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'GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY For the Year 1873-74'
Catalogue reference: IOR/V/10/285
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/V/10/285
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Title (The name of the record)
- 'GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY For the Year 1873-74'
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1874?
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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 1873-74. The report begins with a 'PREFACE' (f 8) and a 'GENERAL SUMMARY' (ff 9-47), and is then divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:. 'CHAPTER I. POLITICAL' (ff 48-95), consisting of: Changes in the Administration; and Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs; 'CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND' (ff 96-119), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Waste Lands; Government Estates; and Wards' Estates; 'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION' (ff 119-185), consisting of: Course of Legislature; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; and Marine; 'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 186-249), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade; Public Works; and Irrigation; 'CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE' (ff 249-294), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Sources of Imperial Revenue Other Than the Land; and Revenue and Finance Other Than Imperial; 'CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES' (ff 295-307), consisting of: The Results of the Census; Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; and Vaccination; 'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION' (ff 308-331), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; and Arts and Sciences; 'CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY' (ff 331-334); 'CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 334-336), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; Stationery; and General Miscellaneous; . The remainder of the volume consists of appendices, containing tables of information under the following chapters and sub-headings:. 'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION' (ff 337-380), consisting of: A. – Legislative; B. – Police; C. – Criminal Justice; D. – Prisons; E. – Civil Justice; G. – Military; and H. – Marine; 'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 380-398), consisting of: A. – Agriculture; B. – Weather and Crops; C. – Manufactures; D. – Trade; E. – Public Works; F. – Railways; and G. – Post; 'CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE' (ff 399-446), consisting of: A. – Imperial Revenue and Finance; and B. – Revenue Other Than Imperial; 'CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES' (ff 446-453), consisting of: A. – Vital Statistics; 'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION' (ff 453-457), consisting of: A. – Education; . A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report and appendices is on folios 4-6.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The report contains a table of contents listing headings and sub-headings.
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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 1134
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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 (459 folios)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 459; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f512d0bf-c1a1-4f7d-8af2-9a1e1a866756/
Series information
IOR/V/10
Administration Reports
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Catalogue hierarchy
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
Bombay
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'GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY For the Year 1873-74'