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 1890-91. The report was printed at the Government Central Press,Bombay [Mumbai], in 1891.The report begins with ‘PART I. SUMMARY’ (ff 8-32),and ‘PART II’ is then divided into the following chapters, most of which arefurther divided into sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 34-51), 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 52-57), 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 58-79), 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 80-132), 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 133-151), 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 151-158), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 159-169), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY’ (ff 169-170)‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 170-171), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Stationery; General Miscellaneous‘CHAPTER X. THE CENSUS’ (ff 172-173).The report includes the following maps, showing hydrology, topography, settlements, roads, railways and administrative boundaries:‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART III. SIND AND CUTCH [Kachchh]’ (f 117)‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART II. THE DECCAN, KONKAN AND KARNÁTIC [Carnatic]’ (f 118)‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART I. GUJÁRAT AND THE TÁPTI VALLEY’ (f 119)‘GREAT INIDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY’ (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)‘BHAVNAGAR-GONDAL-JUNAGAD [Junagadh]-PORBANDAR RAILWAY AND MORVI STATE RAILWAY’ (f 125)‘MAP OF THE SOUTHERN MAHRATTA RAILWAY. AND ADJACENT LINES’ (f 126).‘PART III. STATISTICAL RETURNS’ contains tables of information under the following chapters and sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. STATISTICS OF PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY’ (ff 176-184), consisting of: A. – Geographical Area; B. – Political Relations; C. – Civil Divisions; D. – Population‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND - SETTLEMENTS’ (f 184)‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 185-208), 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 208-274), consisting of: A. – Agriculture; B. – Weather and Crops; C. – Manufactures; D. – Trade; E. – Postal; F. – Public Works Department‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 275-305), 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 306-314), consisting of: A. – Births and Deaths; B. – Medical Services; C. – Lunatic Asylums; D. – Vaccination‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 314-324), consisting of: A. – Education; B. – Literature and the Press‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 324), 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 327; 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.
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.
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 1892-93. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1893.The report begins with ‘PART I. SUMMARY’ (ff 7-33), and ‘PART II’ is then divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY’ (ff 35-127), consisting of: Area, Aspect, Climate, and Products; Historical Summary; Form of Administration; Character of Land Tenures, System of Survey and Settlements; Civil Divisions of British Territory; Details of the Last Census; Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 127-135), 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 135-158), consisting of: Legislating Authority; 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 159-216), 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 216-232), 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 233-241), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 242-253), consisting of: General System of Public Instruction; Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY’ (ff 253-254)‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 254-257), 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 200)‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART II. THE DECCAN, KONKAN AND KARNÁTIC [Carnatic]’ (f 201)‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART III. SIND AND CUTCH [Kachchh]’ (f 202)‘GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY’ (f 205)‘B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY [Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]. (Including the Rajputana Malwa Railway) and LINES of Railways in Connection.’ (f 206)‘MAP OF THE SOUTHERN MAHRATTA RAILWAY. AND ADJACENT LINES’ (f 207)‘BHAVNAGAR-GONDAL-JUNAGAD [Junagadh]-PORBANDAR RAILWAY AND MORVI STATE RAILWAY’ (f 208).‘PART III. STATISTICAL RETURNS’ contains tables of information under the following chapters and sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. STATISTICS OF PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY’ (ff 260-268), consisting of: A. – Geographical Area; B. – Political Relations; C. – Civil Divisions; D. – Population‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND - SETTLEMENTS’ (f 268)‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 269-292), 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 293-358), consisting of: A. – Agriculture; B. – Weather and Crops; C. – Manufactures; D. – Trade; E. – Postal; F. – Public Works Department‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 359-391), 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 392-399), consisting of: A. – Births and Deaths; B. – Medical Services; C. – Lunatic Asylums; D. – Vaccination‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 399-409), consisting of: A. – Education; B. – Literature and the Press‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 410), consisting of: A. – Ecclesiastical.A table of contents listing the parts, chapters and sub-headings of the report is on folios 4-6. 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 413; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover.Pagination: the volume also contains multiple original pagination sequences.
