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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1879-80’ [103r] (210/752)
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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CIVIL DIVISIONS,
1879-80.]
93
Local Funds receipts amounted to Rs. 62,129, inclusive of an
ino- balance of Rs. 1,649. Expenditure came to Rs. 58,545.
q p of the main items were Rs. 8,360 spent on tlie construction
of roads Rs. 2,270 on bridges, Rs. 11,191 on the maintenance
of existing roads, Rs. 4,097 on repairs to tanks and wells, and
Rs. 9,940 on other works.
The land revenue for collection was Rs. 9,36,874, as compared
with Rs. 9,33,568 in 1878-79. Realizations during the year
came to Rs. 9,25,119. Distraint was had resort to in 1,356
instances. Excise revenue came to Rs. 97,581, an increase of
Rs 7 998. Forest receipts rose from Rs. 8,347 to Rs. 12,354
and the expenditure of the department from Rs. 11,668 to
Rs 12,288. Rs. 1,46,103 were realized from sale of stamps as
compared with Rs. 1,43,776 in 1878-79. The license tax pro-
duced Rs. 37,643. The total Government revenue from all
sources amounted to Rs. 13,37,548, an equivalent to Re. 1-5-0
per head of the population of the district.
The number of births and deaths registered were 14,986 and
25,259 respectively. In 1878-79 these figures were 13,650 and
18,185. Dysentery and a very severe type of fever were pre
valent throughout the district and a few cases of cholera occurred ;
hut since September the public health has been normal. There
are three civil hospitals but no dispensaries. The number of patients
was almost identical with last year’s, in-patients 274 against
282, and out-patients 9,527 against 9,582. The leper hospital
had an average attendance of 61 patients. The number of primary
vaccinations fell from 23,022 to 22,911, and of re-vaccinations
from 4,535 to 3,289.
There are 25 superior grade and 86 primary schools open,
7 of the latter having been closed since the preceding year.
The attendance at the former was 3,602 compared with 3,522,
and at the latter 4,313 as compared with 4,652. The funds
available, inclusive of an opening balance of Rs. 2,348, were
Rs. 43,115, and expenditure amounted Rs. 40,005.
SIND DIVISION.
Area, 48,876 square miles ; Population (1872), 2,203,177 ;
Gross Land Revenue ... ... Rs, 46,33,472
Deduct —
Remissions ... ... Rs. 1,10,676
Alienations „ 4,23,506
Total deductions ... » 5,34,182
Remainder ... Rs, 40,99,290
Kurrachee, Thar and Pa'rkar, Hyderabad, Shika’rpur, and
Upper Sind Frontier Districts.
KURRACHEE.
Area, 16,109 square miles ; Population (1872), 423,495 ;
Gross Land revenue (1879-80), Rs. 7,76,214.
Survey and settlement operations are in progress. The re-
Chap. II.
ADMINISTRA
TION OF THE
LAND.
PublicWorks,
Revenue.
Land,
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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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