Abstract: This is a printed document, No. S.D./170A, issued by the Secretary to the High Commissioner for Mesopotamia and intended to be forwarded to all Officers of the British Civil Administration in Mesopotamia. The document is a record of the steps taken by the High Commissioner (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox) following his arrival at Basrah [Basra] on 1 October 1920 in the direction of setting up a national administration ('National Assembly') in Iraq. The paper explains the role in this process of the provisional Council of State in Iraq.The document contains a 'Note on the proceedings of H.E. the High Commissioner since his arrival at Basrah' (folio 1) and cites official letters, telegrams, a press communique and a proclamation illustrating the formation and working of the Council of State. The document also includes:List of personnel of the Council of State (folio 1);Instructions for the Council of State (as finally issued) (folios 2-3);List of advisers appointed by the High Commissioner (folio 3);Memorandum of proceedings of informal meeting of Council of State, 10 November 1920 (folios 3-4).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 5 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right corner of the recto page of each folio.Pagination: the file also has an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-9 (folios 1-5).
Abstract: This printed report published by the India Office contains two sets of draft instructions approved by the Finance Committee of the Cabinet for Sir Percy Zachariah Cox's personal guidance as High Commissioner for Mesopotamia to give effect to the policy of His Majesty's Government. The first set is an original draft, dated 5 August 1920, while the second set is a revised draft.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this sequence commences at folio 124, and terminates at folio 125, 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 7-153 of the volume; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: This is a memorandum prepared by the Political Department of the India Office concerning the administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq] during British occupation. The memorandum includes the following sections and subsections: Introductory, Military Situation, Early Administrative Problems, Machinery of Government, Administration in Working, Political, Land Revenue and Agriculture, Customs, Excise and other Taxes, Justice, Education, Medical, Civil Post Office, Militia, Government Press, Surveys, Archaeology, and Finance, with details of the budget. There are also general remarks about administration and the position of the India Office in relation to the Civil Commissioner at Baghdad.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this sequence commences at folio 63, and terminates at folio 65, 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 7-153; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: File containing correspondence, memoranda and reports relating to the work of the Mesopotamia Administration Committee, collected by Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Lord President of the Council, who chaired the Committee.The papers cover a variety of topics relating to the administration of British-occupied Mesopotamia [Iraq] during and after the First World War, and discussions over the future status and administration of the region, including:A proclamation to the people of Baghdad on the occasion of the British occupationAppointments of civil and political officers, primarily transferred from India, for the administration of Mesopotamia, with the intention of replacing them with ‘suitable Arab personnel’ as soon as practicableConsiderations over whether Mesopotamia should be the responsibility of the Government of India or of the British Government, and how this decision might impact other British agencies in the GulfArrangements for the independent administration of Nejef [An-Najaf], Kerbela [Karbala], and other Shiah [Shia] holy placesProblems caused by the civil administration in Mesopotamia being answerable to the military administration, and the creation of the post of Civil Commissioner after the end of the WarReports on events in Egypt, the Hejaz, Palestine and Syria, and considerations of how they affect events in MesopotamiaProposals from industrialist Lord Inchcape to begin a steamer service on the Tigris that was agreed with the Ottoman Government immediately prior to the War, and to open a British bank in Baghdad.The primary correspondents are: Lord Curzon; Sir Percy Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude, Commander of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force; Arnold Wilson, Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia; Sir Mark Sykes; Gertrude Bell; Lord Inchcape; the Chief of the Imperial General Staff; the Directorate of Military Intelligence; the India Office; the Foreign Office; and the Government of India.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 316; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-315. These numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. Occasional instances of additional circled foliation appear in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio; these have been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This printed report consists of a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, dated 6 April 1919, to the Secretary of State for India, concerning the future constitution of Mesopotamia. There are also fifteen enclosures, some accompanied by appendices. These enclosures and appendices consist of telegrams, notes, a circular memorandum and draft reply by Wilson and others, including E B Howell, Revenue and Financial Secretary, Baghdad; F C C Balfour, Military Governor and Political Officer, Baghdad; Edward William Charles Noel, Political Officer, Sulaimaniyah [Sulaymānīyah]; Ronald E Wingate, Political Office, Najaf [al-Najaf]; Gerard Evelyn Leachman, Political Officer, Mosul; Stephen Hemsley Longrigg, Political Office, Kirkuk; L M Yetts, Political Officer, Ramadi [al-Ramādī]; and R Marrs, Political Office, Amarah [Amārah].Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence for this file commences at folio 31, and terminates at folio 36, 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 7-153; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 1940-41. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai] in 1942. The report is divided into three parts: Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 6-15); Part II (ff 16-79) comprises chapters I-XI; the third part (ff 80-81) comprises Appendices in two sections.PART II comprises the following:‘CHAPTER I. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 16-17), consisting of: Land Records; Wards and other Estates. Gujarat Talukdars’ Act; Court of Wards Act‘CHAPTER II. LAW AND JUSTICE’ (ff 18-23) consisting of: Administration of Justice; Civil and Criminal Justice; Registrations; Joint Stock Companies‘CHAPTER III. POLICE AND CRIME’ (ff 24-30) 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 30-48), 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 48-53), 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 54-56), 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 57-61), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Pilgrim Centres; Vaccination; Hospitals and Dispensaries; Haffkine Institute; Veterinary; Chemical Analyser; Mental Hospital [psychiatric hospitals]; Acworth Leper [Hansen’s disease] Home, Matunga; Kondhwa Leper Hospital, Poona [Pune] ; British Empire Leprosy Relief Association, Bombay Province Branch; Emigration and Immigration‘CHAPTER VIII. LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT’ (ff 61-64), consisting of: Municipalities; Bombay City Municipality; Local Board Administration‘CHAPTER IX. COLLECTION OF REVENUE AND FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 64-72), consisting of: Accounts for 1939-40; Public Works Revenue; Land Revenue; Excise‘CHAPTER X. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 73-76), 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 76-79), 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 84; 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.
