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13. 'ADMINISTRATION REPORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY, 1865-66 1866-67'
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- Abstract: Annual administration reports from the Government of Bombay. The volume contains the following reports:‘GENERAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1865-66’ (IOR/V/10/280/1)‘GENERAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1866-67’ (IOR/V/10/280/2).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 466; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: printed pagination sequences are also present between folios 7 and 463.
14. 'ADMINISTRATION REPORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY 1902-3 TO 1906-7'
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- Abstract: Annual administration reports from the Government of Bombay. The volume contains the following reports:‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1902-1903’ (IOR/V/10/313/1)‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1903-1904’ (IOR/V/10/313/2)‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1904-1905’ (IOR/V/10/313/3)‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1905-1906’ (IOR/V/10/313/4)‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1906-1907’ (IOR/V/10/313/5).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 302.Pagination: the volume also contains multiple original pagination sequences.
15. ‘GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY For the Year 1872-73’
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- 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.
16. ‘GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY For the Year 1873-74’
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- 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.
17. 'GENERAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1874-75'
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- 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 1874-75.The report is divided into the following chapters, some of which are further divided into sub-sections:‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL’ (ff 40-56), consisting of: Changes in the Administration; Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 57-67), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards’ Estates‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 67-96), consisting of: Course of Legislature; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 97-130), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade (External and Internal); Public Works (including Military and Civil Buildings, Roads, Railways, Canals, Telegraph, and Post Offices); Irrigation‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 131-156), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance (including Land Revenue and Canal Revenue); Sources of Imperial Revenue other than the Land (including Customs, Opium, Salt, Excise, and Stamps); Revenue and Finance other than Imperial‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 157-169), consisting of: The Results of the Census; Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; Vaccination‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 170-186), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (ff 187-193), consisting of: The Archaeological Survey‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 194-195), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.An Appendix is at the rear of the volume (folios 196-279). This comprises tables of statistics relative to chapters III-VII.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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 282; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: An additional printed pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 8-279.
18. 'GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1875-76'
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- Abstract: Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency, providing a summary record of the main events and development in each department of the Government of Bombay during the financial year 1875-76.The report is divided into the following chapters, some of which are further divided into sub-sections:‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL’ (ff 63-88), consisting of: Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 89-98), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards’ Estates‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 99-125), consisting of: Course of Legislature; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 125-162), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade (External and Internal); Public Works (including Military and Civil Buildings, Roads, Railways, Canals, Telegraph, and Post Offices); Irrigation‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 162-195), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance (including Land Revenue and Canal Revenue); Sources of Imperial Revenue other than the Land (including Customs, Opium, Salt, Excise, and Stamps); Revenue and Finance other than Imperial‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 195-204), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; Vaccination‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 204-222), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (ff 222-223)‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 224-225), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.An Appendix is at the rear of the volume (folios 226-377). This comprises tables of statistics relative to all sections except for that on archaeology (Chapter VIII).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 first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 378; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume contains one foliation anomaly, f 338a.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
19. ‘Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia Relative to Vessels from Ports in the- resorting to India being provided with- Registers etc’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 28 April 1854, and found at IOR/F/4/2575/152543. It is the sixth in a series of thirteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to discussions about whether Arab or Persian [Iranian] vessels trading in Indian ports should be required to produce certification documents to avoid paying double customs duties. The advantages and disadvantages of enforcing such measures are debated. The discussion also includes references to the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf (1820), a Government Gazette notification from 9 January 1839, and Act VI of 1848 passed by the Government of India.Correspondents include: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Richard Spooner, Acting Collector of Customs, Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; John George Taylor, British Agent at Bussorah [Basra]; and the Government of Bombay.Taylor's correspondence includes a report on the types of documents currently used at Bussorah and Kowait [Kuwait] with respect to external trade.The item also contains example documents at folio 293 recto and folio 306.Except from an extract of the Government Gazette from 9 January 1839 (folio 294 verso), the rest of the item dates from 1853-54.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 8964', Draft Number '908 [18]54', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 32 of 1854', 'Vol: 6', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '6' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '1'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 288, and terminates at f 308, 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.
