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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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IOR/V/10/290
Title
'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1878-79'.
Date
1879
Description

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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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference
OC 1139
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Government of Bombay, 1662-1947
Physical description
1 volume (436 folios)
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Physical condition
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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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/53f641fa-36fc-407a-8013-882dce6355d6/

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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1878-79'.