‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1889-90’
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- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
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- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1889-90’
- Creator:
- Author: Government of Bombay
- Date:
- 1890/1890
- Description:
- Abstract: Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency,providing a summary record of the main events and developments in eachdepartment of the Government of Bombay during the financial year 1889-90. The report was printed at the Government Central Press,Bombay [Mumbai], in 1890.The report begins with ‘PART I. SUMMARY’ (ff 8-22),and ‘PART II’ is then divided into the following chapters, most of which arefurther divided into sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 24-38), consisting of: North Gujarat; South Gujarat; North Konkan; South Konkan; The Dekkhan [Deccan]; Southern Maratha States; Sind [Sindh]; Aden‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 39-44), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Collection of Land Revenue; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards’ and other Estates under the management of Government‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 44-60), consisting of: Course of Legislature; Police; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Local Boards’ Administration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 61-96), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Public Works; Telegraphs; Post Office; Irrigation‘CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 99-110), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Customs; Opium; Salt; Excise; Stamps; Income-Tax; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 111-115), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 116-123), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY’ (f 124)‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 124-125), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.The report includes the following maps, showing hydrology, topography, settlements, roads, railways and administrative boundaries:‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART I. GUJÁRAT AND THE TÁPTI VALLEY’ (f 84)‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART II. THE DECCAN, KONKAN AND KARNÁTIC [Carnatic]’ (f 85)‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART III. SIND AND CUTCH [Kachchh]’ (f 86)‘GREAT INIDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY’ (f 88)‘B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY [Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]. (Including the Rajputana Malwa Railway) and LINES of Railways in Connection.’ (f 89)‘MAP OF THE SOUTHERN MAHRATTA RAILWAY. AND ADJACENT LINES’ (f 90)‘BHAVNAGAR-GONDAL-JUNAGAD [Junagadh]-PORBANDAR RAILWAY AND MORVI STATE RAILWAY’ (f 91).‘PART III. STATISTICAL RETURNS’ contains tables of information under the following chapters and sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. STATISTICS OF PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY’ (ff 128-36), consisting of: A. – Geographical Area; B. – Political Relations; C. – Civil Divisions; D. – Population‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND - SETTLEMENTS’ (f 136)‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 137-160), consisting of: A. – Legislative; B. – Police; C. – Judicial Statements (Criminal); D. – Prisons; E. – Judicial Statements (Civil) ; F. – Registration; G. – Local Boards’ Administration; H. – Municipal Administration; I. – Military; J. – Marine‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 160-209), consisting of: A. – Agriculture; B. – Weather and Crops; C. – Manufactures; D. – Trade; E. – Postal; F. – Public Works Department‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 209-240), consisting of: A. – General Statements; B. – Land Revenue; C. – Excise; D. – Stamps; E. – Income Tax; F. – Local Funds; G. – Municipal Revenues‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS’ (ff 241-249), consisting of: A. – Births and Deaths; B. – Medical Services; C. – Lunatic Asylums; D. – Vaccination‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 249-259), consisting of: A. – Education; B. – Literature and the Press‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 260), consisting of: A. – Ecclesiastical.A table of contents listing the parts, chapters and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-7. 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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 263; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume contains one foliation anomaly, f 199a.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:
- India
Aden
Bombay, Presidency of
Sind - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001d0_ar
81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001d0_en
IOR/V/10/301
IOR/V/10/301