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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82’ [78r] (160/589)
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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1881-82.]
POLICE.
89
Chap. III.
PROTECTION,
Police.
District Police.
The number of offences which the police could notice with
out the orders of a magistrate decreased from 61,778 in 1880
to 59,313 in 1881. The decrease is common to all the divi
sions of the
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.
, but is most noticeable in the Central
Division. The number of persons arrested also decreased from
69,546 to 59,100, and this decrease is also common to the
whole
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.
except Sind. A fraction more than half the
number of persons arrested was convicted, the exact figure
being 51 per cent., which is a falling off from the point of success
obtained in 1880, when the percentage was 53. The highest
measure of success was obtained in Sind, where the figure^is as
high as 67 per cent., and is an improvement of 10 percent, on the
figure obtained in 1880, In the Southern Division the success
declined to 50 per pent., and it has also declined to 45 per cent,
in the Central Division and to 54 per cent, in the Northern Divi
sion. These figures in themselves are not a sufficient test of
the efficiency of the police, for the results, as has been remarked,
very often depend quite as much on the efficiency and moral
courage of the subordinate magistracy as on the discretion of
the police. Local peculiarities, the character of the population
and of the criminal classes in a district must all be considered.
In Sind, where one clansman is always ready to bear witness for
another clansman, the complainants frequently accuse not only
the real culprit but all his clansmen who may be expected to
bear witness for him, by way of stopping their mouths, and the
result is a chaos of lies in the face of which the perplexed magis
trate is obliged to give the accused the benefit of the doubt.
The initiation of proceedings in cognisable cases is also not
tmirequently taken by the magistrates themselves, and it is useful
in considering the action of the police to exclude such cases,
he following table will show the figures and results in cases in
WhipLi -i
Division.
Persons
arrested.
Convicted.
Percentage
Police Action.
Northern Division
Lentral do
Southern do
Sind.
*
12,113
12,123
6,854
13,998
7,295
6,964
4,346
7,262
60
57
63
51
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a gistrates rarely take up cases themselves, the reverse is the case
b 716—12
Cognisable
Cases.
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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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- 'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82’
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