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 1893-94. The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:'SUMMARY' (ff 8-31)'CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES' (ff 33-48), consisting of subsections on North Gujarat, South Gujarat, North Konkan, South Konkan, Dakkhan [Deccan], the Southern Maratha States, Sind [Sindh], and Aden. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folios 174-182'CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND' (ff 49-55), consisting of subsections on Surveys, Settlements, Collection of Land Revenue, Waste Lands, Government Estates, and Wards and Other Estates under Management of Government. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folio 182'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION' (ff 55-79), consisting of subsections on 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, and Indus Conservancy and Sea Pilot Department. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folios 183-206'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 79-135), consisting of subsections on Agriculture, Weather and Crops, Horticulture, Forests, Mines and Quarries, Manufacture and Industries, Trade, Public Works, Railways, Telegraphs, Post Office, and Irrigation. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folios 206-275'CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW' (ff 136-151), consisting of subsections on General Finance, Mint, Currency, Land Revenue, Canal Revenue, Public Works Revenue, Sea Customs, Land Customs, Opium, Salt, Excise, Stamps, Income Tax, Local Funds, and Municipal Revenues. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folios 276-308'CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF' (ff 152-160), consisting of subsections on Births and Deaths, Emigration, Medical Relief, Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals], Sanitation, Vaccination, Veterinary, and Veterinary Dispensaries. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folios 309-316'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION' (ff 160-169), consisting of subsections on Education, Literature and the Press, Literary Societies, and Arts and Sciences. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folios 316-327'CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY' (f 170), consisting of a section on the Archaeological Survey Party of Western India'CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 170-171), consisting of subsections on Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, Stationery, and General Miscellaneous. The Statistical Returns for this section are provide on folio 328.A table of 'Contents', listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is provided on folio 5, and one is likewise provided for the corresponding Statistical Returns on folios 6-7 of the volume.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 331; 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 an original printed pagination sequence.
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 1894-95. The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:'SUMMARY' (ff 8-28)'CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES' (ff 30-50), consisting of subsections on North Gujarat, South Gujarat, North Konkan, South Konkan, Dakkhan [Deccan], the Southern Maratha States, Sind [Sindh], and Aden. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folios 190-198'CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND' (ff 50-57), consisting of subsections on Surveys, Settlements, Collection of Land Revenue, Waste Lands, Government Estates, and Wards and Other Estates under Management of Government. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folio 198'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION' (ff 58-82), consisting of subsections on 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, and Indus Conservancy and Sea Pilot Department. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folios 199-220'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 82-146), consisting of subsections on Agriculture, Weather and Crops, Horticulture, Forests, Mines and Quarries, Manufacture and Industries, Trade, Public Works, Railways, Telegraphs, Post Office, and Irrigation. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folios 220-306'CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW' (ff 146-167), consisting of subsections on General Finance, Mint, Currency, Land Revenue, Canal Revenue, Public Works Revenue, Sea Customs, Land Customs, Opium, Salt, Excise, Stamps, Income Tax, Local Funds, and Municipal Revenues. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folios 307-343'CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF' (ff 167-176), consisting of subsections on Births and Deaths, Emigration, Medical Relief, Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals], Sanitation, Vaccination, and Veterinary. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folios 343-351'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION' (ff 176-185), consisting of subsections on Education, Literature and the Press, Literary Societies, and Arts and Sciences. The Statistical Returns for this section are provided on folios 352-364'CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY' (f 186), consisting of a section on the Archaeological Survey Party of Western India. The Statistical Returns for this Section are provided on folios 365-366'CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 186-187), consisting of subsections on Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, Stationery, and General Miscellaneous. The Statistical Returns for this section are provide on folio 366.A table of 'Contents', listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is provided on folio 5, and one is likewise provided for the corresponding Statistical Returns on folios 6-7 of the volume.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 369; 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.
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 1895-96. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1896.The report is divided into three parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 8-29). Part II (ff 30-158) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III comprises ‘Statistical Returns’ pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 159-347).PART II comprises the following:‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES (ff 31-45), 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 45-51), consisting of: Surveys; Settlement; Collection of Land Revenue; Waste Land; Government Estates; Wards’ and Other Estates under management of Government'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION. (ff 51-71), 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 71-123), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Postal; Public Works; Railways; Telegraphs; Post Office; Irrigation. Folio 77 comprises a table of graphs showing ‘Monthly abnormal variations of the meteorological elements in 1895-96’‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 123-139), 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 140-148), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary Dispensaries‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 149-156), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Science‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 157)‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 157-158), 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 106)‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART II. THE DECCAN, KONKAN AND KARNÁTIC [Carnatic]’ (f 107)‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART III. SIND AND CUTCH [Kachchh]’ (f 108)‘GREAT INIDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY’ (f 110)‘B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY [Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]. (Including the Rajputana Malwa Railway) and LINES of Railways in Connection.’ (f 111)‘MAP OF THE SOUTHERN MAHRATTA RAILWAY. AND ADJACENT LINES’ (f 112)‘BHAVNAGAR-GONDAL-JUNAGAD [Junagadh]-PORBANDAR RAILWAY AND MORVI STATE RAILWAY’ (f 113).A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-8. 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 350; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
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.
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.
