‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1882-83.’ [166v] (341/498)
The record is made up of 1 volume (264 folios). It was created in 1884. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1882-83.
Chap. VII.
INSTRUCTION-
Northern Division.
Southern Division.
Sind.
266
that tliG municipalities of Yeola and Bhusaval respectively pay Its. /5 and 80 per mensem
for the establishment of higher classes in English.
In the Northern Division the change under Government schools is due to the promotion
of the school at Godhavi. The Jahangir Motabhai School at Surat has been transferred
from the class of schools under inspection to the list of aided schools; a new school for
Europeans and Eurasians has been opened at Ahmadabad_, and a new first grade school has
been opened at Dhrangadra in Kathiawar.
The fee receipts have risen from Rs. 8,573 to Rs. 10,189, and 1,536 boys passed out
of 2,368 examined.
The Inspector reports that nearly all his middle-class schools are in a thriving con
dition. Among the best are the branch schools of Surat and Ahmadabad, the Bulsar
Navsari, Dholka and Viramgam schools. The Kaira School has been for some time steadily
declining. On the other hand, the schools at Rander and Anklesvar are rising institu
tions. Branch School No. 2, Ahmadabad, has much improved, and almost recovered the
position it used to occupy as a thoroughly efficient feeder to the high school. In Native
States the Bhavnagar Branch School is most popular, and is overflowing with boys. The
fees were doubled last year, and again doubled from the beginning of 1883-84; yet no
reduction in numbers is anticipated. The Gondal School was as usual in very good order
and the Morvi and Limbdi schools were also flourishing. The Wadhwan City School was
perhaps weaker than in previous years in point of efficiency though not in numbers. The
Wadhwan Camp second grade school was doing well, but the Songad School of the same grade
was in a very weak condition. The private Anglo-vernacular school at Dhrangadra was
brought under the fund. The private Anglo-vernacular school at Vala was doing fairly,
and the first grade Anglo-vernacular schools at Deesa Camp, Palanpur and Radhanpur were
found in a satisfactory state.
In the Southern Division the fee receipts of the first grade schools (Government) have
fallen from Rs. 3,563 to Rs. 2,664. Second grade classes have been opened at Mangalvedha
(Sangli) and Badami (Kaladgi), but 17 English classes have been closed in British districts
owing to the discontinuance of the subscriptions which were promised for their maintenance.
The examination returns show that 1,011 boys passed out of 1,701.
The Belgaum first grade Anglo-Vernacular school did very well; the Karwar first grade
school has improved. Next to it come Kaladgi and Dharwar. The Hubli first grade
Anglo-vernacular school is improving year by year. In state schools Miraj School comes
first, and Jamkhandi last, although the attendance in the Jamkhandi School has mucli
increased lately. The Sangli English School has greatly improved, and some boys will be
sent for the matriculation next year. The attendance in the Kumta School has much fallen
on account of a private English school lately opened there.
Of the second grade schools the Dharwar District comes first as last year, and Belgaum
second ; Kaladgi and Kanara comethird andfourth. This yearthere are 3 second gradeAnglo-
vernacular schools (Gadagy Kittur and Athni) with more than 50 boys on the rolls, against
only 2 (Gadag and Kittur) of last year. The schools at Bagalkot (Kaladgi), Haveri
(Dharwar), Ankola, Halyal and Sirsi (Kanara), and Nipani (Belgaum) have also about
30 boys on the rolls. All these schools have improved very much in quality and quantity.
Some temporary schools which were opened as an experiment, were closed during the year
under report for want of popular contributions. All the existing English classes are sup
ported either by fees or popular or municipal contributions. The Lakshmeshvar State School
as usual produced nearly cent, per cent, examination results.
The scholars at Government schools at Karachi, Sukkur and Jacobabad have increased,
but there was a large falling off at Shikarpur and a slight decrease at Tattaand Haidarabad,
and the fee receipts of the first grade schools have fallen from Rs. 6,253 to Rs. 6,153. The
decrease under aided schools is due to a falling off in the attendance at St. Patrick^ School
and the Mission School in Karachi. The European and Indo-European School at Sukkur
has been closed, but a similar school has been opened at Haidarabad. 941 boys passed out
of 1,363.
It is specially remarked that the Sukkur School in almost every instance shows
improvement on last year.
