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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82'

Catalogue reference: IOR/V/10/293

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IOR/V/10/293
Title
'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82'
Date
1882
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 1881-82. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1882. The report is divided into three parts. Part I contains a report 'SUMMARY' (ff 9-32). Part II (ff 33-186) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III comprises 'Statistical Returns' pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 187-344). PART II comprises the following:. 'CHAPTER I. POLITICAL' (ff 34-68), consisting of: Gujarát States; Southern Gujarát; Marátha States; Sátára Jágirs [Satara Jagir States]; Southern Marátha States; Sind [Sindh] State; Aden; 'CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND. Surveys (ff 69-76), consisting of:; Topographical Survey; Revenue Survey; Wards' Estates; Incumbered Estates; Ahmedbad [Ahmedabad] Tálukdárs; 'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION. Registration' (ff 77-109), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; The Dekkhan [Deccan] Agriculturist's Relief Act; Bombay Court of Small Causes; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine; Bombay Port Trust; 'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 109-141), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade; Public Works; Irrigation; 'CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE' (ff 141-153), consisting of: Civil Imperial Transactions; Debt and Remittances; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Sources of Imperial Revenue other than Land; Revenue and Finance other than Imperial; 'CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISITICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES' (ff 153-167), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Death-rate according to Districts; Cholera; Small-pox; Fever; Bowel Complaints; Injuries; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; 'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION' (ff 167-184), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences; 'CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY' (f 184); 'CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 185-186), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; 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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The report contains a table of contents listing headings and sub-headings.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference
OC 1142
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Government of Bombay, 1662-1947
Physical description
1 volume (345 folios)
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Physical condition
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 347; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a23da524-54e5-4b41-8a7f-3baf03c4dbc6/

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