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'GENERAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1874-75'.
Catalogue reference: IOR/V/10/286
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/V/10/286
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Title (The name of the record)
- 'GENERAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1874-75'.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1875?
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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 1874-75. The report is divided into the following chapters, some of which are further divided into sub-sections:. 'CHAPTER I. POLITICAL' (ff 40-56), consisting of: Changes in the Administration; Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs; 'CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND' (ff 57-67), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards' Estates; 'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION' (ff 67-96), consisting of: Course of Legislature; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine; 'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 97-130), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade (External and Internal); Public Works (including Military and Civil Buildings, Roads, Railways, Canals, Telegraph, and Post Offices); Irrigation; 'CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE' (ff 131-156), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance (including Land Revenue and Canal Revenue); Sources of Imperial Revenue other than the Land (including Customs, Opium, Salt, Excise, and Stamps); Revenue and Finance other than Imperial; 'CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES' (ff 157-169), consisting of: The Results of the Census; Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; Vaccination; 'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION' (ff 170-186), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences; 'CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY' (ff 187-193), consisting of: The Archaeological Survey; 'CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 194-195), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; Stationery; General Miscellaneous; An Appendix is at the rear of the volume (folios 196-279). This comprises tables of statistics relative to chapters III-VII. A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-7. 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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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 1135
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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 (280 folios)
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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 282; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: An additional printed pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 8-279.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/84304fc4-3768-497d-bfd3-d872b4e64345/
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IOR/V/10
Administration Reports
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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
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'GENERAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1874-75'.