IOR/V/10/326

Annual administration report of the Bombay Province, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay during the financial year 1949-50. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai] in 1952.

The report is divided into three parts: Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 1-14); Part II (ff 15-90) comprises chapters’ I-XXI; the third part (ff 80-81) comprises Appendices in two sections.

PART II comprises the following:

• ‘CHAPTER I. Administration of the Land’ (f 15), consisting of: Land Records; Consolidation of Holdings; City Survey; Courts of Wards
• ‘CHAPTER II. Law and Justice’ (ff 15-24) consisting of: Bombay Legislature; From Bill to Act; Control Over Administration; Course of Legislation; Administration of Justice; Civil Justice; Criminal Justice; Registration; Joint Stock Companies
• ‘CHAPTER III. Police and Crime’ (ff 24-28) consisting of: Greater Bombay Police; Juvenile Delinquency; Borstal Schools; Probation and Aftercare; Beggar Problem; Jails
• ‘CHAPTER IV. Civil Supplies’ (ff 28-30), consisting of: Bombay Mill Scheme; Cloth Control; Charcoal and Firewood; Diesel Oil and Kerosene
• ‘CHAPTER V. Agriculture, Wheather and Crops’ (ff 30-38), consisting of: Weather; Cropped Area; Kharif and Rabi Areas; Integrated Area; Outturn of Crops; Agriculture Stocks; Department of Agriculture; Botanical Research; Crop Protection; Seed Supply; Supply of Manure; Horticulture; Agricultural Engineering; Irrigation Facilities; Land Improvement; Food Drive; Agricultural Education; Rural Development; Outmoded Tenures Abolished; Consolidation of Holdings; Reclamation of Khar Lands; Debt Relief; Money Landings Controlled
• ‘CHAPTER VI. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science’ (ff 38-40), consisting of: Cattle Breeding; Dairy Department; Sheep Breeding; Poultry Development; Veterinary Assistance; Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
• ‘CHAPTER VII. Prices and Wages’ (ff 40-43), consisting of: Working Class Cost of Living; Mofussil Labour and Wages; Unskilled Labour; Skilled Labour; Wages in Merged Areas
• ‘CHAPTER VIII. Forest, Parks and Gardens’ (ff 43-45), consisting of: Parks and Gardens; Wild-Life Sanctuary
• ‘CHAPTER IX. Co-operation and Sarvodaya’ (ff 45-47), consisting of: Co-operative Credit; Central Financing Agencies; Marketing Societies; Co-operative Farming; Lift Irrigation Societies; Taluka Development Associations; Village Food Production Committees; Industrial Co-operatives Societies; Land Mortgage Banks; Urban Credit Societies; Consumers’ Societies; Housing Societies; Fishermen’s Societies; Co-operative Insurance; Co-operative Education; Sarvodaya Schemes
• ‘CHAPTER X. Trade Industries and Fisheries’(ff 47-53), consisting of: Industries; Pilot Plants; Industrial Workshop and Laboratories; Government Tanning Institute; Commercial Intelligence; Stores Purchase; Weights and Measures; Cottage Industries; Hand Spinning and Khadi; Industrial Co-operatives; District Associations; Industrial Banks; Sales Depots; Research and Experiments; Utilizations of Non-Edible Oils; Fisheries; Fish-Curing Yards; Landing and Marketing Facilities; Assistance to Fishermen; Fisheries Schools; Fresh-Water Fisheries; Fish Farms; Fish Products; New Opportunities
• ‘CHAPTER XI. Labour and Housing’ (ff 53-58), consisting of: Increased Earnings; Labour Advisory Board; Aid to Handloom Weavers; Trade Unions; Cost of Living Indices; Industrial Disputes; Conciliation; Work of Tribunals; Joint Works and Production Committees; Workers’ Welfare; Factory Inspectorate: Boiler Inspection; Workmen’s Compensation Act; Housing; Programme of Direct Construction; Assistance to Co-operative Societies; Legislation
• ‘CHAPTER XII. State Transport’ (ff 58-59), consisting of: Administration; Taxi Trade; Petrol Rationing; Driving Licences; Accidents; Government Transport Service
• ‘CHAPTER XIII. Public Works and Irrigation’ (ff 59-62), consisting of: Road Works Department; Irrigation Works; Wells and Tanks; New Projects; Progress of Plans; Supply of Electricity; Grid System; Water Supply Schemes
• ‘CHAPTER XIV. Education’ (ff 62-69), consisting of: Primary Education; Secondary Education; University Education; Regional Universities; Research Institutions; Physical Sciences; Training of Teachers; Professional and Technical Education; Social Education; Physical Education; Military Training; Pre-Primary Education; Art and Music; Education of 'Defectives' [used in this instance to describe people who are blind, deaf, and do not communicate verbally]; 'Backward Classes' [used to refer to Dalit people officially designated as Scheduled Castes, Adivasi peoples now officially designated as Scheduled Tribes, and other socially and economically disadvantaged groups] and Displaced Students; Borstal and Certified Schools; Library Movement; Visual Education; Oriental Studies; Books and Publications; Royal Asiatic Society (Bombay Branch); Museums
• ‘CHAPTER XV. Backward Classes’ (ff 69-72), consisting of: Approach to Problem; Educational Concessions; Appointment Under Government; Economic Facilities; Adiwasis; Abolition of Criminal Tribes Act; Devdasi Protection Act
• ‘CHAPTER XVI. Rehabilitation of Displaced Persons’ (ff 72-73), consisting of: Economic Security; Training Centres; Agricultural Colonies; Educational Facilities
• ‘CHAPTER XVII. Prohibition and Excise’ (ff 73-74), consisting of: Bombay Prohibition Act; Educating Public Opinion; Rehabilitation of Displaced Workers; Prevention and Detection of Offences
• ‘CHAPTER XVIII. Health Services’ (ff 74-78), consisting of: Preventive Measures; Public Health Laboratory; Maternity and Child Welfare; Hospital and Dispensaries; Rural Medical Relief; Anti-TB Drive; Leprosy Relief; Medical Education; Drug Control; Mental Hospitals [psychiatric hospitals]; Chemical Analyser; Haffkine Institute
• ‘CHAPTER XIX. Collection of Revenue and Financial Review’ (ff 78-84), consisting of: Accounts for 1949-50; Salt and Customs; Bombay Port Trust
• ‘CHAPTER XX. Local Self-Government’ (ff 84-89), consisting of: Distributive System of Voting; Village; Panchayats; Improvement of Finances; Expansion of Functions; Nyaya Panchayats; Guidance in Administration; Expansion of Functions; Water Supply; Municipalities; District Local Boards; Municipal Corporations; Master Plan; Poona [Pune] and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporations
• ‘CHAPTER XXI. Miscellaneous Departments’ (f 90), consisting of: Prints and Stationery; Town Planning and Valuation.

The volume includes a subject index (ff 92-93) with reference to the original pagination.