20. 'Arabian Sea'
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- Abstract: Chart 1012.Hydrographic chart covering the Arabian Sea, including the Gulf of Aden, between latitudes 7° 00' 00" N and 22° 32' 30" N. Includes the coastlines of the southern Arabian Peninsula, the Horn of Africa and parts of north-western India. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings and contours, some sands and rocks, relief by spot heights and hachures, vegetation, railways, settlements and place names, and includes buoys (highlighted in watercolour) and navigational notes.Eastern portion of the chart compiled by officers of the East India Government (1828-63); western portion by commanders Stafford Bettesworth Haines and I P Sanders [most likely John Parke Sanders] and lieutenants Albany Moore Grieve, Thomas Grere Carless, William Charles Barker and other officers of the Indian Navy (1836-49). Engraved by Malby & Sons. Published at the Admiralty 1899 with small corrections.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with additions in watercolour, on paperDimensions: 627 x 1173mm, on sheet 689 x 1231mm
21. ‘BOMBAY – 1934-5: A Review of the Administration of the Presidency’
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- Abstract: Annual administration report of the BombayPresidency, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay during the financial year 1934-35. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1936.The report begins with ‘PART I GENERAL SUMMARY’ (ff 6-16), and ‘PART II’ is then divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:‘CHAPTER I ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 17-18), consisting of: Land Records; Gujarat Talukdars Act; Sind [Sindh] Incumbered Estates Act; The Court of Wards Act; Department of Land Records‘CHAPTER II LAW AND JUSTICE’ (ff 19-25), consisting of: Legislative Council; Course of Legislation; Administration of Justice; Bombay Presidency Proper; Sind; Registration; Joint Stock Companies‘CHAPTER III POLICE AND CRIME’ (ff 26-34), consisting of: Mofussil Police; Sind Police; Bombay City Police; Village Police; Government Male and Female Workhouses; Jails; Criminal Tribes‘CHAPTER IV AGRICULTURE, WEATHER AND CROPS’ (ff 34-53), consisting of: Bombay Presidency; Nature of the Crops; Sind; Department of Agriculture; Advances to Cultivators; Note on the Weather; Prices in the Bombay Presidency During 1934-35; Mofussil Labour and Wages; Forests; Co-operative Movement; Horticulture‘CHAPTER V TRADE AND COMMERCE’ (ff 54-72), consisting of: Development of Industries; Commissioner of Labour; The Factories Act; The Workmen’s Compensation Act; Sea-borne Trade; Foreign Trade; Foreign Merchandise; Indian Produce and Manufactures; Trade According to Countries; Subordinate Ports of the Bombay Presidency; Maritime Trade; Traffic by Air‘CHAPTER VI PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT’ (ff 73-76), consisting of: Irrigation; Sind; Deccan and Gujarat; Railways‘CHAPTER VII VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF’ (ff 76-81), consisting of: Sanitation; Vaccination; Hospitals and Dispensaries; Veterinary; Chemical Analyser; Mental Hospitals; Acworth Leper Asylum [hospital for persons affected by leprosy or Hansen's Disease], Matunga; Kondhwa Leper Asylum, Poona [Pune]; British Empire Leprosy Relief Association (Indian Council), Bombay Presidency Branch; Emigration and Immigration‘CHAPTER VIII LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT’ (ff 82-86), consisting of: Municipalities; Bombay Municipality; Karachi Municipality; Local Board Administration; Bombay Port Trust; Karachi Port Trust‘CHAPTER IX COLLECTION OF REVENUE AND FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 87-96), consisting of: Accounts for 1934-35; Land Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Excise‘CHAPTER X INSTRUCTION’ (ff 96-99), consisting of: Education; Yeravda [Yerawada] Reformatory School; Books and Publications; Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay; Victoria and Albert Museum, Bombay; Victoria Museum, Karachi‘CHAPTER XI MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 100-104), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; The Church of India; Stationery; Bombay Development Schemes.A table of contents listing the parts,chapters and sub-headings of the report is on folios 4-5. 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.The volume includes appendices (ff 105-107) and a subject index (ff 108-110) with reference to the original pagination.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 111; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
22. 'BOMBAY – 1937-38: A Review of the Administration of the Province'