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 1898-99. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1899.The report is divided into three parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 9-32). Part II (ff 33-179) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III comprises ‘Statistical Returns’ pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 173-450).PART II comprises the following:‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES (ff 34-51), consisting of: North Gujarát; South Gujarát; North Konkan; South Konkan; Dakkhan [Daccan]; Southern Marátha States; Sind [Sindh] State; Aden‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND (ff 51-58), consisting of: Surveys; Settlement; Collection of Land Revenue; Waste Land; Government Estates; Wards’ and Other Estates under Management of Government‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION. (ff 58-84), 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 84-140), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Postal; Public Works; Railways; Telegraphs; Post Office; Irrigation. Folio 89 comprises a table of graphs showing ‘Monthly abnormal variations of the meteorological elements in 1898-1899’‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 141-156), 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 156-167), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 168-175), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; Arts and Science‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (ff 175-176) consisting of: Archeological Survey Party of Western India‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 176-177), 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 129)‘B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY [Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]. (Including the Rajputana Malwa Railway) and LINES of Railways in Connection.’ (f 130)‘MAP OF THE SOUTHERN MAHRATTA RAILWAY. AND ADJACENT LINES’ (f 112)‘RAILWAYS IN KATHIAWAR’ (f 132).A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-8. 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 453; 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.
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 1899-1900. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1901.The report begins with ‘PART I. SUMMARY.’ (ff 9-26). ‘PART II.’ (ff 27-152) comprises seven maps of the Bombay Presidency and chapters I-IX, and ‘PART III. STATISTICAL RETURNS.’ (ff 153-425) contains tables of information pertaining to chapters I-IX in Part II.Part II is divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL.’ (ff 28-37), consisting of: Tributary States; North Gujarat; South Gujarat; North Konkan; Southern Konkan; the Deccan; Other Southern Maratha States; Sind [Sindh]; Aden‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND.’ (ff 37-41), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Collection of Land Revenue; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards’ and Other Estates under the Management of Government; Encumbered Estates, Sind‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION.’ (ff 41-61), 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 61-120), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Public Works; Irrigation; Railways; Post Office; Telegraphs‘CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW.’ (ff 121-134), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Customs; Land Customs; Opium; Salt; Excise; Cotton Duties; Stamps; Income Tax; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF.’ (ff 135-143), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION.’ (ff 144-150), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY.’ (f 151)‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS.’ (ff 151-152), 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 101)‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY Part II THE DECCAN, KONKAN AND KARNÁTIC [Carnatic]’ (f 102)‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY Part III SIND’ (f 103)‘RAILWAYS IN KATHIAWAR’ (f 109)‘B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY [Bombay, Baroda [Vadodara] and Central India Railway].’ (f 110)‘MAP of the SOUTHERN MARATHA RAILWAY AND ADJACENT LINES.’ (f 111)‘GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY.’ (f 112).A table of contents listing the parts, chapters and sub-headings of the report is on folios 6-8. 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 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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item contains summaries of the enclosures to the political letters, mostly concerning:Reports of ‘piracies’ and ‘maritime aggressions’, and the settlement of claims for compensationThe question of whether local rulers should always be considered directly responsible for the actions of their dependants, and of whether monies recovered by British officials as compensation for injuries sustained from ‘piracy’ should be paid directly to the sufferers or through their respective rulersAffairs relating to Persia [Iran]The pension formerly paid to the late Agha Mohsin [Āqā Muḥsin] and Agha Ismael [Āqā Ismā‘īl], and the question of the continuation of these payments to their sistersThe alleged ill-treatment of Hajee Yakool [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], the British Agent at Sharga [Sharjah], and the measures adopted for obtaining redress.The title page (f 437) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection N. 10 (In 16 volumes) Vol. 1’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 437 and terminates at f 441, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of political letters from the Government of Bombay to the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf.The item contains summaries of the enclosures to the political letters, mostly concerning:Alleged acts of ‘piracy’ in the Gulf, and actions taken to obtain redress and apprehend participantsEvents on the Arabian Coast of the Gulf, including the relations between Debaye [Dubai] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and an attack by a party of the Beniyas [Banī Yās] tribe on two boats from Himreya [Al Hamriyah]The activities of the vessels serving in the Indian Navy Squadron in the Gulf, and arrangements for relieving those whose period of service is endingClaims made to the Government of Bombay for assistance in recovering losses incurred while trading or conveying goods in the GulfThe removal of Shaik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr] as Governor of Bushire [Bushehr]Reports from Muscat and OmanEvents in Bahrein [Bahrain].The title page (f 418) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1850’, Collection No. 1 in 28 Vols.: Vol. 1’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 418 and terminates at f 426, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.