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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82’ [‎195r] (388/589)

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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App. I. (!)•]
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Po LITIca l
Political Relation
(1.)—Statement showing Political Relations
mth
State.
Surat Agency—continued
B^nsda
Dharampor
Kh&ndesh—Twenty-two
States.
Feint
Jawhar
Janjira—Habsan or Janjira
S&vantvadi
Scltara Jagirs—
Bhor..
Phaltan
petty
Prant Pratinidhi ..
Daphl&pur ..
Akalkot
Kolhaptir
Do. Vishalgad Bavda. In-
chalkaranj 1 Kagal, and othei
petty Jagirdars and Inamdars.
14
In Subsidiary
Tribute in Men or Money.
Estimated
Alliance or
Feudatory.
Amount.
To whom
payable.
Population.
Prevailing Dise^
Rs.
. ....
154
British Govern
ment.
34,134
Fever
* ••

t • • •
101,115
F SC gh - iteh '-
y
133
British Govern-
ment.(a)
36,542
Cold, fever, ague, belly
ache, and enlargement
of spleen and liver.
Independent ..
None
48*556
76,361
Malarious fever, diseases
of cutaneous system,
and of stomach and
bowels.
Subsidiary al
liance with
....
....
174,433
Fever and dysentery ..
the British
Government.
Subsidiary.
Rs. 5,500, being
British Govern-
*145,872
Fever, ague and other
Pays commu
tation in lieu
commuted value
of elephant
ment.
malarious diseases.
of supplying
subsidy paid to
elephants.
the Raja King .
Subsidiary. In
lieu of furnish
ing a quota
of 75 horses
9,600
Do.
58,382
None
pays subsidy
in money.
t • • •
....
....
58,941
Cattle disease
....
....
6,006
Feudatory
Rs. 14,592 com-
British Govern-
58,040
Malarious fever, rhe^
matism, dlse f e ?!Lk
stomach and b? ,
diseases of the skin
of the eyes. ^
muted payment
in lieu of contin-
ment.
gent of horse.
Subsidiary alii-
8,00,189
cholera.
ance with the
BritishGovern-
ment.
Fever, ^
dysentery, r eS l J
- tory diseases, P a
i sitic diseases cn
Feudatories of
Kolhapur,
19,489
Kolhapur State ..
8,00,189
| ra.
)
STATISTICAL RETURNS.
[App. I. (1)
1881-82.]
VEIATIONS—continued.
Native States— continued.
ttative States in the Bombay Presidency—conimned.
Rs. a. p
1,46,316 0 0
2,50,000 0 0
69,610 0 0
1,92,485 0 0
3,00,000 0 0
3,59,372 0 0
4,13,829 0 0
1,29,020 0 0
1,93,771 0 o
^. 9 >012 0 0
0
p 6 ,91,720 o 0
^92,12,234 0 0
89 Arabs.
92 native sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. .
1 cannon.
17 mounted police.
6 elephant drivers.
155/
29 Arabs,
24 do. (India).
20 Makranis.
90sRajputs, &c.
40 cavalry.
4 cannons.
207
None
Corps, 436
Keeps armed followers;
No. 535.
None
300 armed followers ..
None
Infantry .. ..531
European Officers .. 2
Resala ,, ..155
Police and Laskar
foot peons.. .. 996
1,684
Police and Sibandi
peons .. ..1,978
Transit Dues
or not.
Levied except
on the Mandad
Creek.
Not
Transit duties
are not levied,
Sthalmoda and
Sthulbb ar i t
levied.
Transit duties
levied on im
ports and ex
ports.
Levied ..
Do. ..
Levied ..
1
i* Not
Principal Articles of Production
and Manufacture.
Rice, n&gh, kodra and pulses; woollen
carpets, cotton tape, baskets, mats and win
nowing fans.
Rice, pulse, sugar-cane, mangoes, mowras,
teak, blackwood and bamboos, molasses,
mats, baskets, winnowing fans, catechu
and clay vessels, black stone and kankar.
Timber
Remarks.
Salt, rice, nUgli; a few saris are made; no
mines.
Rice, inferior grain, cocoanut, and harda
('a nut used for dyeing and tanning).
Rice, nagli, and save, &c. No manufactories
nor mines which are being worked.
Jow&ri, oil, and trade in cloth. No mines of
any sort.
Wheat, gram, jowari, bajri, jagri, ghee, oil
&c. No mines.
Wheat, gram, shalu, cotton. No manufac
ture nor mines. , ,
Jowari, rice, sugar-cane, gram, wheat, lin
seed kardi are the chief products.
S&ris ’shelas, dopettas, cholis, turbans, and
Ks of khadi are produced by weavers,
but there are not many weavers now. No.
Ah^he common grains, < rice and jo win,
being the most extensively grown, and
vpo-pfables, sugar-cane and tobacco in
considerable quantities, and cotton and
chillies kusumba, &c.,in small quantities,
coarse cotton and woollen clothes, articles of
n.nd hardware; also coarse sugar,
Transit dues are levied in
Surgana only.
(a) For Sawasthan KSthi
only.
* According to last Census
318,687.
15

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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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