IOR/V/10/302

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 1890-91. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1891.

The report begins with ‘PART I. SUMMARY’ (ff 8-32), and ‘PART II’ is then divided into the following chapters, most of which are further divided into sub-headings:

• ‘CHAPTER I. POLITICAL. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 34-51), consisting of: North Gujarat; South Gujarat; North Konkan; South Konkan; The Dekkhan [Deccan]; Southern Maratha States; Sind [Sindh]; Aden
• ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 52-57), consisting of: Surveys; Settlements; Collection of Land Revenue; Waste Lands; Government Estates; Wards’ and other Estates under the management of Government
• ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 58-79), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Local Boards’ Administration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine
• ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 80-132), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Public Works; Telegraphs; Post Office; Irrigation
• ‘CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 133-151), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Canal Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Customs; Opium; Salt; Excise; Stamps; Income-Tax; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues
• ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL SERVICES’ (ff 151-158), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary
• ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 159-169), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Arts and Sciences
• ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHÆOLOGY’ (ff 169-170)
• ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (ff 170-171), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Stationery; General Miscellaneous
• ‘CHAPTER X. THE CENSUS’ (ff 172-173).

The report includes the following maps, showing hydrology, topography, settlements, roads, railways and administrative boundaries:

• ‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART III. SIND AND CUTCH [Kachchh]’ (f 117)
• ‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART II. THE DECCAN, KONKAN AND KARNÁTIC [Carnatic]’ (f 118)
• ‘BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PART I. GUJÁRAT AND THE TÁPTI VALLEY’ (f 119)
• ‘GREAT INIDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY’ (f 123)
• ‘B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY [Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]. (Including the Rajputana Malwa Railway) and LINES of Railways in Connection.’ (f 124)
• ‘BHAVNAGAR-GONDAL-JUNAGAD [Junagadh]-PORBANDAR RAILWAY AND MORVI STATE RAILWAY’ (f 125)
• ‘MAP OF THE SOUTHERN MAHRATTA RAILWAY. AND ADJACENT LINES’ (f 126).

‘PART III. STATISTICAL RETURNS’ contains tables of information under the following chapters and sub-headings:

• ‘CHAPTER I. STATISTICS OF PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY’ (ff 176-184), consisting of: A. – Geographical Area; B. – Political Relations; C. – Civil Divisions; D. – Population
• ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND - SETTLEMENTS’ (f 184)
• ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 185-208), consisting of: A. – Legislative; B. – Police; C. – Judicial Statements (Criminal); D. – Prisons; E. – Judicial Statements (Civil) ; F. – Registration; G. – Local Boards’ Administration; H. – Municipal Administration; I. – Military; J. – Marine
• ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 208-274), consisting of: A. – Agriculture; B. – Weather and Crops; C. – Manufactures; D. – Trade; E. – Postal; F. – Public Works Department
• ‘CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE’ (ff 275-305), consisting of: A. – General Statements; B. – Land Revenue; C. – Excise; D. – Stamps; E. – Income Tax; F. – Local Funds; G. – Municipal Revenues
• ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS’ (ff 306-314), consisting of: A. – Births and Deaths; B. – Medical Services; C. – Lunatic Asylums; D. – Vaccination
• ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (ff 314-324), consisting of: A. – Education; B. – Literature and the Press
• ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 324), consisting of: A. – Ecclesiastical.

A table of contents listing the parts, chapters and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-7. 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.