IOR/V/10/288

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 1876-77. The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:

• ‘PART I - POLITICAL’ (ff 47-77), consisting of sub-sections on the Gujarat States, Maratha States, Kanarese States, Sind [Sindh], and Aden. The Statistical Returns for this section are included on folios 259-266
• ‘PART II - LAND ADMINISTRATION’ (ff 77-99), consisting of sub-sections on the Northern Division, Southern Division, Kanarese Division, Sind Division, Surveys and Settlements. The Statistical Returns for the Settlements sub-section are included on folio 267
• ‘PART III - PROTECTION’ (ff 100-129), consisting of sub-sections on Legislation, Police, Criminal Justice, Prisons, Civil Justice, Registration, Municipal, Military, and Marine sections. The Statistical Returns for this section are included on folios 268-305
• PART IV - PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 129-189), consisting of sub-sections on Agriculture, Weather and Crops, Horticulture, Forests, Mines and Quarries, Manufactures, Trade, and Public Works. The Statistical Returns for this section are included on folios 306-357
• ‘PART V - REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 190-219), consisting of Imperial Revenue and Finance and Revenue and Finance other than Imperial sub-sections. The Statistical Returns for this section are included on folios 358-393
• ‘PART VI - VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 220-233), consisting of sub-sections on Births and Deaths, Emigration, Medical Relief, Sanitation, and Vaccination. The Statistical Returns for this section are included on folios 393-408
• ‘PART VII - INSTRUCTION’ (ff 234-254), consisting of sub-sections on Education and Literature. The Statistical Returns for this section are included on folios 409-422
• ‘PART VIII - ARCHAEOLOGY’ (ff 254-255), consisting of sub-sections on the Ajanta Frescoes and Surveyor’s Reports
• ‘PART IX - MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 256-258), consisting of sub-sections on the Ecclesiastical, Stationery, Central Press, Commissioner’s Press (Sind), and Photozincographic Office. The Statistical Returns for this section are included on folio 423.