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: Enclosures no. 2-113 to dispatch no. 23 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 24 September 1838. The enclosures are dated 3 July-24 September 1838.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to preparations for the East India Company’s invasion of Afghanistan in order to depose Dost Mohamed [Dost Mohammad Khan] as Emir and replace him with former Emir Shah Shuja ul Mulk [Shah Shujah Durrani, also referred to as Shah Shooja ool Moolk and other variants]. Topics covered include:The arrival of Colonel Claude Martin Wade to serve as Political Agent, Loodianah [Ludhiana], and accounts of his meetings with Shah Shuja and members of his courtNegotiations for a treaty between Shah Shuja and Runjeet Singh [Ranjit Singh], Maharajah of the Sikh EmpireAttempts to recruit other adherents to Shah Shuja’s cause, including the Emir of Bokhara [Bukhara], the Chief of Koondooz [Kunduz] and the Khan of Kelat [Kalat]Shah Shuja's professed inability to pay for the raising of his own troops and request for further British aidReports of arrangements made by Dost Mohamed to prepare for the invasion, including a prohibition of communications between his subjects and Shah Shuja or the BritishAppointments of British officers to serve in Shah Shuja’s forcePractical arrangements relating to transport, equipment, stores and the suitability of roads and passes on the planned invasion routeArrangements for a meeting between the Maharajah and George Eden, Baron Auckland, Governor-General of IndiaA mission to Peshawur [Peshawar] by Lieutenant Frederick Mackeson and a mission to Cabool [Kabul, also written as Caubul] by Captain Alexander Burnes to gain adherents to Shah Shuja’s causeEfforts by Dost Mohamed to gain the support of the Khaibar [Khyber] chiefs and their subsequent actions to cut off or contaminate the water supply for Fort Fattehgurh [Fort Jamrud]Reports of two Russian agents visiting Bokhara, Caubul, Lahore and Calcutta [Kolkata] and examining mountain passes in the Hindoo Koosh [Hindu Kush]Enquiries into the loyalties of the emirs of Sinde [Sindh] and the preparations of a force at Bombay [Mumbai] in case of an uprising there.Folios 179-244 deal with the arrival of Lieutenant Mackeson to serve as Political Agent, Bhawalpur [Bahawalpur, also written as Bahawalpoor], accounts of his meetings with the Nawab Bhawul Khan Bahadur [Bahawal III] and members of his court, and negotiations for a treaty between the Nawab and the Company confirming the Nawab’s support of Shah Shuja.Folios 122-136 and 257-281 deal with various intelligence reports from Afghanistan detailing the activities of Persia [Iran] and the siege of Herat, as well as discussions into the veracity and accuracy of such reports.The primary correspondents are Colonel Wade, Captain Burnes, Lieutenant Mackeson, Shah Shuja, Lord Auckland and William Hay Macnaghten, Secretary to the Government of India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 3, and terminates at f 379, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence and other papers related to a number of different subjects. The principal correspondents are Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Topics covered by the file include:Import duties payable by British subjects on merchandise imported into Persia;General trade in Persia;The British annexation of Pegu [Bagu, Myanmar];The illegal opium trade from the Persian and the Arabians coast into Sind;The introduction of trading registers for Arab and Persian vessels at Karāchi.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence is written in pencil, in the top-right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 43. Foliation errors: ff 11A-B.Pagination: There is a pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top-right corners of the rectos and the top-left corners of the versos. It runs from 2 to 247 with several gaps in the sequence.
