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‘GENERAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1869-70’ [64r] (125/463)
The record is made up of 1 item (257 folios). It was created in 1870?. 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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16. The closing Balances in the Treasuries on the 31st
Revenue Trcasurr :n March last also exhibit an aggregate in
crease of Rs. 41,69,753 as compared
with that of the previous year, money being less urgently
required at the General Treasury,
17. The subjoined Statement shows the Mint Certificates
issued on and the value of new Coin paid into the General
Treasury during the year under report and the preceding
five years :—■
Years.
Mint Certificates
issued.
New Coin paid
into General
Treasury.
1864-65
Rs.
4,98,62,000
7,53,04,344
1,83,59,400
2,59,27,868
3,68,81,121
3,51,76,600
Rs.
5,59,48,900
7,02,09,000
2,56,34,408
2,68,16,430
3,79,08,000
3,64,81,908
1865-66
1860-67
1867-68
1868-69
1869-70
18. It will be seen from the above Statement that the
receipt of new Coin into the Treasury during the year 1869- 70
exceeded the amount of Bullion by Rs. 13,05,308. The increase
is, as usual, partly due to the realization of Mint duty and the
out-turn of unworked Bullion in balance at the Mint at the
close of 1868-69.
19. Bullion to the extent of Rs. 3,63,00,000 was ex
changed during the year for Coin in the Currency Department
to replenish the General Treasury Balance to meet payments
of the Mint Certificates.
20. There has been an increased demand for small Silver
Coin during the year. The superabundance of Copper Coin,
both in the General and Mofussil Treasuries, continues. The
demand for the Coin in the Mofussil being less than the receipt
7
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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 1869-70.
The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- ‘JUDICIAL’ (ff 6-51), consisting of: Legislative; Civil Justice – Regulation Districts; Agent for Sirdars Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. ; Court of Small Causes, Bombay; Mofussil Courts of Small Causes; Criminal Justice – Regulation Districts; Police – Town and Island of Bombay; Regulation Districts; Jails; House of Correction, Bombay; Sind [Sindh]; Aden
- ‘REVENUE’ (ff 52-60), consisting of: Land Revenue; Alienated Revenue; Customs, Salt and Opium
- ‘FINANCIAL’ (ff 61-68), consisting of: Finance and Mint; Paper Currency
- ‘POLITICAL’ (ff 69-89), consisting of: Kattywar [Kathiawar]; Kutch [Kachchh]; Baroda [Vadodara]; Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kantha]; Mahee Kanta [Mahi Kantha]; Pahlunpoor [Palanpur]; Khandeish [Khandesh]; Kolhapoor [Kolhapur]; Southern Mahratta [Maratha] Country; Akulkote [Akkalkot?]; Sawunt Warree [Savantvadi or Sawantwadi]; Junjeera [Janjira?]; ‘FOREIGN RELATIONS’ - Sind [Sindh]; Aden; Muscat; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Bahrein [Bahrain]
- ‘PUBLIC WORKS’ (ff 90-123), consisting of: Military – Fortifications, Cantonments; Accommodation for Troops; Ordnance; Commissariat; Staff; Naval; Civil Buildings – Revenue; Post Office; Telegraph; General; Ecclesiastical; Educational; Judicial; Agricultural; Communications – Roads, Bridges; River Improvements; Accommodation for Travellers; Miscellaneous Public Improvements – Municipal, Harbour Improvements, Lighthouses; Statement of Imperial Expenditure incurred in Public Works
- ‘PUBLIC WORKS - RAILWAY’ (ff 124-134), consisting of: Great Indian Peninsula Railway; Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway; Sind Railway; Indus Steam Flotilla
- ‘MILITARY’ (ff 135-138)
- ‘ECCLESIASTICAL’ (f 139)
- ‘INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH’ (ff 140-154), consisting of: Electrician’s Report; Traffic Manager’s Report. Appendices to this section are included on folios 148v-154
- ‘PUBLIC INSTRUCTION’ (ff 155-170)
- ‘MEDICAL’(ff 171-172)
- ‘VACCINATION’ (f 173)
- ‘SURVEYS’ (ff 174-176), consisting of: Revenue Survey; Topographical Survey
- ‘REGISTRATION’ (ff 177-179), including: Joint Stock Companies
- ‘FORESTS’ (ff 180-186)
- ‘COTTON’ (ff 187-194). Appendices to this section are included on folios 192-94
- ‘MILLS’ (ff 195-96)
- ‘MUNICIPAL’ (ff 197-256), consisting of: Bombay; Aden; Northern Division; Southern Division; Sind
- ‘ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 257)
- ‘MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 258-259), consisting of: Khandeish Model Farm; Emigration; Agricultural Improvements; Local Funds; Hill Station of Toongar; Pensioners’ Colony; Ahmedabad Horse Show.
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.
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- ‘GENERAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1869-70’
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