Bombay 1885 to 1890

Sir William Wilson Hunter, Bombay 1885 to 1890: A Study in Indian Administration, London: Henry Frowde, Amen Corner, E.C.; Bombay: B.M. Malabari, Indian Spectator Office, [1890]

vii + 504 pages; publisher’s original dark blue cloth boards with blind-stamped borders and gilt-lettered spine and upper cover
9 x 6.25 in (22.8 x 16 cm)

BOMBAY 1885–1890: SIR WILLIAM HUNTER’S STUDY IN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION

This book provides an explanation of the Presidency government's structure, internal structure, and relationships to the provincial administrative body and the Supreme Government of India. The system of provincial government is discussed in the book, covering its internal structure, external relationships, including interactions with native states, and attitude towards the people of the British districts, particularly in terms of education and land management. The functions of the government and capitalism and the decentralisation of Indian finance, as well as the legal and law enforcement systems, are all topics covered in the book. The interaction between the government and the people, which was a key issue in Indian provincial administration, is discussed in the book's conclusion.

Scottish historian Sir William Wilson Hunter (1840–1909) served in the Indian Civil Service and was also a statistician, compiler, and member of the KCSI. His most famous work, The Imperial Gazetteer of India, was first published in nine volumes in 1881, subsequently in fourteen, and finally in twenty-six volumes after his passing. He began working on it in 1869. He received his education at the Universities of Glasgow (BA 1860), Paris, and Bonn, where he also studied Sanskrit and earned an LL.D., before taking the Indian Civil Service final test and coming out on top in 1862. Hunter released his history of Orissa in 1872. Hindu and Muslim pilgrimages were deemed "the most powerful of all the causes which conduce to the development and propagation of cholera epidemics" at the third International Sanitary Conference, which took place in Constantinople in 1866.

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