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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1879-80’ [20v] (45/752)
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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XXIV
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1879-80,
distance than 10 miles from the seat of a Civil Court. (2.)
Village Munsifs have been appointed and invested with
summary power sextending to suits for recovery of amounts
not exceeding £1. One hundred and forty-five such
appointments have been made, and the individuals are pro-
nouncedfairly competent. The office is purely honorary.
Many of the Village Munsifs have hitherto had no suits
instituted in their Courts, but others seem to have had a
fair share of work, and two in the Ahmednagar District
have disposed of nearly 300 suits, chiefly, however,
against indigent weavers, and thus having no particular
connection with the main object of the Act. Fourthly,
a special Judge, an Assistant Judge and a special
Subordinate Judge have been appointed to inspect and
revise the work of all the subordinate establishment in
lieu of the ordinary right of appeal which has been
withdrawn.
Besides the measures above detailed, other changes, with
a view to the end already stated, have been introduced.
Professional legal advisers have been excluded altogether
from the Courts of the Conciliators and Village Munsifs,
and also from the Courts of the Subordinate Judges
when the subject-matter of the suit is of less than £10
value, unless for special reasons professional assistance
seem to the Subordinate Judge to be necessary. This
provision does not seem to have proved popular; in the
absence of the
Vakil
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
frequent personal attendance is
required of the parties, and the waste of time and even
money thereby involved is complained of as outweighing
the bm den of retention of counsel. A most important
change is that which renders it obligatory on the Court to
inquh e into the history and merits of every claim brought
before it with a view to testing its bonafides. This provi
sion is naturally unpopular with the sdoktir, and is believed
to have greatly influenced the number of suits instituted
since the Act came into operation. Interest too, is not
to be awarded to an amount exceeding that of the capital
as ascertained on taking the account. The person of
the agriculturist is exempted from arrest and imprison-
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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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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 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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- ‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1879-80’
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