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- Abstract: Annual Review of the Administration of the Province of Bombay, providing a summary record of the work and events in each Department of the Government for the financial year 1937-38. The review is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:'GENERAL SUMMARY' (ff 6-14), consisting of subsections on Political, Finance, Trade and Commerce, Land Customs, Agriculture, Public Instruction, Law and Justice, Police and Crime, Bombay [Mumbai] City Police, Public Health, Salt, Excise, Taxes on Income, Stamps, Forests, Co-operative Movement, and Bombay Port Trust'CHAPTER I – ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND' (ff 15-16), consisting of subsections on Land Records, and Wards and other Estates'CHAPTER II – LAW AND JUSTICE' (ff 17-23), consisting of subsections on the Bombay Legislature, Administration of Justice, Registration, and Joint Stock Companies'CHAPTER III – POLICE AND CRIME' (ff 23-30), consisting of subsections on the Police, Government Workhouses, Jails, Borstal School, Dharwal and the Bombay Province Probation and Aftercare Association, and 'Criminal Tribes''CHAPTER IV – AGRICULTURE, WEATHER AND CROPS' (ff 30-48), consisting of subsections on Agriculture and Crops, Department of Agriculture, Note on the Weather, Prices, Mofussil [Mufaṣṣal] Labour and Wages, Forests, and Co-operative Movement'CHAPTER V – TRADE AND COMMERCE' (ff 48-57), consisting of subsections on Industries, Department of Industries, Commissioner of Labour, and Sea-borne Trade'CHAPTER VI – PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT' (ff 57-60), consisting of subsections on Public Works, Administration, Railways, and Irrigation'CHAPTER VII – VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF' (ff 61-66), consisting of subsections on Births and Deaths, Pilgrim Centres, Vaccination, Hospitals and Dispensaries, Haffkine Institute, Veterinary, Chemical Analyser, Mental Hospitals, Acworth Leper Home [hospital for persons affected by leprosy or Hansen's Disease], Matunga, and Emigration and Immigration'CHAPTER VIII – LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT' (ff 66-70), consisting of subsections on Municipalities, Bombay Municipality, and Local Board Administration'CHAPTER IX – COLLECTION OF REVENUE AND FINANCIAL REVIEW' (ff 71-78), consisting of subsections on Accounts for 1937-38, Public Works Revenue, Land Revenue, and Excise'CHAPTER X – INSTRUCTION' (ff 79-86), consisting of subsections on Education, Books and Publications, Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Bombay'CHAPTER XI – MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 86-92), consisting of subsections on Ecclesiastical, Stationery and Printing, and General-Miscellaneous.The volume also includes a 'Table of Contents' (ff 4-5) and two appendices:'APPENDIX I – List of Reports, etc., used' (ff 93-94)'APPENDIX II – The Governor; Council of Ministers; Parliamentary Secretaries, Speaker, and Deputy Speaker, Bombay Legislative Assembly, President and Deputy President, and Bombay Legislative Council, 1937-38' (ff 94-95).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 99; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
23. 'Bombay – 1938-39: A Review of the Administration of the Province'
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- Abstract: Annual Review of the Administration of the Province of Bombay, providing a summary record of the work and events in each Department of the Government for the financial year 1938-39. The review is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:'GENERAL SUMMARY' (ff 6-14), consisting of subsections on Political, Finance, Trade and Commerce, Labour Policy, Land Customs, Agriculture, Public Instruction, Law and Justice, Police and Crime, Bombay City [Mumbai] Police, Public Health, Salt, Excise, Taxes on Income, Stamps, Forests, Co-operative Movement, and the Bombay Port Trust'CHAPTER I – ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND' (ff 15-16), consisting of subsections on Land Records and Wards and other Estates'CHAPTER II – LAW AND JUSTICE' (ff 16-23), consisting of subsections on the Bombay Legislature, Administration of Justice, Registration, and Joint Stock Companies'CHAPTER III – POLICE AND CRIME' (ff 23-30), consisting of subsections on the Police, Government Workhouses, Jails, Borstal School, Dharwal and the Bombay Province Probation and Aftercare Association, and 'Criminal Tribes''CHAPTER IV – AGRICULTURE, WEATHER AND CROPS' (ff 30-47), consisting of subsections on Agriculture and Crops, Department of Agriculture, Advances to Cultivators, Note on the Weather, Prices, Mofussil [Mufaṣṣal] Labour and Wages, Forests, and Co-operative Movement'CHAPTER V – TRADE AND COMMERCE' (ff 47-55), consisting of subsections on Industries, Department of Industries, Commissioner of Labour, and Sea-borne Trade'CHAPTER VI – PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT' (ff 55-58), consisting of subsections on Public Works, Administration, Railways, and Irrigation'CHAPTER VII – VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF' (ff 59-63), consisting of subsections on Births and Deaths, Pilgrim Centres, Vaccination, Hospitals and Dispensaries, Haffkine Institute, Veterinary, Chemical Analyser, Mental Hospitals, Acworth Leper Home [hospital for persons affected by leprosy or Hansen's Disease], Matunga, and Emigration and Immigration'CHAPTER