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Stephen Meredyth Edwardes

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Description:Excerpt from Census of India, Vol. 10: Bombay, (Town Island); History Letter from the Provincial Superintendent of Census Operations, Bombay Presidency, No. 6663, dated the 1st October 1901: - "I have the honour to submit herewith six copies of Part I of the Census Report for the Town and Island of Bombay, being the historical narrative contemplated by the Government of India in paragraph 2 of their letter No. 106, dated July 12th, 1900. As the remaining volumes of the Report will be shortly ready for issue, I refrain for the present from passing comments on the results of Mr. Edwardes' work. It is intended to issue Part II and the Tables during the present month." Letter from the Provincial Superintendent of Census Operations, Bombay Presidency, No. 7401, dated the 6th December 1901: - "In continuation of my No. 6663, dated October 1st, 1901, forwarding the first volume of the Census Report on the City of Bombay, I have now the honour to present to Government the remaining volumes and to suggest that the complete Report may now be issued to the public. "2. In bringing the results of Mr. Edwardes' work to the notice of Government, I would venture to summarize the special features of the recent census in Bombay City as follows: - (1) For the first time the enumeration has been carried out on the mofussil system instead of by the issue of household schedules. The greater supervision over schedule entries which the mofussil system permits seems to warrant the conclusion that the census of 1901 is the first really accurate enumeration of Bombay City. (2) The census was carried out at the height of the annual plague epidemic which gave rise to special difficulties of a formidable nature. It is to the credit of Mr. Edwardes and his Assistants that these difficulties were not allowed to interfere with the progress of the enumeration on the night of March 1st last. (3) The requirements of the Municipality and Bombay Improvement Trust who were desirous of obtaining details of the distribution of the people by sections, circle, building, floor and tenement and of information concerning certain structural classification of the buildings, have been carefully borne in mind. As a result the special statistics reviewed in the latter portion of Volume XI-A., Part VI, have been for the first time recorded and placed at their disposal. (4) In accordance with the wish expressed by the Government of India in their letter No. 106, dated July 12th, 1900, a comprehensive review of the history of Bombay Town and Island from the earliest times has been drawn up. If the time allotted to Mr. Edwardes has not permitted him to deal at any great length with the latter period of the Island's history (it is to be noted that he wrote the whole of Volume X in the intervals of arranging for the enumeration of the Island and for the abstraction of the results), it may be observed that there are already in existence many books and records describing the recent history of the City, whereas the early period fully pictured by Mr. Edwardes in his interesting volume has not so far been adequately treated. "3. In concluding these brief comments I would venture to assert that Mr. Edwardes, with great personal energy and no little tact, has discharged a peculiarly difficult task with complete success. The ready assistance volunteered to him by private firms and individuals is satisfactory evidence of the skill with which the work of organizing the large staff of Enumerators and Supervisors was conducted. I trust that Government may be disposed to agree with me that for this and for the satisfactory conclusion of his duties Mr. Edwardes and his Assistant, Mr. P. P. Wagh, are entitled to great credit." Resolution. - Government concur in the remarks made by the Provincial Superintendent in the last paragraph of his letter No. 7401, dated the 6th December 1901."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Census of India, Vol. 10: Bombay, (Town Island); History (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Census of India, Vol. 10: Bombay, (Town Island); History (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Census of India, Vol. 10: Bombay, (Town Island); History Letter from the Provincial Superintendent of Census Operations, Bombay Presidency, No. 6663, dated the 1st October 1901: - "I have the honour to submit herewith six copies of Part I of the Census Report for the Town and Island of Bombay, being the historical narrative contemplated by the Government of India in paragraph 2 of their letter No. 106, dated July 12th, 1900. As the remaining volumes of the Report will be shortly ready for issue, I refrain for the present from passing comments on the results of Mr. Edwardes' work. It is intended to issue Part II and the Tables during the present month." Letter from the Provincial Superintendent of Census Operations, Bombay Presidency, No. 7401, dated the 6th December 1901: - "In continuation of my No. 6663, dated October 1st, 1901, forwarding the first volume of the Census Report on the City of Bombay, I have now the honour to present to Government the remaining volumes and to suggest that the complete Report may now be issued to the public. "2. In bringing the results of Mr. Edwardes' work to the notice of Government, I would venture to summarize the special features of the recent census in Bombay City as follows: - (1) For the first time the enumeration has been carried out on the mofussil system instead of by the issue of household schedules. The greater supervision over schedule entries which the mofussil system permits seems to warrant the conclusion that the census of 1901 is the first really accurate enumeration of Bombay City. (2) The census was carried out at the height of the annual plague epidemic which gave rise to special difficulties of a formidable nature. It is to the credit of Mr. Edwardes and his Assistants that these difficulties were not allowed to interfere with the progress of the enumeration on the night of March 1st last. (3) The requirements of the Municipality and Bombay Improvement Trust who were desirous of obtaining details of the distribution of the people by sections, circle, building, floor and tenement and of information concerning certain structural classification of the buildings, have been carefully borne in mind. As a result the special statistics reviewed in the latter portion of Volume XI-A., Part VI, have been for the first time recorded and placed at their disposal. (4) In accordance with the wish expressed by the Government of India in their letter No. 106, dated July 12th, 1900, a comprehensive review of the history of Bombay Town and Island from the earliest times has been drawn up. If the time allotted to Mr. Edwardes has not permitted him to deal at any great length with the latter period of the Island's history (it is to be noted that he wrote the whole of Volume X in the intervals of arranging for the enumeration of the Island and for the abstraction of the results), it may be observed that there are already in existence many books and records describing the recent history of the City, whereas the early period fully pictured by Mr. Edwardes in his interesting volume has not so far been adequately treated. "3. In concluding these brief comments I would venture to assert that Mr. Edwardes, with great personal energy and no little tact, has discharged a peculiarly difficult task with complete success. The ready assistance volunteered to him by private firms and individuals is satisfactory evidence of the skill with which the work of organizing the large staff of Enumerators and Supervisors was conducted. I trust that Government may be disposed to agree with me that for this and for the satisfactory conclusion of his duties Mr. Edwardes and his Assistant, Mr. P. P. Wagh, are entitled to great credit." Resolution. - Government concur in the remarks made by the Provincial Superintendent in the last paragraph of his letter No. 7401, dated the 6th December 1901."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Census of India, Vol. 10: Bombay, (Town Island); History (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Census of India, Vol. 10: Bombay, (Town Island); History (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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