'BOMBAY–1936-37: A Review of the Administration of the Presidency'

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 1936-37. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1938. The report begins with 'PART I - GENERAL SUMMARY' (ff 6-16), and 'PART II' is then divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:. 'CHAPTER I - ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND' (ff 17-18), consisting of: Land Records; Wards and other Estates; 'CHAPTER II - LAW AND JUSTICE' (ff 19-23), consisting of: Legislative Council; Administration of Justice; Registration; Joint Stock Companies; 'CHAPTER III - POLICE AND CRIME' (ff 24-31), consisting of: Police; Government Workhouses; Jails; Borstal School, Dharwar [Dharwad], and the Bombay Presidency Probation and After-care Association; Criminal Tribes; 'CHAPTER IV - AGRICULTURE, WEATHER AND CROPS' (ff 31-49), consisting of: Agriculture and Crops; Department of Agriculture; Advances to Cultivators; Note on the Weather; Prices; Mofussil Labour and Wages; Forests; Co-operative Movement; Horticulture; 'CHAPTER V - TRADE AND COMMERCE' (ff 49-60), consisting of: Industries; Department of Industries; Commissioner of Labour; Sea-borne Trade; 'CHAPTER VI - PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT' (ff 60-63), consisting of: Public Works Administration; Irrigation; Railways; 'CHAPTER VII - VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF' (ff 63-68), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Pilgrim Centres; Vaccination; Hospitals and Dispensaries; Haffkine Institute; Veterinary; Chemical Analyser; Mental Hospitals [psychiatric hospitals]; Leper [people affected by leprosy or Hansen's Disease] Colonies; Emigration and Immigration; 'CHAPTER VIII - LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT' (ff 69-73), consisting of: Municipalities; Bombay Municipality; Local Board Administration; Bombay Port Trust; 'CHAPTER IX - COLLECTION OF REVENUE AND FINANCIAL REVIEW' (ff 73-80), consisting of: Accounts for 1936-37; Public Works Revenue; Land Revenue; Excise; 'CHAPTER X - INSTRUCTION' (ff 80-84), consisting of: Education; Books and Publications; Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch; Victoria and Albert Museum, Bombay; 'CHAPTER XI - MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 84-90), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; Stationery and Printing; General; A table of contents listing the parts, chapters and sub-headings of the report is on folios 4-5. 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 table of contents is included above. The volume includes appendices (ff 90-92) and a subject index (ff 92-94) with reference to the original pagination.

The report contains a table of contents listing headings and sub-headings and a subject index with reference to the original pagination.

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