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IOR/V/10/298
- Record Id:
- 040-000121979
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000121669
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001cd
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100140804683.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/V/10/298
- Title:
- REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1886-87
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains the annual administrative reports of the Bombay Presidency, providing a summary of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay during financial year 1886-87. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai] in 1887.
The report is divided into three parts. Part I is formed of a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 5-26). Part II (ff 27-145) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III (ff 146-267) contains ‘Statistical Returns’.
PART II comprises the following:
- ‘Part II. CHAPTER I. POLITICAL TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 27-57), consisting of: Gujurat States; Southern Gujarat; Maratha States; Satara Jagris; Southern Maratha States; Sind [Sindh]; Aden
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 53-57), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Collection of Land Revenue; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards and other Estates under Management of Government; Estates in charge of the Talukdari Settlement Officer; Incumbered Estates, Sind
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 58-76), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Vagrants; Destruction of wild animals and poisonous snakes; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Dekkhan [Deccan] Agriculturalists Relief Act; Bombay Court of Small Causes; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine – Aden Shipping Office
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 77-112), consisting of: Agriculture; Advances to cultivators; Agricultural Stock; Horse-breeding; Horse and Cattle Shows; Meteorology; Colaba Observatory; Weather at Bombay; Season and Crops; Wages; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures; Trade – Aden; Public Works; Railways; Canals; Telegraphs; Post Office; Irrigation
- ‘CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 113-127), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Paper Currency; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Sea Customs; Land Customs; Opium; Salt; Excise; Stamps; License Tax; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTCS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 128-132), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Contagious Diseases Act, Bombay; Lunatic Asylums; Sanitation; Vaccination
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 133-142), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 143), consisting of: Review of the year’s operations
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 144-145), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.
A table of contents listing the parts, chapters and sub-headings of the report is on folios 3-4. 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 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
040-000121979 - Is part of:
- IOR/V : Official Publications
IOR/V/10 : Administration Reports
IOR/V/10/278-328 : Bombay
IOR/V/10/298 : REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1886-87 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000117414[0010]/036-000121669[0008]/037-000121958[0021]/040-000121979
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/V
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (268 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000812.0x0001cd
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1887
- End Date:
- 1887
- Date Range:
- 1887
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 270; 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 multiple printed pagination sequences.
- Arrangement:
- Each report contains a table of contents listing headings and sub-headings.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)