukas.
The total of non-agricultural credit societies was 476 at the
end of the year compared with 448 in the previous year,
and of these 47 were urban banks with a working capital of
over Rs. 50,000. Urban societies may be divided into four
classes, (i) Those which serve the needs of the small artisans and
traders, (ii) Societies of salary earners of Government offices,
departments, Railway companies, mill-hands, etc., (iii) Big urban
banks which cater for the needs of all classes and not only for
the artisans and traders, (io) Miscellaneous, such as urban thrift
and educational societies and societies for depressed classes.
There has been considerable development in the working of
the District Central Banks during the year. The number
decreased by one from 20 to 19 as the Thana Bank, which did
not function during the year, was amalgamated with the Bombay
Provincial Bank. The total working capital increased from 141
to 178
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. The expansion in the financing of primary societies
by district banks is shown by the figures of loans which were
Rs. 127
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
compared with Rs. 100, 75 and 48
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
in the three
previous years. Several Banks increased their staff or improved
their efficiency during the year, and this is demonstrated by a
total increase of 33 per cent, in the expenses of management.
Nevertheless improvement in this line is still one of the great
needs of the Co-operative movement. Several of the District
Banks opened branches at Taluka towns.
As regards Provincial Co-operative Bank the year was, as
usual, one of sound progress and advance. Noticeable features
were : a new issue of shares, the majority of which were taken
up by societies ; greater representation given on the Board to
Central Banks and primary societies ; increase in working
capital by 33 per cent. ; expansion in fluid resources; the
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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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