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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82’ [81r] (166/589)
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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J 881-82.]
POLICE.
95
information was received of the capture of the offenders. The
Commissioner in Sind, however, observes that in some cases the
superintendent’s presence may not be necessary as when a murderer
is arrested red-handed or a thief caught with the property in his
possession just after the commission of the offence ; but the mere
fact that some accused person has been arrested, should not deter
the superintendent from visiting the scene of a crime, as many
cases fail through the ignorance or carelessness of the police in
preparing them and getting together the necessary evidence.
In closing this notice it would be right to mention that the
year was one of general prosperity to which in a great measure
was due the more peaceable tendencies of the population.
Bombay City Police.
The City and Water Police in Bombay brought up 21,317 per
sons to the
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.
magistrates for trial, and of these 20,085
were convicted or 94 per cent., 1,181 persons were released and
25 were committed to the High Court. Including the persons
brought up by the municipality or under summons and warrants
the total number charged before the magistrates was 31,399,
including 18 persons under trial at the close of 1880, which is
an increase of 3,093 persons as compared with 1880. The chief in
crease is in the offences of abusing and torturing animals, offences
under the Conveyance Act, breaches of the Contagious Diseases
Act, nuisances and municipal offences. The municipal officers
prosecuted 4,250 persons chiefly for refusing to take out licenses
for offensive trades, for places to store wood, hay, &c., and 222
persons were charged with furious or negligent driving, of whom
191 were convicted. For torturing animals 2,803 persons were
prosecuted, and in all the cases, except 16, the parties were pun
ished,—half the fines, Rs. 2,466, being paid to the society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals.
347 seamen were charged before the courts for refusal of duty
on boardship and 263 were punished; in most of the other cases
the men consented to return to their work. For drunkenness
4,578 persons were placed before the courts; they were mostly
natives, only 224 being Europeans, and for disorderly behaviour
m the public streets 2,252 persons were convicted.
There were 4 cases of murder, 3 of which were convicted, and
2 cases of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Cases
of grievous hurt, and especially of simple hurt, show a consider
able increase ; but this is not the case with regard to thefts, which
numbered 2,139 cases, of which 701 remained undetected. 78
persons were punished for house-breaking.
The number of juvenile offenders increased from 781 to 1,026
in the year. 949 were convicted, of whom 99 were sent to the
Reformatory, 86 were imprisoned, 145 were flogged, 490 were
fined, and 129 were admonished and discharged.
The value of property stolen is stated to be Rs. 1,42,060, of
which Rs. 72,691 was recovered by the police, or 51 per cent.
Ihe largest case of theft was one of Rs. 10,000, and the accused
aving died in jail the police were unable to recover any portion
°t the stolen property.
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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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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.
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- 'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82’
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