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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1878-79’ [192r] (388/759)
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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!S78«79.J
PUBLIC WORKS.
273 Chap. IV*
PRODUCTION
AND DISTRI
BUTION,
TELEGRAPHS.
The increase in the length of telegraph lines open in the Bombay
Bombay Division was 267 miles, the length of wire open at the Division ‘‘
beginning of the. year having been 6,165*96 miles, and at the
close 6,432*498 miles. Additional wires were laid from Shahabad
to Poona (249| miles).; but, with this exception, the variations
consisted of local additions of wires not more than 7 miles in
length. No change took place in the number of offices at work
during the year. They are, therefore, as follows
First Glass ,—Two permanent; four temporary.
Second Glass .—Nine permanent.
Third Glass. -Twelve permanent, and one which is constituted
a first-class station during a few months of the year.
The total number of messages sent was 285,977, and the
collections amounted to Rs. 6,90,938. Last year the messages
numbered 230,918, and the collections Rs. 6,91,657. Next to
Bombay and Poona, the largest numbers of messages were sent
from Ahmedabad, Hyderabad (Deccan), Bhavnagar and Secunder
abad.
This division contained, at the end of the year, 1,437 miles of Sind,
posts, and 4,100 miles of wire. The line from Hyderabad to
Rohri (206 post miles) was abandoned, and the Bhawalpur Station
closed, in consequence of the opening of the office there by the
Indus Valley State Railway Department. An extra wire from
Sukkur to Jacobabad was laid in consequence of the increased
business in connection with the Afghan Expedition. The high
inundation from the Indus and several violent storms did a great
deal of damage to parts of the lines along the banks. The only
serious interruptions to communications, however, took place at
Sukkur and between Hyderabad and Umarkot. The former was
caused by a storm which broke the spans across the river ; the
cause of the latter and more serious stoppage was not discovered.
The administration for the year was, in other respects, carried on
as usual, and presents no special features calling for notice in this
Report,
There was no change in the length of cable open, which is, as T nf ] n
last year, 1,978 miles. Of this, 574 miles are laid with the gutta- European
percha cable, and the rest with India-rubber. The exceptionally Telegraph,
heavy rainfall caused a great number of interruptions on the land Persia 71 Gul f
line, and in some cases the course of the spannings has been
changed or otherwise improved. A few petty cases of wilful
damage occurred on the Mekran Coast. There were interruptions
on one line or the other for 112 days during the year, but never
simultaneously, so that the interference with traffic was but slight.
The total value of messages transmitted was Rs. 10,97,976, of
which sum Rs. 4,46,071 were net earnings, and Rs. 6,51,905
credited to the other departments connected with this section.
B 385—35
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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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The report contains a table of contents listing headings and sub-headings.
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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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