Abstract: The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports, financial statements and some local newsletters, relating to diplomatic, military and logistical aspects of the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by the so-called Army of the Indus.Packets (individual or groups of documents) are numbered 931-1264, and all annotated ‘No: 18 of 11th July’ (the volume is labelled 'Jul to Jul 1839'). Each document records the date received at the Presidency, Fort William, Simla [Shimla], Secret Department, and Secret and Separate Department, 26 November 1838-21 July 1839, as well as the date of the original document, the correspondent and a summary of the content. Original documents mostly date from January to April 1839 but the volume includes some from November and December 1838 and May 1839. Copy letters end on folio 810. Folios 811-838 contain: ‘List of Packets to the Hon’ble [Honourable] the Secret Committee of the Hon’ble the Court of Directors. Per "Water Witch"’. The list includes dates and correspondents only.The principal correspondents are: William Hay Macnaghten, Envoy and Minister with the Court of Shah Shooja ool-Moolk [Shah Shuja ul-Mulk]; Henry Torrens, Officiating Secretary to the Government in India with the Governor-General; Thomas Herbert Maddock, Officiating Secretary to the Government in India with the Governor-General; Henry Pottinger, Resident in Sinde [Sindh]; A C Gordon, Assistant Surgeon, Political Assistant on Duty in the Bhawalpore Territory [Bahawalpur]; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Burnes, Envoy to Kelat (late on a Mission to Cabool [Kabul]); Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Mackeson, British Agent, on a Mission to Bhawalpore; Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, Commanding Bengal Column of the Army of the Indus; Eldred Pottinger, British Political agent, Herat; Lieutenant-General John Keane, Commander of the Army of the Indus.Other correspondents include: R Leech, Political Assistant; George Clerk, Political Agent, Umballah [Ambala, North India]; Lieutenant Elliott D’Arcy Todd, Political Assistant and Military Secretary to the Envoy and Minister; Lieutenant William Joseph Eastwick, Officiating Political Agent of Khyrpore [Khairpur] and Assistant to the Resident in Sinde (Henry Pottinger), also referred to as Political Agent in Shikapore, and later, in April 1839, deputed back to Hyderabad to take over from Henry Pottinger, assisted by Ross Bell); Captain H Johnson, Paymaster and Commissariat Officer, Shah Shoojah’s Force; Lieutenant Colonel [I] Stuart, Officiating Secretary to the Government in India, Military Department, with the Governor-General; Major-General E H Simpson, Commanding Shah Shoojah’s Force; Major-General William Casement, Secretary to the Government of India, Military Department, with the Governor-General; and various British diplomatic and administrative officials and military personnel.Matters covered notably include:Supplying the Army of the Indus (Bengal and Bombay Divisions and Shah Shoojah’s Force), particularly: obtaining grain, rice, forage, camels and artillery; recruiting non-military personnel, such as camel drivers; problems encountered by British agents in obtaining supplies, notably A C Gordon’s complaints about Bhawal Khan [Mohammad Bahawal Khan III], Nawab of Bhawalpore, whom he suspects of purposely reneging on treaty promises (contradicted by F Makeson, who considered the Nawab was doing his best despite genuine difficulties)Maintaining cash supplies to finance the expedition, particularly for: purchase of animals and food; payment of salaries; recruitment of suitable soldiers; payment of bribes, for example, to deter desertions; compensation of local famers for loss of animals, crops or infrastructure; purchase of woollen garments for Shah Shoojah’s force; enhancement of the police establishment due to numerous criminal acts committed in Shah Shoojah’s camp. Also covers methods of conveying cash during the advance and arrangements for conveyance of Shah Shoojah’s treasure and bullionProgress of the lines of advance, notably: communications between the two columns of the Army of the Indus; strategies of Keane and Cotton; crossing the river Indus and keeping its navigation open; the dilapidated state of Bukkur Fort; encampment at Shikapore [Shikarpur]; route to the Bolan Pass and Quetta; stationing stores depots and reserve forces along the route; reports of skirmishes, and plundering by Belochee (also spelt Beloochee) [Balochi] tribesmen on the route to Candahar [Kandahar]Relations between Henry Pottinger, Resident in Sinde, and the four Hyderabad ameers (Meer Noor Mahomed Khan, Meer Nusseer Mahomed Khan, Meer Mohamed Khan, and Meer Sobdar Khan), regarding British policy in the state, notably: British suspicions of the ameers’ perfidy and accusations of withholding ‘promised’ camels and grain for the Army of the Indus; Pottinger’s attempts variously to conciliate, chivvy and threaten the ameers; treaty terms issued to the four after the conquest of Kurachee [Karachi] in February 1839; Pottinger’s temporary retirement from Hyderabad in March 1839 due to stress and his quarrel with Alexander Burnes for allegedly undermining himIntelligence and situation reports notably from R Leech and Alexander Burnes on supposedly anti-British, pro-Persian and pro-Russian intrigues in Candahar and Cabool, activities of Russian envoy Captain Vitkievitch [Jan Prosper Witkiewicz] and Afghan Ruler Dost Mohamed Khan; and affairs in Herat and attempts by Eldred Pottinger, Political Agent, to convert and retain the authorities as friends of the BritishBritish policy of conciliation and occupation with a view to securing the route and maintaining lines of communication and supply through Sinde, the Punjab and into Afghanistan, notably: hostile occupation of the strategic Moonarah [Manora] fort and the port of Kurachee by the British and treaty ‘of surrender’ with the local governor, 3 February 1839; British proclamation issued to the chiefs of Candahar and Cabool exhorting submission to the ‘rightful ruler’ Shah Shoojah; arrangements to keep reserve forces in Vikkur, Kurachee, Tatta (also spelt Tattah) [Thatta], Hyderabad, Khyrpore [Khairpur], the river Indus crossing, Bukkur, Shikapore, Quetta, and other strategic locations; attempts to solicit favour of Mehrab Khan [Mir Mehrab Khan Baloch II], the Khan of Kelat [Kalat], particularly to prevent his collusion with British enemies and to reduce attacks by Beloochee tribesmen on the daks [or dawks, mail service], supply chains and camps during the advance to Candahar (including idea to turn them into allies by employing them).Volume also includes Henry Fane’s views on the Western Frontier of British India (explaining where he thinks all points of the compass frontiers should be and why), dated May 1839, folios 757-764.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 841; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.