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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82’ [‎183v] (371/589)

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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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1881-82.
]
Chap. VII.
instruction.
296
List of Plants seen at Mahabaleshvar; or a short contribu
tion to the Botany of the place. By Hr. J. 0. Lisboa.
Translation of select Abhangs of Tookaram.—By Rev.
Dr. Murray Mitchell.
During the year under report 11,945 new works and 5,353 old
works were issued to members and subscribers. The daily
average issue was 48 works : 435 works were bought by the
Society against 408 works purchased in 1880 j and 107 works
and 61 pamphlets, together with charts of the Marine Survey
and maps of the Revenue Survey of the Great Trigonometrical
Survey of India, were presented to the Society.
The subscriptions received from the different classes of mem
bers in 1881 amounted to Rs. 9,871-14-0 against Rs. 10,637-4-0
in 1880.
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE.
Daring tlie year under review 94 works were bought against
150 works in the previous year, besides 33 newspapers and 35
periodicals: 43 works and 189 pamphlets, &c., were presented to
the Institute, and there are now altogether 9,489 volumes in the
library.
The number of volumes of specifications of patents in the
library was 2,701, and 41 were received during the year.
The number of books, periodicals and newspapers issued during
the year was as follows:—
Books ... 18,607
Periodicals 4,780
Newspapers ... ••• 3,874
The following lectures were delivered
Atmospheric Pressure, with experiments^ by Mr. Jiwaji
Jamsetji Modi, B.A.
The Unity of Nature, illustrated with experiments, by
Eev. D. Mackichan, M.A., B.D.
The Practicable Improvements of Bombay, with special refer
ence to the drainage, by Surgeon-Major BL. Cook, M.D.,
M.E.C.P.
Gleanings from the Vedas by Professor P. Peterson, M.A.
There were 116 life members and 238 subscribers on the rolls
of the institution at the close of the year.

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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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1 volume (345 folios)
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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.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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