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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82’ [173r] (350/589)
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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EDUCATION,
1881-82.]
275
Chap. VII.
INSTRUCTION.
have also consented to give Rs. 120 per annum as their
share of the cost of an extra teacher.
A second grade school at Godhavi, in the Ahmedabad District,
, been opened through the liberality of Mr. Yirchand Dip*
iT d who has contributed a sum of Rs. 180 per annum for three
C to its support, has supplied a room for the boys to sit in,
and has given a donation of Rs. 50 for books and furniture.
In Kaira the people of Umreth and Borsad have guaranteed
Hs 15 P er niensem, and classes have been opened which next
year will appear as second grade Anglo-vernacular schools. At
Kapadvanj also an English class will shortly be opened.
Two local committee schools in Belgaum and two in North
Kanara have been opened, while one school in DMrwar has
been closed. A school for European girls at Dharwar has been
put upon the grant-in-aid list, and a new English school has been
opened at Lakshmeshvar.
An English class was opened at Rohri in Sind.
The Study of English and Optional Languages, fyc.
The figures for the institutions connected with Government
show a large increase of 2,988 in the number of students learn
ing English, in all 25,225, the increase chiefly occurring in middle-
class and high schools. There is also a satisfactory increase in
the numbers learning Sanskrit, Latin and Persian.
The Government schools of the higher class are attended chiefly
by sons of officials and private clerks, but it is satisfactory to
observe that a large number of boys belonging to the wealthy class
and of professional gentlemen as well as the sons of merchants,
tradesmen and artisans also attend these schools, besides a few
boys of the cultivating class.
Vernacular Schools (Boys 9 ),
The number of vernacular schools for boys at the end of the
year was 5,012 with 812,771 scholars against 4,705 schools with
275,642 scholars at the end of the previous year.
The details for March 1882 are :—
Increase of
Number of
Schools.
Number of
Scholars.
Schools.
Scholars.
Government ...
Aided
Inspected
Police and Jail Schools ...
3,603
146
1,233
30
231,272
9,564
70,450
1,485
208
15
82
2
27,594
1,137
8,290
108
The increase of the year for second grade and vernacular schools
together is 281 schools and 30,909 scholars against an increase
of 323 schools with 30,982 scholars in 1880-81. This increase
is due in the first place to the prosperous state of the country
Northern
Division.
Southern
Division.
Sind.
Cess Schools,
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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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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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