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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82’ [135r] (274/589)
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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POST OFFICE.
1881-82.]
201
a available to the public, and the number of village post-
111 was increased by 65. The total mileage was 13,076 at the
T n 0 f the year, the increase being due to the opening of new
ffies which had to be connected with existing offices, and to
?! transfer to this circle of several lines with the 3 offices from
the Central Provinces and Berar.
The statistics of the whole year show that letters, post cards,
ewspapers, books and pattern packets, parcels and money orders,
aggregating 3,15,72,320, were given out for delivery as com-
pared with 2,80,84,992 in the previous year, the increase being
of 34 , 87,328 covers.
The Foreign Parcel Post is growing in popularity. A new
exchange with China was established with effect from the 1st
January 1882, but only two parcels were received up to the end
of March. The net profit to the department from this branch,
which was Rs. 20,557 in 1873, the first year of its establishment,
has risen to Rs. 1,32,012-3-4 at the close of the ninth year of its
existence. The number of parcels received from and despatched
to foreign countries was 87,537. With a view to prevent the risk
of loss of very small parcels, a minimum limit of size was fixed
at 3 inches in length by 2 inches in breadth and 2 inches in
depth.
A money order exchange was established with the following
countries during the year :—
South Australia.
Western do.
New South Wales.
Queensland.
Straits Settlement.
Victoria.
Tasmania.
China.
Japan and
Mauritius.
The money order scheme has now taken deep root in the
country, as may be judged from the increasing use of this means
of remitting money.
The following two tables show separately the transactions under
the head of inland and foreign money order during the last half
of 1880-81 and 1881-82, the statistics for the whole of 1881-82
not being available :—
Inland.
Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND DISTRI
BUTION.
Money Orders issued.
Money Order prepared and paid.
Period.
Number
Value.
Com
mission.
Number
Value.
Com
mission.
Hal( -yearof 1880 - 81 , average.
Rs. a.
RS. a.
Rs. a.
Es. a.
75,460
22,75,038 10
26,521 0
84,510
26,82,352 8
31,390 15
Do - Of 1881-82
114,949
33,03,666 13
39,373 13
118,180
38,12,857 1
43,694 8
Increase ,.
39,489
10,28,628 3
12,852 13
33,670
11,30,504 9
12,303 9
E 716—26
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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.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82’
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