VIII – LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT' (ff 64-67), consisting of subsections on Municipalities, Bombay Municipality, and Local Board Administration'CHAPTER IX – COLLECTION OF REVENUE AND FINANCIAL REVIEW' (ff 67-75), consisting of subsections on Accounts for 1938-39, Public Works Revenue, Land Revenue, and Excise'CHAPTER X – INSTRUCTION' (ff 75-78), consisting of subsections on Education, Books and Publications, Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Bombay'CHAPTER XI – MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 79-82), consisting of subsections on Ecclesiastical, Stationery and Printing, and General Miscellaneous.The volume also includes a 'Table of Contents' (ff 4-5), and two appendices:'APPENDIX I List of Reports, etc., used' (ff 83-84)'APPENDIX II The Governor; Council of Ministers; Parliamentary Secretaries, Speaker, and Deputy Speaker, Bombay Legislative Assembly, President and Deputy President, and Bombay Legislative Council, 1938-39' (f 84).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 88; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
24. ‘BOMBAY – 1939-40. A Review of the Administration of the Province’
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- Abstract: Annual administration report of the Bombay Province, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay during the financial year 1939-40. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai] in 1941. The report is divided into three parts: Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 6-14); Part II (ff 15-82) comprises chapters I-XI; the third part (ff 83-84) comprises Appendices in two sections.PART II comprises the following:‘CHAPTER I. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 15-16), consisting of: Land Records; Wards and other Estates; Gujarat Talukdars’ Act; Court of Wards Act‘CHAPTER II. LAW AND JUSTICE (ff 17-25) consisting of: Administration of Justice; Civil and Criminal Justice; Registrations; Joint Stock Companies‘CHAPTER III. POLICE AND CRIME’ (ff 25-32) consisting of: Police; Mofussil and Railway Police; Bombay City Police; Village Police; Motor Vehicles; Government Workhouses; Jails: Borstal School; Dharwar, and the Bombay Province Probation and After-care Association; Juvenile Branch Administration; Criminal Tribes‘CHAPTER IV. AGRICULTURE, WEATHER AND CROPS’ (ff 32-48), consisting of: Agriculture and Crops; Department of Agriculture; Rural Development; Advances to Cultivators; Note on the Weather; Prices; Retail Prices; Wholesale Prices; Mofussil Labour and Wages; Forest; Co-operative Movement‘CHAPTER V. TRADE AND COMMERCE’ (ff 49-55), consisting of: Industries; Commissioner of Labour; The Factories Act; The Workmen’s Compensation Act; Boiler Inspection Department; Sea-borne Trade‘CHAPTER VI. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT’ (ff 55-58), consisting of: Public Works Administration; Central Workshops Dapuri; Electricity; Communications; Scarcity Works; Water Supply and Drainage Schemes; Railways; Irrigation‘CHAPTER VII. VITAL STATISITICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF’ (ff 58-62), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Pilgrim Centres; Vaccination; Hospitals and Dispensaries; Haffkine Institute; Veterinary; Chemical Analyser ; Mental Hospitals [psychiatric hospitals]; Acworth Leper Home [Hospital for persons affected by leprosy or Hansen’s Disease], Matunga; Kondhwa Leper Hospital, Poona [Pune]; British Empire Leprosy Relief Association, Bombay Province Branch; Emigration and Immigration‘CHAPTER VIII. LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT’ (ff 63-66), consisting of: Municipalities; Bombay City Municipality; Local Board Administration‘CHAPTER IX. COLLECTION OF REVENUE AND FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 66-74), consisting of: Accounts for 1939-40; Public Works Revenue; Land Revenue; Excise‘CHAPTER X. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 75-78), consisting of: Education; Books and Publications; Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch; Victoria and Albert Museum Bombay; Prince of Wales Museum of Western India Bombay; Lord Reay Industrial Museum Poona‘CHAPTER XI. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 79-82), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; The Court of India; The Established Church of Scotland; Stationery and Printing; Government Central Press, Bombay; Yeravda Prison Press, Poona; Government Photozinco Press, Poona; General Miscellaneous; Industrial Housing Scheme; Residential Suburban Schemes; Town Planning and Valuations Department; Military; Archaeology; ‘Backward Classes’ [used to refer to Dalit people officially designated as Scheduled Castes, Adivasi peoples now officially designated as Scheduled Tribes, and other socially and economically disadvantaged groups].A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 4-5. 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 88; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains a printed pagination sequence.