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 1871-72.The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:‘PART I. – INTRODUCTORY SUMMARY’ (ff 8-17)‘PART II. – PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, POLITICAL, AND FISCAL.’ (ff 18-97), consisting of: SECTION I. – Physical Geography: 1. Area and Character of Surface 2. Climate; II. – Political Relations with Native States: 1. Native States 2. Foreign Relations; III. – Civil Divisions of British Territory; IV. – Population: 1. Census 2. Emigration; V. – Fiscal: 1. Land Revenue 2. Local Funds 3. Customs, Opium, and Salt 4. Alienated Revenue 5. Miscellaneous Revenue 6. Survey and Settlement‘PART III. – PROTECTION.’ (ff 98-151), consisting of: SECTION I. – Legislative; II. – Judicial: 1. Criminal Justice 2. Civil Justice; III. – Registration; IV. – Prisons; V. – (a). Police (b). Vagrants; VI. – Municipal Administration; VII. – (a). Military (b). Cantonments; VIII. – Marine‘PART IV. – PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.’ (ff 152-228), consisting of: SECTION I. – Finance: 1. Revenue and Expenditure – Budget Estimates 2. Mint 3. Paper Currency; II. – (a). Public Works (b). Irrigation; III. – Railway; IV. – Forests; V. – Agriculture and Stock: 1. General Summary of Agricultural Statistics 2. Cotton 3. Model Farms and Experimental Botany 4. (a). Agricultural Improvements (b). Horse and Cattle breeding 5. Fisheries; VI. – Prices of Produce and Labour; VII. – Mines and Quarries; VIII. – Manufactures; IX. – Trade: 1. Exports and Imports 2. Railway Traffic 3. Fairs 4. Joint Stock Companies 5. Chamber of Commerce‘PART V. – INSTRUCTION.’ (ff 229-243), consisting of: SECTION I. – Ecclesiastical; II. – Public Instruction; III. – Scientific and Literary: 1. Archaeology 2. Scientific Associations or Institutions 3. Museums 4. The Press‘PART VI. – VITAL STATISTICS.’ (ff 244-263), consisting of: SECTION I. – Public Health and Sanitation: 1. General Health 2. Births, Deaths, and Marriages; II. – Hospitals and Dispensaries; III. – Vaccination‘PART VII. – THE POST.’ (ff 264-266).A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 6-7. There is a discrepancy between how the heading of Part VII appears in the table of contents and the body of the report; the heading as it appears in the body of the report is included above.Folios 269-336 consist of appendices. There is an index to the appendices on folios 267-268, listing the appendices under the following headings and sub-headings:‘I – STATISTICS OF PHYSICAL, POLITICAL, AND FISCAL GEOGRAPHY.’ (ff 269v-279r), consisting of: I. Climate; II. Civil Divisions of British Territory‘II. – STATISTICS OF PROTECTION.’ (ff 279v-314r), consisting of: A. Civil Justice – Regulation Districts; B. – Criminal Justice – Regulation Districts, Town and Island of Bombay, Sind [Sindh], Aden; C. – Police – Regulation Districts, Sind‘III. – STATISTICS OF PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.’ (ff 314v-322r), consisting of: I. Public Works; II. – Stamps; III – Trade‘IV – STATISTICS OF INSTRUCTION.’ (ff 322v-323r)‘V. – STATISTICS OF HEALTH AND MORTALITY.’ (ff 323v-326r), consisting of: Public Health‘VI. – MISCELLANEOUS.’ (ff 326v-336), consisting of: I. – Municipal Accounts; II. Local Fund Accounts; III. – Joint Stock Companies; IV. – Cotton; V. – Spinning and Weaving Mills.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 339; 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 1872-73.The report begins with a ‘PREFACE’ (f 7) and an ‘INTRODUCTORY SUMMARY’ (ff 8-27), and is then divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY’ (ff 28-132), consisting of: Physical Features of the Country, Area, Climate, and Chief Staples; Historical Summary; Form of Administration; Character of Land Tenures, System of Survey and Settlement; Civil Divisions of British Territory; Details of the Last Census; Tribes and Languages; Changes in the Administration; and Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 132-144), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; and Wards’ Estates‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 144-196), consisting of: Legislating Authority; Course of Legislature; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; and Marine‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 197-248), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade; Public Works; and Irrigation‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 249-283), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Sources of Imperial Revenue Other Than the Land; and Revenue and Finance Other Than Imperial‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 284-290), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; and Vaccination‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 291-313), consisting of: General System of Public Instruction; Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; and Arts and Sciences‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY’ (ff 314-315)‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 315-321), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Ecclesiastical; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.The remainder of the volume consists of appendices, containing tables of information under the following chapters and sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. STATISTICS OF PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY’ (ff 322-346), consisting of: