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 1861-62.The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:'JUDICIAL' (ff 89-95), consisting of: Legislative; Civil Justice; Small Cause Court; Criminal Justice; Police; Jails'REVENUE' (ff 96-103), consisting of: Land Revenue; Alienated Revenues; Income Tax; Stamps; Customs, Salt, and Opium'FINANCIAL' (ff 104-105)'POLITICAL' (ff 106-113), consisting of: Kolapoor [Kolhapur]; Sawunt Waree [Sawantwadi]; Southern Muratha Country; Khandesh; The Dangs [Dang]; Guzerat [Gujarat]; Kattywar [Kathiawar]; Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kantha]; Surat Agency; Kutch [Kachchh]; Aden; Muscat and Zanzibar; Persian Gulf; Sind [Sindh]PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT' (ff 114-123), consisting of administration reports on the following areas: A 1.- Fortifications; A 3.- Accommodation for troops; A 4.- Ordnances; A 5.- Commissariat; A 7.- Staff; B. Naval; C 5.- Post Office; D 1.- Government houses and residencies; D 4.- Charitable Institutions; D 6.- Miscellaneous; E.- Churches and other buildings; G 3.- Jails; H 5.- Water supply; I 1.- Harbours and Navigation; I 2.- Light houses and beacons; K 1.- Irrigation canals; K 2.- Tanks; K 3.- Dykes; L 1.- Metalled Roads; L 2.- Unmetalled Roads; L 3.- Bridges; L 4.- Boat bridges and ferries; L 7.- Accommodation for travellers'PUBLIC WORKS - RAILWAY' (ff 124-130), consisting of: Great Indian Peninsula Railway; Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway; Sind Railway; Indus Steam Flotilla Company'MILITARY DEPARTMENT' (f 131)'EDUCATION' (ff 132-135)'MEDICAL DEPARTMENT' (ff 136-138)'CONSERVANCY' (ff 139-140)'SURVEY' (f 141), consisting of: Revenue; Topographical Survey'FORESTS' (f 142), consisting of: Bombay Presidency; Sind'MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 143-144), consisting of: Stationery; Agriculture; Emigration.The remainder of the item consists of appendices to the 'JUDICIAL', 'REVENUE', 'FINANCIAL', 'POLITICAL', 'PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT', 'PUBLIC WORKS - RAILWAY', 'MILITARY', 'CONSERVANCY', and 'SURVEY' sections of the report (ff 145-269)A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 88. 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: 1 item (185 folios)
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 1867-68.The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:‘JUDICIAL’ (ff 6-34), consisting of Legislative; Civil Justice; Criminal Justice; Police; Jails‘REVENUE’ (ff 35-42), consisting of Land and Sayer Revenue; Alienated Revenue; Customs, Salt, and Opium‘FINANCIAL’ (ff 43-52), consisting of Finance; Mint; Paper Currency‘POLITICAL’ (ff 53-60), consisting of Kattywar [Kathiawar]; Kutch [also known as Kachchh]; Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kantha]; Mahee Kanta [Mahi Kantha]; Kohlapoor [Kolhapur]; Southern Maratha Country; Sawunt Waree; Junjeera [Janjira]; Sind [Sindh] Frontier; Muscat‘PUBLIC WORKS’ (ff 61-88), consisting of military; civil buildings; miscellaneous public improvements‘PUBLIC WORKS, RAILWAY’ (ff 89-101), consisting of Great Indian Peninsula Railway; Bombay, Baroda [Vadodara] and Central India Railway; Sind Railway; Indus Steam Flotilla; Indus Valley Survey‘MILITARY’ (ff 102-106)‘MARINE’ (ff 107)‘INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT’ (ff 108-115)‘PUBLIC INSTRUCTION’ (ff 116-126)‘MEDICAL’ (ff 127-128)‘SURVEYS’ (ff 129-132), consisting of revenue survey; topographical survey, Sind‘FORESTS’ (ff 133-134)‘MILLS’ f 135-137)‘MUNICIPAL, BOMBAY’ (ff 138-139)‘ECCLESIASTICAL’ (ff 140-144)‘COTTON FRAUDS DEPARTMENT’ (ff 145-146)‘ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 147).Physical description: 1 item (145 folios)
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: This printed memorandum was received from the Chief Political Officer, Basra, under Sir P Cox's letter (No 3) dated 18 August 1916 (see IOR/L/PS/10/426: 3744/16), and includes a report by Gertrude Lowthian Bell (signed G L B), originally published in the Arab Bulletin, concerning the rebellion against the Sultan of Muscat, Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd, and, subsequently after his death, his son, Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd. Bell gives a description of the causes of the rebellion against the Sultan of Muscat, which, in her opinion, were 'partly due to old and deepseated matters of disagreement and partly to the reflex action of modern European politics'. She goes on to describe various events from May 1913 to July 1916, including: the fall of Nizwa [Nizwá] and Izki [Izkī]; the visit of the Viceroy to Muscat in February 1914; the death of Fayṣal; the religious character of the uprising ('Jihad'); and potential peace terms.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside 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.
