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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82’ [117v] (239/589)
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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Chap. IV.
166
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT. [1881-82.
PRODUCTION
and distri
bution,
Prices.
Wages.
for desert crops and fields beyond tbe reach of irrigation. The
river rose gradually and remained at a high level without causing
disastrous floods and theresult has been a most exceptional season
W a nlentiful harvest, except perhaps m Hyderabad, where the
heavy September rain damaged the standing crops. In Thar and
Parkar although, tho season was so unusually favourable, fever
prostrated numbers of the inhabitants, and the labourers who
usually come in for the harvest either did not come at all or could
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The succession of good harvests with which the country has
been blessed, has caused a continued fall in the price of produce.
The damage caused to the kharif by unseasonable rain was
reflected in a general rise in the market prices during the rains
of 1881, but the seasonable later rain and the exceptional produc
tiveness of the rabi harvest had a marked effect upon prices, and
they fell to a lower level than has been reached for many years.
In Kaladgi jowari could be bought at 42 sers for the rupee and
wheat at 26 sers, and in Sholapur jowari could be purchased at
38 sers for the same money. In Ratnagiri the price of harik,
which is a local product, fell about 16 per cent., the price of rice
declined by 20 per cent., and the commoner grains such as nachni
by 24 to 40 per cent., and, in short, the general level of prices was
such as has not been known since 1862. Salt, too, was somewhat
cheaper since the reduction of duty. The cheapness of the rabi
crops re-acted upon the kharif and checked the rise of prices,
and in some cases even caused a decline. In Sind the price
of jowari fell heavily, and it could be bought in Shikarpur at
27 sers for a rupee and in Karachi at 20 sers. Bajri was sold at
23 sers for a rupee and wheat at 13 sers. The cessation of the
war demand has, it is said, also affected prices.
Wages are not liable to change much in a country where almost
all the unskilled labour and a part also of the skilled labour is
paid by grain. It is only in the large towns and on public works
that cash payments are in use, and the wage-receiving class
has benefited greatly by the fall in the price of grain. Except
in Thana, where it is said the wages of skilled labour have fallen
by four annas per diem, no decline is noted in the money payments;
< ^ ei:riari( ^ ^ or labour caused by the new railways
and the works in Bijapur and by a local demand for digging tanks
has caused a small increase in cash payments. The new railway
a so a ected the rate of wages in Dhdrwar towards the close of
e year, whilst in Ahmednagar they declined slightly owing to the
stoppage of railway works. ' J j *
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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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