A. – Civil Divisions of British Territory; B. – Population; and C. – Political Relations‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (f 346), consisting of: A. – Surveyed and Assessed Area in Acres‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTIONS’ (ff 347-91), consisting of: A. – Legislative; B. – Police; C. – Criminal Justice; D. – Prisons; E. – Civil Justice; G. – Military; and H. – Marine‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 391-421), consisting of: A. – Agriculture; B. – Weather and Crops; C. – Manufactures; D. – Trade; E. – Public Works; F. – Railways; G. – Telegraph; and H. – Post‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 421-456), consisting of: A. – Imperial Revenue and Finance; and B. – Revenue Other Than Imperial‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 456-459), consisting of: A. – Education; and B. – Literature and the Press.A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report and appendices is on folios 4-6. Folio 24 consists of an inserted list of corrections, some other inserted corrections are included within the relevant sections.Folio 460 consists of a map titled ‘PRELIMINARY MAP OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY TO ACCOMPANY THE ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR 1872-73’ (IOR/V/10/284, f 460).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 462; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Multiple additional printed pagination sequences are present in parallel between ff 5-459.
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 1873-74.The report begins with a ‘PREFACE’ (f 8) and a ‘GENERAL SUMMARY’ (ff 9-47), and is then divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL’ (ff 48-95), consisting of: Changes in the Administration; and Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 96-119), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; and Wards’ Estates‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 119-185), consisting of: Course of Legislature; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; and Marine‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 186-249), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade; Public Works; and Irrigation‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 249-294), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Sources of Imperial Revenue Other Than the Land; and Revenue and Finance Other Than Imperial‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 295-307), consisting of: The Results of the Census; Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; and Vaccination‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 308-331), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; and Arts and Sciences‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY’ (ff 331-334)‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 334-336), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; Stationery; and General Miscellaneous.The remainder of the volume consists of appendices, containing tables of information under the following chapters and sub-headings:‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 337-380), consisting of: A. – Legislative; B. – Police; C. – Criminal Justice; D. – Prisons; E. – Civil Justice; G. – Military; and H. – Marine‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 380-398), consisting of: A. – Agriculture; B. – Weather and Crops; C. – Manufactures; D. – Trade; E. – Public Works; F. – Railways; and G. – Post‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 399-446), consisting of: A. – Imperial Revenue and Finance; and B. – Revenue Other Than Imperial‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 446-453), consisting of: A. – Vital Statistics‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 453-457), consisting of: A. – Education.A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report and appendices is on folios 4-6.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 459; 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 and back covers.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:This photograph gives a general view of the settlement at Steamer Point, seen from the neighbouring hillside, with the government coaling station on the foreshore and the peninsula of Little Aden visible on the horizon beyond.The crescent of one to three storey buildings in the middleground was named after H. R. H. the Prince of Wales – according to Frederick Mercer Hunter, ‘in memory of his visit to the settlement in November 1875’ (p. 9). Hunter goes on to describe the facilities and features of this part of the settlement, including two hotels, a police station and the ‘residences of a few consuls’. Along the shoreline just left of the centre of the image, several horse and carriages are visible.To the far right of the image, the landing pier can be seen. Mercer describes this as ‘covered in by a cast-iron shed, with corrugated roof, where six twelve-pounder guns are placed for saluting purposes’. By dating the erection of the shed to 1876, Hunter establishes the likely date of this image as 1876 or later. Two large ships, at least one a three-master, can be seen at anchor. In the centre background of the image a further three-master can be seen beyond the farthest bluff.Inscriptions:In pencil, upper left corner adjacent to print: ‘11’Physical description: Dimensions:167 x 228 mm [landscape]Format:1 albumen print pasted to backing paper and mounted, folded between pp. 98-99Materials:Silver printing-out paper, albumen printCondition:The print is unevenly hand-cut. There is significant toning at all edges, extending inwards. Some spot toning extends even further towards the central fold.A stain 1.5 cm from upper and 2.5 cm from right is likely caused by pencil.Foliation:‘11’Process:Albumen print
