‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1879-80’ [228v] (463/752)
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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Chap. V.
REVENUE
AND
FINANCE.
Eeceipts.
Total.
340
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT
O 879 .C
The total amount of revenue derived from S p; r | t
Years.
Excise Receipts.
Import Duties.
Total.
Ks.
Bs.
Bs.
1878- 79 ...
1879- 80 ...
41,97,363
46,03,850
10,54,268
9,39,211
52,51,631
55,43,061
In 1879-80
-for — ...
-f 4,06,487
— 1,15,057
+ 2,91,430
to excise dn J
the last two yea,K g
together with
realizations “
Bombay and Ruf
rachee on account
i “r ^»
SilOWll ®
and details of the 1 st column are given in the table |^ ar £ 1Ila %,
which
ed to
was
Details of Column 1 above.
1878-79.
Bs.
License fees ...
Distillery do.
Still-head duty ...
Farm of drugs ...
Bent of toddy trees
Gain on sale of excise opium
Fines, confiscations and miscellaneous
23,51,892
3,96,596
9,21,999
1,28,649
1,23,944
1,59,328
1,14,955
Total ...
41,97,363
District.
Bombay City
Ahmedabad
Kaira
Panch Mah&ls ..
Broach
Surat
Thana
Kol&ba
Kh&ndesh
Ndsik
Ahmednagar
Poona
Sholapur
S4tdra ...
Belgaum...
Dh&rw&r,.,
Kalddgi ...
Kanara ...
Ratn&giri
Kurrachee
Hyderabad
Thar and P&rkar.
Shikarpur
Upper Sind Fron
tier
Total ...
1878-79.
Es.
14,08,045
1,16,213
27,285
76,485
3,17,183
4,62,300
1,11,717
1,22,796
2,54,468
34,440
2,22,069
76,388
35,960
91,944
1,15,649
45,073
1 , 12,012
66,130
1,45,868
1,35,686
17,993
72,503
18,519
1879-80.
40,87,726
Ks.
14,42,997
65,908
20,224
21,123
83,553
4,29,722
4,82,922
65,278
1,31,507
2,61,105
30,480
2,80,808
55,194
35,233
1,00,606
1,20,949
36,069
1,11,174
98,737
1,34,632
1,13,640
93,090
12,252
16,906
42,45,109
— j cniiuunrto be
made good to the Imperial
Trensury under the head
ihxcise Receipts/' but incku
srve of opium which brings the
above total up to Rs. 50,15,578
was R s . ^ 42,00,000. ' The
charges against the item on
account of drawbacks and
ref unds amounted to Rs. 87,479,
whilst the cost of collection
was Rs. 3,36,302, leaving a
balance of Rs. 45,91,797 net
revenue. A moiety of the
surplus, equivalent to Es.
1,95,898, has to he paid to
Imperial Revenue.
The excise receipts, as
shown marginally, differ
from the above figures, being-
taken from the statements
furnished by the different
Collectors from which the sta
tistics in Part III, already allu
ded to, have been compiled;
whereas the figures given
last vpqt. ^ above are, as was the case
last year, taken from the boobs of the Accountant General.
He increase, according to the Collectors’ figures, is Rs. 1,57,383,
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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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