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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1879-80’ [194r] (394/752)
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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PUBLIC WORKS.
1879-80-1
271
1878-79.
1879-80.
Number of
Messages.
Number of
Words.
Number of
Messages.
Number of
Words.
Government official
Commercial and private
Special press messages
1,906
40,411
170
91,177
685,196
96,423
1,688
33,849
108
87,846
541,152
72,828
Total
42,487
872,796
35,645
701,826
The traffic was conveyed uninterruptedly, and was promptly
transferred to the lines of the adjoining Telegraph Administra
tions.
The gross value of the traffic audited and of the accounts
prepared in the Traffic Managers Office of messages interchanged
with the Indian, Persian, and Turkish lines was Rs. 23,30,727,
Rs.
viz., with India 11,17,133
„ Persia 10,83,497
„ Turkey 79,874
Stations of the section 50,223
Total ... 23,30,727
being Rs. 5,80,051 higher than the total of the same accounts in
the previous year.
The proportion of the traffic carried by the Teheran and
Turkish routes was 85*73 and 14*27 per cent., respectively.
The mean rate per message between the United Kingdom and
Kurrachee via Teheran was 39 minutes only, and, but for the
very heavy traffic that passed at the end of the year, the results
would have been still more satisfactory. In the working of
the through line via Turkey, there has been great improvement.
The increase of speed in the average monthly rate of transmission
was maximum 2 hours 25 minutes, minimum 1 hour 58
minutes, and the mean rate of transmission was 2 hours 44
minutes. Accuracy of transmission over the section was 99*64
per cent., compared with 99*52 per cent, in the previous year.
Errors of a serious nature have fallen to the low figure of
one-eighth per cent., and the total inaccuracies discovered in the
examination of 795,335 words, transmitted between Kurrachee,
Bushire and Pao, was but one-third per cent. Thirty-five complaints
from the public of errors, delay and non-delivery were referred for
investigation. Only one case of error occurred on the lines of
this section. Thirty-six thousand two hundred and ninety-
seven messages were examined in the check branch during the
year, and the irregularities discovered were brought to the
notice of the officials in fault. This important work tends very
considerably to promote efficiency.
Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND DISTRI-
BUTION.
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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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