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 1935-36. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1937.The report begins with ‘PART I - GENERAL SUMMARY’ (ff 6-15), 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 16-17), consisting of: Land Records; Wards and other Estates‘CHAPTER II - LAW AND JUSTICE’ (ff 18-26), consisting of: Legislative Council; Administration of Justice; Registration; Joint Stock Companies‘CHAPTER III - POLICE AND CRIME’ (ff 26-33), consisting of: Police; Government Workhouses; Jails; Criminal Tribes‘CHAPTER IV - AGRICULTURE, WEATHER AND CROPS’ (ff 34-54), consisting of: Agriculture and Crops; Department of Agriculture; Advances to Cultivators; Note on the Weather; Prices; Mofussil Labour and Wages; Forests; Co-operative Movement; Horticulture‘CHAPTER V - TRADE AND COMMERCE’ (ff 54-68), consisting of: Industries; Department of Industries; Commissioner of Labour; Sea-borne Trade; Traffic by Air‘CHAPTER VI - PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT’ (ff 68-71), consisting of: Public Works Administration; Irrigation; Railways‘CHAPTER VII - VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF’ (ff 71-76), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Sanitation; Vaccination; Hospitals and Dispensaries; Haffkine Institute; Veterinary; Chemical Analyser; Mental Hospitals [psychiatric hospitals]; Leper Colonies; Emigration and Immigration‘CHAPTER VIII - LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT’ (ff 77-82), consisting of: Municipalities; Bombay Municipality; Karachi Municipality; Local Board Administration; Port Trusts‘CHAPTER IX - COLLECTION OF REVENUE AND FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 82-90), consisting of: Accounts for 1935-36; Public Works Revenue; Land Revenue; Excise‘CHAPTER X - INSTRUCTION’ (ff 91-95), consisting of: Education; Books and Publications; Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch; Victoria and Albert Museum, Bombay‘CHAPTER XI - MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 95-99), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; Stationery and Printing; GeneralA 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 table of contents is included above.The volume includes appendices (ff 101-102) and a subject index (ff 103-105) 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 106; 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.
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 1936-37. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1938.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; Wards and other Estates‘CHAPTER II - LAW AND JUSTICE’ (ff 19-23), consisting of: Legislative Council; Administration of Justice; Registration; Joint Stock Companies‘CHAPTER III - POLICE AND CRIME’ (ff 24-31), consisting of: Police; Government Workhouses; Jails; Borstal School, Dharwar [Dharwad], and the Bombay Presidency Probation and After-care Association; Criminal Tribes‘CHAPTER IV - AGRICULTURE, WEATHER AND CROPS’ (ff 31-49), consisting of: Agriculture and Crops; Department of Agriculture; Advances to Cultivators; Note on the Weather; Prices; Mofussil Labour and Wages; Forests; Co-operative Movement; Horticulture‘CHAPTER V - TRADE AND COMMERCE’ (ff 49-60), consisting of: Industries; Department of Industries; Commissioner of Labour; Sea-borne Trade‘CHAPTER VI - PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT’ (ff 60-63), consisting of: Public Works Administration; Irrigation; Railways‘CHAPTER VII - VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF’ (ff 63-68), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Pilgrim Centres; Vaccination; Hospitals and Dispensaries; Haffkine Institute; Veterinary; Chemical Analyser; Mental Hospitals [psychiatric hospitals]; Leper [people affected by leprosy or Hansen’s Disease] Colonies; Emigration and Immigration‘CHAPTER VIII - LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT’ (ff 69-73), consisting of: Municipalities; Bombay Municipality; Local Board Administration; Bombay Port Trust‘CHAPTER IX - COLLECTION OF REVENUE AND FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 73-80), consisting of: Accounts for 1936-37; Public Works Revenue; Land Revenue; Excise‘CHAPTER X - INSTRUCTION’ (ff 80-84), consisting of: Education; Books and Publications; Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch; Victoria and Albert Museum, Bombay‘CHAPTER XI - MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 84-90), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; Stationery and Printing; General.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 table of contents is included above.The volume includes appendices (ff 90-92) and a subject index (ff 92-94) 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 95; 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.