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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1878-79’ [150v] (305/759)
The record is made up of 1 volume (436 folios). It was created in 1879. 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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192
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[ 1878 - 79 .
thunder-storms, and by a less severe storm on the 3rd November
the last four of these days bringing down 5*65 inches of rain
There were four other rainy days between the 20th October and
4th November, during which an aggregate fall of 0-46 inch was
registered, and this, together with 0*08 inch, the aggregate fall
on five days in January, April and May, brings the year’s total up
to 111*93 inches, or 41*63 inches in excess of the normal yearly
rainfall.* The total number of rainy days in the past year was
113, that of the preceding year having been 99.
The additional capacity of the air to receive vapour was less
than its normal value from the 18th to the 30th June by *065 inch
and in the months July, August and September respectively by
*044, *053 and *055 inch. The fact implied by these numbers, that
the air was throughout the monsoon much less dry than usual, is
in accordance with the corresponding excesses of rainfall, which
amount to 10*08 inches, 23*52 inches, 7T9 inches and 7*25 inches.
The two phenomena have a similar progression also in the month
of October, the groups of days 1st to 3rd, 4th, 5th to 18th, and
19th to 26th having mean abnormal additional capacities of-i-O’Sl,
—0‘65, + - 010 and—*094, and mean rainfall excesses of—0*16,
+ 0*51,—0*09 and + 0‘39.
Temperature .—The mean temperature of the year 1878 (80°*0)
was 0°*8 above that of the typical year, and the mean temperatures
of all the months, except January and December, were similarly
in excess of the respective normals.
The following table exhibits the periods of excessive (+) or
defective (—) temperature into which the year may be divided,
the days intervening between these periods being, in respect of
temperature, of a normal character. The average excess or defect
is also shown for each period :—
Period.
Excess (+)
or
defect (—).
Period.
Excess (4)
or
defect (—)•
January lto5 (and two days
before)
-3°
June 27 to July 5
-4°
January 27 to February 2
— 2°
July 13 to 19
+8!°
February 4 to 11
+2°
July 26 to August 1
+H°
Do. 14 to 26
+4°
August 24 to September 4 ...
+21°
March 2 to 5
-1*°
September 28 to October 19 ...
42*°
Do. 10 to 21
+ 1£°
October 24 to November 2 ...
42*°
Do. 22 to 25 ...
+ 5°
November 9 to 15
42°
March 26 to April 8
+ 2|°
Do. 22 to 27
43°
April 27 to May 2 ...
+ 1*°
December 1 to 4
-2°
May 17 to June 7 ...
4-2°
Do. 8 to 15
-2°
June 8 to 17
4-3°
Do. 21 to 26
-3°
Do. 22 to 23
— 2|o
Wind .—Strong abnormal winds were of much more frequent
occurrence in 1878 than in 1877. In 1878 there were 55 days on
which the abnormal velocity exceeded 10 miles per hour : in 1877
there were only 34 such days. There was an Elephanta storm of
the usual type (though accompanied by only a slight fall of rain at
Bombay), on the 19th and 20th June, during which the wind
The records of Col&ba afford only one year’s rainfall which exceeds this, viz.,
114-89 inches in 1849.
nr
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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 1878-79. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai] in 1879.
The report is divided into three parts. Part I comprises a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 9-53). Part II (ff 54-265) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III comprises ‘Statistical Returns’ pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 266-435).
Part II comprises the following:
- ‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL. Tributary States’ (ff 55-83), consisting of: Gujarát [Gujarat] States; Southern Gujarát; Marátha [Maratha] States; Southern Marátha States; Sind [Sindh] State; Aden
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 84-114), consisting of: Civil Divisions; Surveys; and Settlements; Waste Lands; and Government Estates, Wards’ Estates
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 115-145), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 145-198), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forest; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade; Public Works; Irrigation. Folio 151 comprises a table of graphs showing ‘Abnormal variations of the meteorological elements in 1878’
- ‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 199-236), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Sources of Imperial Revenue other than Land; Revenue and Finance other than Imperial
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 236-246), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; Vaccination
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 247-261), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 262)
- ‘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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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 438; 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: A printed pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-435.
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