'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1899-1900.'.

Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay during the financial year 1899-1900. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1901. The report begins with 'PART I. SUMMARY.' (ff 9-26). 'PART II.' (ff 27-152) comprises seven maps of the Bombay Presidency and chapters I-IX, and 'PART III. STATISTICAL RETURNS.' (ff 153-425) contains tables of information pertaining to chapters I-IX in Part II. Part II is divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:. 'CHAPTER I. POLITICAL.' (ff 28-37), consisting of: Tributary States; North Gujarat; South Gujarat; North Konkan; Southern Konkan; the Deccan; Other Southern Maratha States; Sind [Sindh]; Aden; 'CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND.' (ff 37-41), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Collection of Land Revenue; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards' and Other Estates under the Management of Government; Encumbered Estates, Sind; 'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION.' (ff 41-61), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Local Boards' Administration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine; 'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.' (ff 61-120), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Public Works; Irrigation; Railways; Post Office; Telegraphs; 'CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW.' (ff 121-134), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Customs; Land Customs; Opium; Salt; Excise; Cotton Duties; Stamps; Income Tax; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues; 'CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF.' (ff 135-143), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary; 'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION.' (ff 144-150), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences; 'CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY.' (f 151); 'CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS.' (ff 151-152), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Stationery; General Miscellaneous; The report includes the following maps, showing hydrology, topography, settlements, roads, railways and administrative boundaries:. 'BOMBAY PRESIDENCY Part I. GUJÁRAT AND THE TÁPTI VALLEY' (f 101); 'BOMBAY PRESIDENCY Part II THE DECCAN, KONKAN AND KARNÁTIC [Carnatic]' (f 102); 'BOMBAY PRESIDENCY Part III SIND' (f 103); 'RAILWAYS IN KATHIAWAR' (f 109); 'B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY [Bombay, Baroda [Vadodara] and Central India Railway].' (f 110); 'MAP of the SOUTHERN MARATHA RAILWAY AND ADJACENT LINES.' (f 111); 'GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY.' (f 112); A table of contents listing the parts, chapters and sub-headings of the report is on folios 6-8. In a small number of instances there are discrepancies in the 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.

The report contains a table of contents listing headings and sub-headings.

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