'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1891-92'.

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 1891-92. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1892. The report begins with 'PART I. SUMMARY' (ff 8-30), and 'PART II' is then divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:. 'CHAPTER I. POLITICAL' (ff 32-47), consisting of: Tributary States; 'CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND' (ff 47-53), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Collection of Land Revenue; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards' and other Estates under the management of Government; 'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION' (ff 53-74), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Local Boards' Administration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine; 'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 75-128), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Public Works; Telegraphs; Post Office; Irrigation; 'CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW' (ff 129-146), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Customs; Opium; Salt; Excise; Stamps; Income Tax; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues; 'CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF' (ff 146-154), consisting of: Population; Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary; 'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION' (ff 155-164), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences; 'CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY' (ff 164-165); 'CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 165-166), 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 III. SIND AND CUTCH [Kachchh]' (f 113); 'BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART II. THE DECCAN, KONKAN AND KARNÁTIC [Carnatic]' (f 114); 'BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART I. GUJÁRAT AND THE TÁPTI VALLEY' (f 115); 'BHAVNAGAR-GONDAL-JUNAGAD [Junagadh]-PORBANDAR RAILWAY AND MORVI STATE RAILWAY' (f 118); 'MAP OF THE SOUTHERN MAHRATTA RAILWAY. AND ADJACENT LINES' (f 119); 'B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY [Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]. (Including the Rajputana Malwa Railway) and LINES of Railways in Connection.' (f 120); 'GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY' (f 121); 'PART III. STATISTICAL RETURNS' contains tables of information under the following chapters and sub-headings:. 'CHAPTER I. STATISTICS OF PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY' (ff 169-177), consisting of: A. – Geographical Area; B. – Political Relations; C. – Civil Divisions; D. – Population; 'CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND – SETTLEMENTS' (f 177); 'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION' (ff 178-202), consisting of: A. – Legislative; B. – Police; C. – Judicial Statements (Criminal); D. – Prisons; E. – Judicial Statements (Civil); F. – Registration; G. – Local Boards' Administration; H. – Municipal Administration; I. – Military; J. – Marine; 'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 202-268), consisting of: A. – Agriculture; B. – Weather and Crops; C. – Manufactures; D. – Trade; E. – Postal; F. – Public Works Department; 'CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE' (ff 269-301), consisting of: A. – General Statements; B. – Land Revenue; C. – Excise; D. – Stamps; E. – Income Tax; F. – Local Funds; G. – Municipal Revenues; 'CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS' (ff 302-309), consisting of: A. – Births and Deaths; B. – Medical Services, Civil Hospitals and Dispensaries; C. – Lunatic Asylums; D. – Vaccination; 'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION' (ff 309-319), consisting of: A. – Education; B. – Literature and the Press; 'CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS' (f 320), consisting of: A. – Ecclesiastical; A table of contents listing the parts, chapters and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-7. In a small number of instances there are discrepancies in the 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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