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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82’ [20v] (45/589)
The record is made up of 1 volume (345 folios). It was created in 1882. 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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Cotton
Frauds Act,
Police,
XXIV
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT. U8SI.82,
, rm,p Cotton Frauds Act has been abolished
rrori^auy inwduoed in 1863 at theurgent
mendation of the merchants themselves, but the subse-
ouent fall in the price of cotton and the changes intro,
duced by the adoption of a system of classification 0 f
cotton in the trade led to the suggestion that the Act
should be held in abeyance, but retained in the Statute
book to meet any exceptional complication which might
arise similar to the state of things m 1863. The Score,
tary of State, however, at first directed that the Act should
be amended, and Act VII. of 1878 was passed in accord-
ance with his suggestions. This Act, too, has now been
formally repealed, the establishments maintained under
it having been abolished about two years ago, but since
its repeal many complaints have been made of the adul
teration of cotton in bales, and a certain reaction in favour
of the revival of the Act appears to have set in.
Another indication of the prosperity of the country is
to be found in the police returns and the statements
relating to criminal justice. Crime has greatly declined.
The offences affecting life decreased by 88; and, as the
High Court has remarked, the offences of theft, extortion,
robbery and dacoity, criminal misappropriation, criminal
breach of trust and receiving stolen property, by which
the criminality of the country can best be gauged, de
creased by 1,617 cases. The success obtained by the
police in convicting persons whom they were responsible
for arresting, was generally about 60 per cent., although
the measure of success in Sind was only 51 per cent. The
extent to which trivial or false complaints are made, may
e judged from the fact that one-fourth of the offences
reporte were struck off by the magistrates as no crime,
.-i 1 ^ ei Ce ^‘ wer e undetected or remained pending at
e o t e year. The only class of crime which is
p achsed as a profession is cattle-lifting in Sind; the
Belin fif° ltS Whicl1 tad S iven ^me trouble in
Derate m ^ WaS ca P tured > and another des-
after a ffTf* Z erjd)ad was pursued and dispersed
after a fight with the police in which their leader was slain.
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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 1881-82. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1882.
The report is divided into three parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 9-32). Part II (ff 33-186) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III comprises ‘Statistical Returns’ pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 187-344). PART II comprises the following:
- ‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL’ (ff 34-68), consisting of: Gujarát States; Southern Gujarát; Marátha States; Sátára Jágirs [Satara Jagir States]; Southern Marátha States; Sind [Sindh] State; Aden
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND. Surveys (ff 69-76), consisting of:; Topographical Survey; Revenue Survey; Wards’ Estates; Incumbered Estates; Ahmedbad [Ahmedabad] Tálukdárs
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION. Registration’ (ff 77-109), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; The Dekkhan [Deccan] Agriculturist’s Relief Act; Bombay Court of Small Causes; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine; Bombay Port Trust
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 109-141), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade; Public Works; Irrigation.
- ‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 141-153), consisting of: Civil Imperial Transactions; Debt and Remittances; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Sources of Imperial Revenue other than Land; Revenue and Finance other than Imperial
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISITICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 153-167), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Death-rate according to Districts; Cholera; Small-pox; Fever; Bowel Complaints; Injuries; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 167-184), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 184)
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 185-186), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-8. 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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The report contains a table of contents listing headings and sub-headings.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 347; 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.
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