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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1878-79'.
Catalogue reference: IOR/V/10/290
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/V/10/290
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Title (The name of the record)
- 'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1878-79'.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1879
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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 developments in each department of the Government of Bombay 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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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The report contains a table of contents listing headings and sub-headings.
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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 1139
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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 (436 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 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 side of each folio. Pagination: A printed pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-435.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/53f641fa-36fc-407a-8013-882dce6355d6/
Series information
IOR/V/10
Administration Reports
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Catalogue hierarchy
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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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1878-79'.