'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1897-98’
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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 1897-98’
- Creator:
- Author: Government of Bombay
- Date:
- 1898/1898
- 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 1897-98. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1898.The report is divided into three parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 8-33). Part II (ff 34-127) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III comprises ‘Statistical Returns’ pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 173-425).PART II comprises the following:‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES (ff 35-51), 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 52-56), consisting of: Surveys; Settlement; Collection of Land Revenue; Waste Land; Government Estates; Wards’ and Other Estates under Management of Government‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION. (ff 57-79), 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 80-136), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Postal; Public Works; Railways; Telegraphs; Post Office; Irrigation. Folio 86 comprises a table of graphs showing ‘Monthly abnormal variations of the meteorological elements in 1897-1898’‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 137-152), 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 152-161), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary Dispensaries‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 162-170), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; Arts and Science‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (ff 170-171) consisting of: Archeological Survey Party of Western India‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 171-172), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.The report includes the following maps, showing hydrology, topography, settlements, roads, railways and administrative boundaries:‘RAILWAYS IN KATHIAWAR’ (f 122)‘MAP OF THE SOUTHERN MAHRATTA RAILWAY. AND ADJACENT LINES’ (f 123)‘B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY [Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]. (Including the Rajputana Malwa Railway) and LINES of Railways in Connection.’ (f 124)‘GREAT INIDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY’ (f 125).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 428; 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
Aden - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001d8_ar
81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001d8_en
IOR/V/10/309
IOR/V/10/309