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:This photograph shows an urban topographical scene in the capital of Lahej, about 30 miles (45 km) from Aden, which is referred to here as Al-Hautah (also: al Hota, al Hawtah) but is probably the town known today as Lahej/Lahij.Despite being surrounded by desert ‘to within three or four miles’ of the town, in this volume Frederick Mercer Hunter describes the town itself as being surrounded by cultivation, in particular of ‘red and white jowarî, sesame, vegetables, grass, and a little cotton’ as well as ‘date-palms, and badâm or wild almond trees’ (p. 155). So fertile was the landscape around the town, that the British bought some land near it in order to grow vegetables for the garrison at Aden (p. 68).As recently as 1872–73, the Ottoman Turks had made their presence felt in Lahej: according to Hunter, the eldest brother of the Sultan, Abdullah bin Mohsin, had ‘intrigued with the Turks, and invited them to occupy their fortified house at Al-Hautah’. In response, the Government of India decided to occupy the Lahej territory to ‘support the Lahej Sultan’. The stand-off lasted until the end of the year, when the Ottoman troops withdrew. The fortified house in question is the structure visible in the background on the left of the image.An excavated area and tumble-down walls take up most of the foreground, while a number of several-storeyed, crenellated structures occupy the horizon behind low-brick-walled enclosures. In the right lower corner of the image bricks can be seen stacked in a sequence of chevrons alongside some flat slabs, forming a rectangular paved area.In the middle-ground, toward the left of the image in the right foreground, are a donkey and five laden camels. Two figures stand on raised ground alongside the camel furthest to the right; the figure on the right appears to be wearing white, European-style clothing.Physical description: Dimensions:170 x 231 mm [portrait]Format:1 albumen print pasted to backing paper and mounted, folded, between pp. 166–167Materials:Silver printing-out paper, albumen printCondition:The print is unevenly hand-cut. There is significant toning at all edges, extending inwards towards the central fold. Some tracing marks are evident along the left-hand and lower edge.Some dark spot staining originating in the printing phase are evident throughout.Foliation:No folio number noted. [15]Process:Albumen print
Abstract: Imprint:Published by John Walker Geographer to the Honble. East India Company. Engraved by J.&C. Walker.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by gradient tints.Depths shown by soundings recorded in fathoms at low water.Includes note on survey’s execution and observations with surveyors’ and assistants’ names reported, signed by S.B. Haines.In the upper portion of plate three sketches: ‘Land forming the West.n side of Bunder Fuggum’, ‘From the vessel at anchor in 15 f.ms off Bunder Sheik’ and ‘Gibbul Shumsan from the Vessel at Anchor in Aden eastern bay’.Original drawings at IOR/X/3224/2.Physical description: Dimensions:618 x 872 mm, on sheet 706 x 920 mm
Abstract: A memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, 1 September 1879.The document is a summary of correspondence, government reports, and published literature relating to the Turkish expedition into El Hassa [Al Hasa] in 1871, and was compiled in light of a proposed comprehensive arrangement with the Porte about the positions of the two powers along the Gulf coast, and policing responsibilities at sea. The correspondence is from the period 1870-1874 and is principally between various British Government departments and offices connected to the region, and the Turkish Government.The Turkish expedition called into question the sovereignty and jurisdiction of much of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the coastline and islands of the Gulf. The correspondence contains discussions of these matters and reflects British fears of a loss of their monopoly over the control and security of the Gulf, and a disruption of the treaty relations they maintained with rulers in Bahrein [Bahrain], Guttur [Qatar], the Trucial Coast, Muscat, and Aden.The author quotes extensively from the correspondence and other sources, notes on which are to be found in the margin throughout.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation for this description commences at folio 131 and terminates at folio 144, 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. The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the back cover; 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.Condition: folio 131 is torn along one edge, with some loss of text.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an extract from a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 31 December 1845.The item relates to the fate of the
Bhowany Pursad[
