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'GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1875-76'.
Catalogue reference: IOR/V/10/287
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/V/10/287
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Title (The name of the record)
- 'GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1875-76'.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1876?
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Description (What the record is about)
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Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency, providing a summary record of the main events and development in each department of the Government of Bombay during the financial year 1875-76. The report is divided into the following chapters, some of which are further divided into sub-sections:. 'CHAPTER I. POLITICAL' (ff 63-88), consisting of: Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs; 'CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND' (ff 89-98), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards' Estates; 'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION' (ff 99-125), consisting of: Course of Legislature; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine; 'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 125-162), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade (External and Internal); Public Works (including Military and Civil Buildings, Roads, Railways, Canals, Telegraph, and Post Offices); Irrigation; 'CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE' (ff 162-195), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance (including Land Revenue and Canal Revenue); Sources of Imperial Revenue other than the Land (including Customs, Opium, Salt, Excise, and Stamps); Revenue and Finance other than Imperial; 'CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES' (ff 195-204), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; Vaccination; 'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION' (ff 204-222), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences; 'CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY' (ff 222-223); 'CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 224-225), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; Stationery; General Miscellaneous; An Appendix is at the rear of the volume (folios 226-377). This comprises tables of statistics relative to all sections except for that on archaeology (Chapter VIII). A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-7. 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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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- OC 1136
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Government of Bombay, 1662-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume (379 folios)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 378; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume contains one foliation anomaly, f 338a. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/1caad5db-a063-4c11-85c9-9441279dc6d5/
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IOR/V/10
Administration Reports
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This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/V
Official Publications
Within the series: IOR/V/10
Administration Reports
Within the sub-series: IOR/V/10/278-328
Bombay
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'GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1875-76'.