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‘GENERAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1869-70’ [145v] (288/463)
The record is made up of 1 item (257 folios). It was created in 1870?. 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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[ Bomba y j
INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.
TRAFFIC MANAGER’S REPORT.
Sir,— I Pave the honour to submit the Annual Report of
Traffic transmitted through this Section of the Indo-European
Telegraph Department during the year ending 31st March
1870.
2. Brief reference will be made to such facts as are con-
sidered of sufficient interest and importance to be brought
specially to your notice, the more detailed information being
embodied in the several statistical Statements annexed hereto.
3. During the year under review, the total number of
messages transmitted and the gross and
Appendix A. . e t t pm
net revenue realized was as lollows:—
Total number of messages trans
mitted Rs. 46,389 0 0
Gross Receipts, which includes
the amounts payable to other
Administrations for onward
transmission „ 12,44,723 15 6
Net Revenue, viz., the actual earm
ings of this Department „ 7,62,300 11 0
Producing an average of 3,866 messages, and a net revenue
of Rs. 63,525 per mensem.
4. From a comparison between the traffic forwarded
during 1868-69 and the present year, it will be found that the
number of messages transmitted was 10,897 more, and the
net revenue Rs. 1,82,480-15-0 less, than that of the preceding
year.
5. This increase in the number of messages is attribut*
able to the reduced tariff which took effect from January
1869; to a further reduction consequent upon the introduction
of messages at ^ rates, or 10 words, from January 1870; and
to the improved state of communication, since the opening ol
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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 1869-70.
The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- ‘JUDICIAL’ (ff 6-51), consisting of: Legislative; Civil Justice – Regulation Districts; Agent for Sirdars Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. ; Court of Small Causes, Bombay; Mofussil Courts of Small Causes; Criminal Justice – Regulation Districts; Police – Town and Island of Bombay; Regulation Districts; Jails; House of Correction, Bombay; Sind [Sindh]; Aden
- ‘REVENUE’ (ff 52-60), consisting of: Land Revenue; Alienated Revenue; Customs, Salt and Opium
- ‘FINANCIAL’ (ff 61-68), consisting of: Finance and Mint; Paper Currency
- ‘POLITICAL’ (ff 69-89), consisting of: Kattywar [Kathiawar]; Kutch [Kachchh]; Baroda [Vadodara]; Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kantha]; Mahee Kanta [Mahi Kantha]; Pahlunpoor [Palanpur]; Khandeish [Khandesh]; Kolhapoor [Kolhapur]; Southern Mahratta [Maratha] Country; Akulkote [Akkalkot?]; Sawunt Warree [Savantvadi or Sawantwadi]; Junjeera [Janjira?]; ‘FOREIGN RELATIONS’ - Sind [Sindh]; Aden; Muscat; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Bahrein [Bahrain]
- ‘PUBLIC WORKS’ (ff 90-123), consisting of: Military – Fortifications, Cantonments; Accommodation for Troops; Ordnance; Commissariat; Staff; Naval; Civil Buildings – Revenue; Post Office; Telegraph; General; Ecclesiastical; Educational; Judicial; Agricultural; Communications – Roads, Bridges; River Improvements; Accommodation for Travellers; Miscellaneous Public Improvements – Municipal, Harbour Improvements, Lighthouses; Statement of Imperial Expenditure incurred in Public Works
- ‘PUBLIC WORKS - RAILWAY’ (ff 124-134), consisting of: Great Indian Peninsula Railway; Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway; Sind Railway; Indus Steam Flotilla
- ‘MILITARY’ (ff 135-138)
- ‘ECCLESIASTICAL’ (f 139)
- ‘INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH’ (ff 140-154), consisting of: Electrician’s Report; Traffic Manager’s Report. Appendices to this section are included on folios 148v-154
- ‘PUBLIC INSTRUCTION’ (ff 155-170)
- ‘MEDICAL’(ff 171-172)
- ‘VACCINATION’ (f 173)
- ‘SURVEYS’ (ff 174-176), consisting of: Revenue Survey; Topographical Survey
- ‘REGISTRATION’ (ff 177-179), including: Joint Stock Companies
- ‘FORESTS’ (ff 180-186)
- ‘COTTON’ (ff 187-194). Appendices to this section are included on folios 192-94
- ‘MILLS’ (ff 195-96)
- ‘MUNICIPAL’ (ff 197-256), consisting of: Bombay; Aden; Northern Division; Southern Division; Sind
- ‘ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 257)
- ‘MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 258-259), consisting of: Khandeish Model Farm; Emigration; Agricultural Improvements; Local Funds; Hill Station of Toongar; Pensioners’ Colony; Ahmedabad Horse Show.
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 4-5. 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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- ‘GENERAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1869-70’
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