'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1895-96'

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 1895-96. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1896. The report is divided into three parts. Part I contains a report 'SUMMARY' (ff 8-29). Part II (ff 30-158) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III comprises 'Statistical Returns' pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 159-347). PART II comprises the following:. 'CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES (ff 31-45), consisting of: North Gujarát; South Gujarát; North Konkan; South Konkan; Dakkhan [Deccan]; Southern Marátha States; Sind [Sindh] State; Aden; 'CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND (ff 45-51), consisting of: Surveys; Settlement; Collection of Land Revenue; Waste Land; Government Estates; Wards' and Other Estates under management of Government; 'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION. (ff 51-71), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Vagrants; Destruction of wild animals and venomous snakes; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Local Boards' Administration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine; Indus Conservancy and Sea Pilot Department; 'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 71-123), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Postal; Public Works; Railways; Telegraphs; Post Office; Irrigation. Folio 77 comprises a table of graphs showing 'Monthly abnormal variations of the meteorological elements in 1895-96'; 'CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE' (ff 123-139), consisting of: General Finance; Mint Currency; Land Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Sea Customs; Land Customs; Opium; Salt; Excise; Cotton Duties; Stamps; Income Tax; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues; 'CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISITICS' (ff 140-148), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary Dispensaries; 'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION' (ff 149-156), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Science; 'CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY' (f 157); 'CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 157-158), 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 106); 'BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART II. THE DECCAN, KONKAN AND KARNÁTIC [Carnatic]' (f 107); 'BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART III. SIND AND CUTCH [Kachchh]' (f 108); 'GREAT INIDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY' (f 110); 'B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY [Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]. (Including the Rajputana Malwa Railway) and LINES of Railways in Connection.' (f 111); 'MAP OF THE SOUTHERN MAHRATTA RAILWAY. AND ADJACENT LINES' (f 112); 'BHAVNAGAR-GONDAL-JUNAGAD [Junagadh]-PORBANDAR RAILWAY AND MORVI STATE RAILWAY' (f 113); 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.

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

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