‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1879-80’ [190v] (387/752)
The record is made up of 1 volume (430 folios). It was created in 1880. 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.
Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND DISTRI
BUTION.
Capital.
264
[1879.80,
on balances in treasury, and Rs. 8,400 and Rs. 23,264-3.7
debited to it for vehicles and goods burnt. ~ Wer e
The state of the capital account
under :—
at the close of 1879 Wa , ,
ft 8
Capital authorized ...
Do. received ... ... ... ...
Amount of capital expended on—
Final heads ... ... ... ...
Stores and suspense ...
Total amount expended ... ...
Balance available of—
Capital authorized
Do. received
Amount expended on open line
Cost of construction per mile
Amount expended on rollingstock, &c.
Cost of stock per mile (exclusive of stores in
hand) ... ... ... ... ...
£.
27,595,466
23,632,833
22,786,816
371,611
23,358,427
4,237,039
274,406
19,438,761
15,234
3,348,055
2,624
The capital expenditure amounted during
1879 to
And the credits to
Leaving net of ... ... *
Rs.
22,83,371
2,098
22,81,273
The expenditure was principally on the following work s :
Work.
Amount.
Remarks.
Engineer's Department.
Rs.
Bori Bandar new terminal works
Do. administrative offices
Additional 8th sleeper to every 24' rail
Locomotive workshops at Parel
Saxby and Farmer’s interlocking apparatus ...
Quadrupling line, Mazgaon overbridge to
Nesbit Lane Crossing...
Flattening slopes, Bhorghdt ...
Crossing stations, Bhus&val to Jabalpur
Do. do. to N4gpur
Additions and alterations to sidings at Kussh-
ra and Igatpuri
Suki NAla, additional waterway
Dhond new junction station
4,90,093
99,978
1,31,812
86,520
58,445
58,422
49,865
49,707
48,680
30,984
25,678
25,456
Completed.
Locomotive Department.
Erection of covered and open waggons
Construction of additional goods engines
Additional machinery, fittings, &c., Parel shops
Compound axle and wheel boring lathes
6,62,284
1,77,927
73,699
4,242
Completed.
The value of stores in hand in India, excluding those trans
ferred to the Extraordinary Casualtv to Works Fund, amounted
to Rs. 80,26,679 at the beginning and Rs. 62,35,763 at the end
of the year, the reduction during the 12 months having thus
been equal to Rs. 17,87,916, which has brought the stocks m
India (i, e. excluding value of stores in transit) below the k® 1
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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 1879-80. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai] in 1880.
The report is divided into three parts. Part I comprises a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 9-55). Part II (ff 56-265) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III comprises ‘Statistical Returns’ pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 266-429).
Part II comprises the following:
- ‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL. Tributary States’ (ff 57-86), consisting of: : Gujarát [Gujarat] States; Southern Gujarát; Marátha [Maratha] States; Southern Marátha States; Sind [Sindh] State; Aden
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 86-116), consisting of: Civil Divisions; Surveys; and Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards’ Estates
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 117-146), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 146-200), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forest; Mines and Quarries; Manufacture; Trade; Public works; Irrigation. Folios 153-154 comprise tables of graphs showing ‘Monthly abnormal variations of the meteorological elements in 1879’ and ‘Abnormal variations of barometric pressure’ covering 1876-79
- ‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 201-237), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance; Land Revenue; Sources of Imperial Revenue other than Land; Revenue and Finance other than Imperial
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 237-247), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; Vaccination
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTIONS’ (ff 248-262), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 263)
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 263-265), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; 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 inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 432; 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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