‘GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY For the Year 1873-74’
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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 1873-74’
- Creator:
- Author: Government of Bombay
- Date:
- 1874/1875
- 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 1873-74.The report begins with a ‘PREFACE’ (f 8) and a ‘GENERAL SUMMARY’ (ff 9-47), and is then divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL’ (ff 48-95), consisting of: Changes in the Administration; and Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 96-119), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; and Wards’ Estates‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 119-185), consisting of: Course of Legislature; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; and Marine‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 186-249), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade; Public Works; and Irrigation‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 249-294), 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 295-307), consisting of: The Results of the Census; Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; and Vaccination‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 308-331), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; and Arts and Sciences‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY’ (ff 331-334)‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 334-336), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; Stationery; and General Miscellaneous.The remainder of the volume consists of appendices, containing tables of information under the following chapters and sub-headings:‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 337-380), 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 380-398), consisting of: A. – Agriculture; B. – Weather and Crops; C. – Manufactures; D. – Trade; E. – Public Works; F. – Railways; and G. – Post‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 399-446), consisting of: A. – Imperial Revenue and Finance; and B. – Revenue Other Than Imperial‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 446-453), consisting of: A. – Vital Statistics‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 453-457), consisting of: A. – Education.A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report and appendices is on folios 4-6.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 459; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Colonial administration
Annual reports - Geographic region:
- Aden
India
Bombay, Presidency of
Sind - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001c0_ar
81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001c0_en
IOR/V/10/285
IOR/V/10/285