'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1891-92'
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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 1891-92'
- Creator:
- Author: Government of Bombay
- Date:
- 1892/1892
- 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 1891-92. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1892.The report begins with ‘PART I. SUMMARY’ (ff 8-30), and ‘PART II’ is then divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL’ (ff 32-47), consisting of: Tributary States‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 47-53), 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 53-74), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Local Boards’ Administration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 75-128), 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 129-146), 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 RELIEF’ (ff 146-154), consisting of: Population; Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 155-164), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY’ (ff 164-165)‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 165-166), 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 III. SIND AND CUTCH [Kachchh]’ (f 113)‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART II. THE DECCAN, KONKAN AND KARNÁTIC [Carnatic]’ (f 114)‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART I. GUJÁRAT AND THE TÁPTI VALLEY’ (f 115)‘BHAVNAGAR-GONDAL-JUNAGAD [Junagadh]-PORBANDAR RAILWAY AND MORVI STATE RAILWAY’ (f 118)‘MAP OF THE SOUTHERN MAHRATTA RAILWAY. AND ADJACENT LINES’ (f 119)‘B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY [Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]. (Including the Rajputana Malwa Railway) and LINES of Railways in Connection.’ (f 120)‘GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY’ (f 121).‘PART III. STATISTICAL RETURNS’ contains tables of information under the following chapters and sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. STATISTICS OF PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY’ (ff 169-177), consisting of: A. – Geographical Area; B. – Political Relations; C. – Civil Divisions; D. – Population‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND – SETTLEMENTS’ (f 177)‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 178-202), 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 202-268), consisting of: A. – Agriculture; B. – Weather and Crops; C. – Manufactures; D. – Trade; E. – Postal; F. – Public Works Department‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 269-301), 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 302-309), consisting of: A. – Births and Deaths; B. – Medical Services, Civil Hospitals and Dispensaries; C. – Lunatic Asylums; D. – Vaccination‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 309-319), consisting of: A. – Education; B. – Literature and the Press‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 320), 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 inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 323; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains multiple original pagination sequences.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Colonial administration
Annual reports - Geographic region:
- Bombay, Presidency of
India
Sind - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001d2_ar
81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001d2_en
IOR/V/10/303
IOR/V/10/303