The Shikarpur and Frontier Upper Sind second grade schools also show a great improve
ment, but there has been a falling off in the Karachi, Haidarabad and Thar and Parkar
Districts.
The Study of English and Optional Languages, fyc.
The figures for the institutions connected with Government show a large increase in
the number 26,7o2 of students learning English, which is now taught in 337 schools.
More students apply themselves to the study of Sanskrit, Persian and Hebrew, the last
showing a particularly large increase, but less apply themselves to Latin and French. The
people who mostly resort to the schools are the sons of Government officials or persons of
property, of private clerks and of petty tradesmen, who make up about half the number who
attend Government institutions of the higher class.
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Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. during the financial year 1882-83. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1884.
The report begins with ‘PART I. SUMMARY.’ (ff 7-23), and ‘PART II.’ (ff 24-178) is then divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- ‘CHAPTER I. PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY.’ (ff 28-91), 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; Changes in the Administration; Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND.’ (ff 92-95), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards’ Estates and other Estates under Government management
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION.’ (ff 96-122), consisting of: Legislating Authority; Course of Legislation; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.’ (ff 123-149), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade; Public Works; Irrigation
- ‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE.’ (ff 150-158), consisting of: Civil Transactions; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Customs; Opium; Salt; Excise; Stamps; License Tax; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES.’ (ff 159-162r), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; ‘Lunatic Asylums’ [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION.’ (ff 162v-172), consisting of: General system of Public Instruction; Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY.’ (f 173)
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS.’ (ff 174-178), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.
The report includes the following maps, showing hydrology, topography, settlements, roads, railways and administrative boundaries:
- ‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. Part I. Gujárat and the Tápti Valley’ (ff 25 and 104)
- ‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. Part II. The Deccan, Konkan and Karnátic [Carnatic]’ (ff 26 and 105)
- ‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. Part III. Sind and Cutch [Kachchh]’ (ff 27 and 106)
- ‘S. M. RAILWAY’ (f 145)
- ‘WESTERN DECCAN RAILWAY.’ (f 146v)
‘PART III. STATISTICAL RETURNS.’ (ff 179-262) contains tables of information under the following chapters and sub-headings:
- ‘CHAPTER I. STATISTICS OF PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY.’ (ff 181-188r), consisting of: A. – Physical Geography; B. – Political Relations; C. – Civil Divisions of British Territory; D. – Population of British Territory
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND.’ (f 188v)
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION.’ (ff 189-205), consisting of: A. – Legislative; B. – Police; C. – Judicial Statements (Criminal); D. – Prisons; E. – Judicial Statements (Civil) ; F. – Registration; G. – Military
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.’ (ff 206-234r), consisting of: A. – Agriculture; B. – Weather and Crops; C. – Manufactures; D. – Trade; E. – Postal; F. – Public Works Department
- ‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE.’ (ff 234v-247r), consisting of: A. – Imperial Revenue and Finance; B. – Revenue Other Than Imperial
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS.’ (ff 247v-255r), consisting of: A. – Births and Deaths; B. – Medical Services. Civil Hospitals and Dispensaries; C. – ‘Lunatic Asylums’ [psychiatric hospitals]; D. – Vaccination
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION.’ (ff 255v-261), consisting of: A. – Education; B. – Literature and the Press
- ‘CHAPTER IX [VIII]. MISCELLANEOUS.’ (f 262), consisting of: A. – Ecclesiastical.
A table of contents listing the parts, chapters and sub-headings of the report is on folios 4-6. In a small number of instances there are discrepancies in the phrasing or inclusion of sub-headings between the table of contents and the body of the report. In these cases the sub-heading as it appears in the body of the report is included above.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at folio 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 265; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover.
Pagination: Multiple additional printed pagination sequences are present in parallel between ff 5-262.
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- ‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1882-83.’
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- front, back, bind-r:bind-v, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:181r, 182v:183r, 184r, 185r, 186r:193r, 194r:206r, 207r, 208r:211r, 212r, 213r, 214r, 215r, 216r, 217r, 218r, 219r, 220r, 221r:222r, 223r, 224r, 225r, 226r, 227r, 228r, 229r, 230r, 231r, 232r:236r, 237r:243r, 244r, 245r, 246r, 247r, 248r:250r, 251r, 252r, 253r, 254r, 255r, 256r:264v, back-i
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