Bhavani Parsad], a ‘native’ [non-European] vessel which sailed under British colours and was seized by the Mahara [Al-Mahrah] tribe of Wadee [Wadi] in 1836. The item consists of correspondence between the Government of Bombay, the Court of Directors, and Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden. They discuss what has happened to the vessel since its capture, in particular:The effects of failed attempts to recapture the vesselClaims for compensation made by the firm Dhurmsey Luckmeedass [Dharmse Lakhmidas], who own the vesselThe sale of vessel at MochaThe perceived waste of money spent maintaining the vessel before its sale.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5191, Draft 282/46’, ‘Collection N. 2 of N. 149’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 98, and terminates at f 116, 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 correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the thirteenth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Major David Davidson, Commissary General of the Army, Bombay; Captain Elgate Whichelo, Deputy Commissary General, Bombay; Captain George James Duncan Milne, Sub-Assistant Commissary General at Aden; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; and Khojah Heskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Native Agent at Muscat.The item concerns a claim made by Mahomed bin Salim [Muḥammad bin Sālim], the owner of the vessel
Futeh-ool Kheir[
Fatḥ al-Khayr. Multiple spellings for this name are present in the item]. Mahomed bin Salim’s claim is for the balance of freight due to him for the conveyance of Government stores to Aden, and the amount of expenses incurred by him in landing the stores at Muscat, where he was detained for several months due to the weather conditions. The Government of Bombay makes enquiries into the details of the voyage made by the
Futeh-ool Kheirand of the cargo it transported. The item contains letters and reports submitted by the Government of Bombay Military Board, the Army Commissariat Department at Bombay, the Native Agent at Muscat, and British officials at Aden.The item contains a table of contents (ff 554-556), and the title page (f 553) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 13’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 553 and terminates at f 584, 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 correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant-Colonel Waddington, Executive Engineer at Aden; and Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden. It is the forty-eighth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a request by Shaik Nassir of Bushire [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr of Bushehr] for compensation due to him from the British Government because when his bugla [baghlah]
Saadaneewas wrecked off Aden in the 1830s, the mast was reused by the British. He also claims money for stores which he says were deposited at Aden.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 12 of No 4’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 707, and terminates at f 713, 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: The journal of the ship
Essexby Captain George Jackson, witnessed by the Secretary of the Court of Directors of the East India Company Robert James, and received on 4 August 1747. The journal contains:The list of officers and seamen belonging to the ship
Essex(ff 2-3)The entries made during the ship's voyage from Deptford to Spithead (21 January 1744/45), Plymouth (2 March 1744/45), Land's End (16 April 1745), Madeira (25 April 1745), La Palma (29 April 1745), Cape Agulhas (8 July 1745), the Rocks (31 July 1745), Henrietta Island (4 August 1745), Comoros Island (16 August 1745) and Bombay (13 September 1745) (ff 4-53)The entries made during the voyage from Bombay to Surat (15 November 1745), Mangalore [Mangaluru] (13 February 1745/46), Tellicherry [Thalassery] (19 February 1745/46), Callecut [Kozhikode] (26 February 1745/46), Soccotra [Socotra] (2 April 1746), Mount Felix (4 April 1746) and Mocha (10 April 1746) (ff 53-74)The entries made during the voyage from Mocha to Aden (17 August 1746) and Bombay (1 September 1746) (ff 75-80)The entries made during the return voyage from Bombay to Cape Bona Esperança [Cape of Good Hope] (27 November 1746), Table Bay (30 November 1746), Table Land (22 December 1746), Ascension Island (16 January 1746/47), Scattrey [Scattery Island] (28 March 1747), Fines (5 May 1747), Cape Clear (19 June 1747), Kinsale (20 June 1747), Plymouth (23 June 1747), Westcott Bay (28 June 1747), and Deptford (21 July 1747) (ff 80-129).The journal entries made during the above-mentioned four voyages cover the period between 14 October 1744 and 31 July 1747. The entries are double-dated, providing the dates in both Julian and Gregorian calendars.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 131; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, military letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; the Military Board at Bombay; Lieutenant Colonel Wilson, commanding the troops at Aden; Lieutenant Curtis, Executive Engineer at Aden.The item concerns the proposals for the sale of the pendalls [temporary buildings] which were erected at Aden to house Her Majesty’s 6th Regiment of Foot [Royal Warwickshire Regiment] to the townspeople.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 80, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3711, [Season 18]43’, ‘Collection No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 322 and terminates at f 330, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.