‘GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY For the Year 1872-73’
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- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
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- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY For the Year 1872-73’
- Creator:
- Author: Government of Bombay
- Date:
- 1873/1874
- Description:
- Abstract: Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay during the financial year 1872-73.The report begins with a ‘PREFACE’ (f 7) and an ‘INTRODUCTORY SUMMARY’ (ff 8-27), and is then divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY’ (ff 28-132), consisting of: Physical Features of the Country, Area, Climate, and Chief Staples; Historical Summary; Form of Administration; Character of Land Tenures, System of Survey and Settlement; Civil Divisions of British Territory; Details of the Last Census; Tribes and Languages; Changes in the Administration; and Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 132-144), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; and Wards’ Estates‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 144-196), consisting of: Legislating Authority; Course of Legislature; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; and Marine‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 197-248), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade; Public Works; and Irrigation‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 249-283), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Sources of Imperial Revenue Other Than the Land; and Revenue and Finance Other Than Imperial‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 284-290), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; and Vaccination‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 291-313), consisting of: General System of Public Instruction; Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; and Arts and Sciences‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY’ (ff 314-315)‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 315-321), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Ecclesiastical; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.The remainder of the volume consists of appendices, containing tables of information under the following chapters and sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. STATISTICS OF PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY’ (ff 322-346), consisting of: A. – Civil Divisions of British Territory; B. – Population; and C. – Political Relations‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (f 346), consisting of: A. – Surveyed and Assessed Area in Acres‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTIONS’ (ff 347-91), consisting of: A. – Legislative; B. – Police; C. – Criminal Justice; D. – Prisons; E. – Civil Justice; G. – Military; and H. – Marine‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 391-421), consisting of: A. – Agriculture; B. – Weather and Crops; C. – Manufactures; D. – Trade; E. – Public Works; F. – Railways; G. – Telegraph; and H. – Post‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 421-456), consisting of: A. – Imperial Revenue and Finance; and B. – Revenue Other Than Imperial‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 456-459), consisting of: A. – Education; and B. – Literature and the Press.A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report and appendices is on folios 4-6. Folio 24 consists of an inserted list of corrections, some other inserted corrections are included within the relevant sections.Folio 460 consists of a map titled ‘PRELIMINARY MAP OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY TO ACCOMPANY THE ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR 1872-73’ (IOR/V/10/284, f 460).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 462; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Multiple additional printed pagination sequences are present in parallel between ff 5-459.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Annual reports
Colonial administration - Geographic region:
- Sind
Bombay, Presidency of
Aden
India - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001bf_ar
81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001bf_en
IOR/V/10/284
IOR/V/10/284