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, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 November 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the thirty-ninth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 31 July 1847, which itself contains translation of a letter from the agent at Muscat to Hennell, dated 28 June 1847. The agent reports on an interview he conducted with Ibrahim [Ibrāhīm] and Moola Mahomed [Mullā Muḥammad], two men detained at Muscat on suspicion of being accomplices of Ahmed bin Dad Kurreem [Aḥmad bin Dād Karīm], the suspected leader of a group that murdered the crew of a British bugla. Details of the crime, including names of victims and suspected accomplices, and what Ibrahim and Moola Mahomed did afterwards, are included in the agent's letter. Hennell’s letter contains a request for instructions in how to proceed.The item also contains a response to Hennell from the Government of Bombay, pointing to a previous dispatch which contained instructions.The item contains multiple spellings for individuals’ names.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 39.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also contains a note that relevant correspondence can be found in Collection No. 1 accompanying despatch from the Government of Bombay, 3 July No. 87 of 1847.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 457, and terminates at f 462, 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. It is the fifth in a series of seven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1912/81793, 81794, 81795, 81796, 81798, 81799). The correspondents are: the governments of Bombay and Madras; Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Thomas W Goodwyn, Acting Joint Magistrate in charge, Malabar; and Major Bruse [Bruce] Seton, Town Major at Bombay.The item concerns a five-year-old girl who was sold at Mangalore to a man from Ras-el Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah] who took her to Muscat. It includes arrangements for repatriating her via Bombay [Mumbai].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Col [Collection] 12, Draft 713, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3227, [Season 18]41’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 369 and terminates at f 387, 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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Heskeal bin Yusoof [Hizqial bin Yusuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat; Henry Glass, Collector of Customs at Bombay. It is the fourth in a series of four items concerning the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2100/98232, 98233, and 98234).The item concerns:The complaints of Shaik Khuleefa bin Shakboot [Shaikh Khalifah bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] that one of his boats and its cargo was seized by the Governor of the Chaab [Banu Ka'b]The conduct of vessels carrying British colours and passes leaving Bushire [Bushehr], including new rules for these vesselsThe payment of a pension to the son of the late Native Agent at Shiraz, Mirza Juwad [Jawad]Reports of the movements, visitors, and correspondence of Syed Thooweene [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id Al Bu Sa’id] at MuscatThe movements of the people of the Nejd, and disputes between the Bunijaburs [Beni Jabir] and Munwuliks [al-Mawalik].The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 683, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4878, [Season 18]45’, ‘Vol: 4’, ‘Collection No 9 of No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 385 and terminates at f 404, 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.
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/4/2174/105546. It is the twenty-fifth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; John Croft Hawkins, Commodore Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf; and Syed Soweynee, Prince Regent of Muscat [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat].The item concerns:The punishment inflicted on Salmin bin Towfeak [Sālmīn bin Tawfīq], a servant of Syed Soweynee, for his ill treatment of Khojah Hiskiall [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf, also rendered as Khojah Hiskael], Native Agent at MuscatThe interference of Commodore Hawkins in ‘the settlement of the Banian Heerjee [Hīrjī]’s pecuniary transactions with the Muscat authorities’A report that Shaik Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah] has broken a promise previously given not to continue constructing a fort between Shargah [Sharjah] and Debaye [Dubai].The item contains a table of contents (ff 492-493), and the title page (f 491) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 25’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 75’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 491 and terminates at f 504, 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, consultations, reports, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Syed Sooweeynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat. It is the fourteenth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns payment for a cargo of indigo seized by a Bushire [Bushehr] merchant, and the consequent lifting of embargoes on Persian [Iranian] merchants at Muscat.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Coll[ectio]n: 18, Collection No 18 of No 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 713, and terminates at f 720 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, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twenty-fifth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns the expenses incurred by the British Agent at Muscat, Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf, on account of an Indian man named Yoosoof [Yūsuf] who had been rescued from slavery.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 18 of No 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 767, and terminates at f 770 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, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the sixth in a series of seven items on affairs of the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2077/95829, IOR/F/4/2077/95830, IOR/F/4/2077/95831, IOR/F/4/2077/95832, IOR/F/4/2077/95833, and IOR/F/4/2077/95835).The item concerns:Vessels from Cutch [Kachchh] and Bombay trading under British colours at Zanzibar without the appropriate passesThe resolution of a complaint by Josiah Row Chowdry [Josiah Rao Chaudhari] against the master of the British merchant brig
Mary AliceThe return of boats seized at and from Bahrein [Bahrain]The refund of excess duty paid at Muscat by the
ColumbiaWriting off money owed by the Persian garrison at Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark] to the BritishA list of presents given to shaikhs of the Gulf.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 78, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4624, [Season 18]45’, ‘Collection No 8’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 455 and terminates at f 475, 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.