'GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY For the Year 1872-73'

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 1872-73. The report begins with a 'PREFACE' (f 7) and an 'INTRODUCTORY SUMMARY' (ff 8-27), and is then divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:. 'CHAPTER I. PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY' (ff 28-132), consisting of: Physical Features of the Country, Area, Climate, and Chief Staples; Historical Summary; Form of Administration; Character of Land Tenures, System of Survey and Settlement; Civil Divisions of British Territory; Details of the Last Census; Tribes and Languages; Changes in the Administration; and Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs; 'CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND' (ff 132-144), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; and Wards' Estates; 'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION' (ff 144-196), consisting of: Legislating Authority; Course of Legislature; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; and Marine; 'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 197-248), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade; Public Works; and Irrigation; 'CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE' (ff 249-283), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Sources of Imperial Revenue Other Than the Land; and Revenue and Finance Other Than Imperial; 'CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES' (ff 284-290), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; and Vaccination; 'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION' (ff 291-313), consisting of: General System of Public Instruction; Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; and Arts and Sciences; 'CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY' (ff 314-315); 'CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 315-321), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Ecclesiastical; Stationery; General Miscellaneous; . The remainder of the volume consists of appendices, containing tables of information under the following chapters and sub-headings:. 'CHAPTER I. STATISTICS OF PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY' (ff 322-346), consisting of: A. – Civil Divisions of British Territory; B. – Population; and C. – Political Relations; 'CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND' (f 346), consisting of: A. – Surveyed and Assessed Area in Acres; 'CHAPTER III. PROTECTIONS' (ff 347-91), consisting of: A. – Legislative; B. – Police; C. – Criminal Justice; D. – Prisons; E. – Civil Justice; G. – Military; and H. – Marine; 'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 391-421), consisting of: A. – Agriculture; B. – Weather and Crops; C. – Manufactures; D. – Trade; E. – Public Works; F. – Railways; G. – Telegraph; and H. – Post; 'CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE' (ff 421-456), consisting of: A. – Imperial Revenue and Finance; and B. – Revenue Other Than Imperial; 'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION' (ff 456-459), consisting of: A. – Education; and B. – Literature and the Press; . A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report and appendices is on folios 4-6. Folio 24 consists of an inserted list of corrections, some other inserted corrections are included within the relevant sections. Folio 460 consists of a map titled 'PRELIMINARY MAP OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY TO ACCOMPANY THE ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR 1872-73' (IOR/V/10/284, f 460).

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

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