'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1896-97’
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- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1896-97’
- Creator:
- Author: Government of Bombay
- Date:
- 1897/1897
- 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 1896-97. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1897.The report is divided into three parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 8-30). Part II (ff 31-160) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III comprises ‘Statistical Returns’ pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 191-381).PART II comprises the following:‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES (ff 32-48), consisting of: North Gujarát; South Gujarát; North Konkan; South Konkan; Dakkhan [Deccan]; Southern Marátha States; Sind [Sindh] State; Aden‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND (ff 49-53), consisting of: Surveys ; Settlement; Collection of Land Revenue; Waste Land; Government Estates; Wards’ and Other Estates under Management of Government‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION. (ff 54-73), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Vagrants; Destruction of wild animals and venomous snakes; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Local Boards’ Administration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine; Indus Conservancy and Sea Pilot Department‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 74-127), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Postal; Public Works; Railways; Telegraphs; Post Office; Irrigation. Folio 79 comprises a table of graphs showing ‘Monthly abnormal variations of the meteorological elements in 1896-1897’‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 128-142), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Sea Customs; Land Customs; Opium; Salt; Excise; Cotton Duties; Stamps; Income Tax; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISITICS’ (ff 143-151), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary Dispensaries‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 151-158), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; Arts and Science‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 159)‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 159-160), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.The report includes the following maps, showing hydrology, topography, settlements, roads, railways and administrative boundaries:‘GREAT INIDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY’ (f 114)‘B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY [Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]. (Including the Rajputana Malwa Railway) and LINES of Railways in Connection.’ (f 115)‘MAP OF THE SOUTHERN MAHRATTA RAILWAY. AND ADJACENT LINES’ (f 116)‘RAILWAYS IN KATHIAWAR’ (f 117)A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-7. In a small number of instances, there are discrepancies in the spelling, 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 384; 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 printed pagination sequences.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Colonial administration
Annual reports - Geographic region:
- Bombay, Presidency of
Sind
Aden
India - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001d7_ar
81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001d7_en
IOR/V/10/308
IOR/V/10/308