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‘BOMBAY – 1925-26. A Review of the Administration of the Presidency’ [801v] (226/316)
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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BOMBAY, 1925-26
THE HAFFKINE INSTITUTE
The report of the Haffkine Institute for the year 1925 showed
that in spite of the decrease in plague throughout India, the
demand for Haff Line’s plague prophylactic continued. There
seems to be no doubt that in spite of the severity of the reaction
which the vaccine is apt to induce, the vaccine is gaining in
popularity. In the Punjab a riot nearly followed an exhaustion
of the local supply of vaccine. Formerly the inoculator had to
exercise considerable tact to induce a village population to submit
to vaccination against plague.
From the opening of the Laboratory up to the end of the
year 1925 nearly 26 million doses of the vaccine have been
sent out. The output during the last year was 1,027,000 as
against 1,489,700 in 1924.
Six hundred and forty-two thousand three hundred and seventy
rats alive and dead were sent by the Bombay Municipality to
the Institute for examination for plague. This important work
enables the Health Department of the Municipality to get
warning of an outbreaL of plague, and, as the locality whence
each rat came is Lnown, the locality where plague may be expected
is foreshadowed. It is understood that these examinations are
the largest of the Lind in any city in the world and Bombay in
this respect is frequently quoted as a model.
Throughout the year researches on methods for improving the
anti-plague vaccine, begun in 1923, have been continued. A
series of experiments showed that the vaccine is at its best when
used within six months of its manufacture, but is hardly less
efficient during the following six months and it is still potent up
to eighteen months from the date of its manufacture.
The Institute has resumed its investigation into the
transmission of plague by fleas.
The Anti-Rabic Section, in the fourth year of its existence,
continued to develop. As in previous years, it has been the
endeavour to encourage treatment in districts nearer to the homes
of persons bitten and so provide treatment for many persons
who would otherwise be unable to take the long journey to
Bombay, Kasauli or Coonoor. During the past year 4,381
persons received anti-rabic treatment from the Haffkine Institute
of whom 625 were treated at Bombay. The remaining 3,756
were distributed over different centres of which 13 were under
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.
and 17 were in the Central Provinces,
United Provinces, Baluchistan, Indian States, the Army
Department, and one or other of the great Railways, and Goa,
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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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