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IOR/V/10/290
- Record Id:
- 040-000121971
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000121669
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001c5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100142208079.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/V/10/290
- Title:
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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1878-79’
- Scope & Content:
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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 1878-79. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai] in 1879.
The report is divided into three parts. Part I comprises a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 9-53). Part II (ff 54-265) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III comprises ‘Statistical Returns’ pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 266-435).
Part II comprises the following:
- ‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL. Tributary States’ (ff 55-83), consisting of: Gujarát [Gujarat] States; Southern Gujarát; Marátha [Maratha] States; Southern Marátha States; Sind [Sindh] State; Aden
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 84-114), consisting of: Civil Divisions; Surveys; and Settlements; Waste Lands; and Government Estates, Wards’ Estates
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 115-145), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 145-198), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forest; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade; Public Works; Irrigation. Folio 151 comprises a table of graphs showing ‘Abnormal variations of the meteorological elements in 1878’
- ‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 199-236), consisting of: Imperial Revenue and Finance; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Sources of Imperial Revenue other than Land; Revenue and Finance other than Imperial
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 236-246), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Sanitation; Vaccination
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 247-261), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 262)
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 263-265), consisting of: Ecclesiastical; 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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000117414
036-000121669
037-000121958
040-000121971 - Is part of:
- IOR/V : Official Publications
IOR/V/10 : Administration Reports
IOR/V/10/278-328 : Bombay
IOR/V/10/290 : 'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1878-79’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000117414[0010]/036-000121669[0008]/037-000121958[0013]/040-000121971
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/V
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (436 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001c5
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1879
- End Date:
- 1879
- Date Range:
- 1879
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 438; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: A printed pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-435.
- Arrangement:
- The report contains a table of contents listing headings and sub-headings.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)