'Bombay – 1938-39: A Review of the Administration of the Province'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Bombay – 1938-39: A Review of the Administration of the Province'
- Creator:
- Author: Government of Bombay
- Date:
- 1938/1939
- Description:
- Abstract: Annual Review of the Administration of the Province of Bombay, providing a summary record of the work and events in each Department of the Government for the financial year 1938-39. The review is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:'GENERAL SUMMARY' (ff 6-14), consisting of subsections on Political, Finance, Trade and Commerce, Labour Policy, Land Customs, Agriculture, Public Instruction, Law and Justice, Police and Crime, Bombay City [Mumbai] Police, Public Health, Salt, Excise, Taxes on Income, Stamps, Forests, Co-operative Movement, and the Bombay Port Trust'CHAPTER I – ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND' (ff 15-16), consisting of subsections on Land Records and Wards and other Estates'CHAPTER II – LAW AND JUSTICE' (ff 16-23), consisting of subsections on the Bombay Legislature, Administration of Justice, Registration, and Joint Stock Companies'CHAPTER III – POLICE AND CRIME' (ff 23-30), consisting of subsections on the Police, Government Workhouses, Jails, Borstal School, Dharwal and the Bombay Province Probation and Aftercare Association, and 'Criminal Tribes''CHAPTER IV – AGRICULTURE, WEATHER AND CROPS' (ff 30-47), consisting of subsections on Agriculture and Crops, Department of Agriculture, Advances to Cultivators, Note on the Weather, Prices, Mofussil [Mufaṣṣal] Labour and Wages, Forests, and Co-operative Movement'CHAPTER V – TRADE AND COMMERCE' (ff 47-55), consisting of subsections on Industries, Department of Industries, Commissioner of Labour, and Sea-borne Trade'CHAPTER VI – PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT' (ff 55-58), consisting of subsections on Public Works, Administration, Railways, and Irrigation'CHAPTER VII – VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF' (ff 59-63), consisting of subsections on Births and Deaths, Pilgrim Centres, Vaccination, Hospitals and Dispensaries, Haffkine Institute, Veterinary, Chemical Analyser, Mental Hospitals, Acworth Leper Home [hospital for persons affected by leprosy or Hansen's Disease], Matunga, and Emigration and Immigration'CHAPTER VIII – LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT' (ff 64-67), consisting of subsections on Municipalities, Bombay Municipality, and Local Board Administration'CHAPTER IX – COLLECTION OF REVENUE AND FINANCIAL REVIEW' (ff 67-75), consisting of subsections on Accounts for 1938-39, Public Works Revenue, Land Revenue, and Excise'CHAPTER X – INSTRUCTION' (ff 75-78), consisting of subsections on Education, Books and Publications, Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Bombay'CHAPTER XI – MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 79-82), consisting of subsections on Ecclesiastical, Stationery and Printing, and General Miscellaneous.The volume also includes a 'Table of Contents' (ff 4-5), and two appendices:'APPENDIX I List of Reports, etc., used' (ff 83-84)'APPENDIX II The Governor; Council of Ministers; Parliamentary Secretaries, Speaker, and Deputy Speaker, Bombay Legislative Assembly, President and Deputy President, and Bombay Legislative Council, 1938-39' (f 84).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 88; 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 file 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:
- Bombay, Presidency of
India - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001e6_ar
81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001e6_en
IOR/V/10/323
IOR/V/10/323