Volume 2

Materials towards a statistical account of the town and island of Bombay in three volumes.

  • Bombay (Presidency)
Date:
1893-1894
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Credit: Materials towards a statistical account of the town and island of Bombay in three volumes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER IL TRADE. Section I.—Communications, 1702-1788. Communication between Bombay Sion and Mahim was for long* I carried on chiefly by boat. The following papers relate to the dis- jx)sal of the ferry contracts : The passage boats between Mahim and Sion were rented for one year ;at 103 Xeraphins and one laree per month from 1st August 1702 to •31st July 1703.^ The Bombay Mahim and Sion passage boats were in February 1751 put up for h term of three years and rented by Bayramji Manekji and Dhanji Kuvarji^ the Bombay boat at Bs. 525 and the Mahim and ‘ Sion boats at Rs. 1971 per annum.” The former term of rent having expired the farm was again let out 1 in 1754. The Bombay diary of the 12th March 1754 has the follow- ing : This being the day appointed for letting out to farm the I Bombay Mahim and Sion passage boats^ it is agreed to rent the I former on the same terms as last year. But the method allov\'ed in the late (contract in regard to the two latter, of admitting the farmer to levy a : percentage on certain goods according to their value, being not only [ very irregular, as no one should collect any duties on the island but the 1 Honourable Company, but also liable to many abuses and impositions, it is resolved that it be discontinued and freight collected only on passen- s gers, cattle, and the quantities of goods brought over. The Board then jadjourned to the warehouse to put the contracts up to farm. The Bombay passage boat was first put uj) for a term of three years and rented to Bayramji Manekji and Dhanji Kuvarji at Rs. 390 per annum. The Mahim and Sion passage boats were next put up on the terms and conditions given below, and rented to Husan Allaudin and Mulla Daud at Rs. 631 per annum.^ Articles of agreement made and entered into between the Flonourable Richard Bourchier Esquire President and Governor of Bombay and Council on the part and behalf of the United English East India Company of the one part, and Codji Husan Allaudin and Mulla Ddud of the other part, for farming the said Honourable Company'’s Mdhim and Sion passage boats for the term of three years to commence from the 11th March 1754 at the rate of Rs. 631 per annum : 1. That the said Codji Husan Allaudin and Mulla Daud shall pay and make good to the said President and Council or their successors the said sum of Rs. 631 per annum for the term of three years in 1 Bom. Gov. Order 25tli July 1702, Sec. Out. L. B. 7 of 1699 - 17C2, 180, Bom, Gov. Diary 26tli Feb. 1751, Pul). Diary 21 of 1751, 59. Pub. Diary 27 of 1754, 89 - 90. B 483—1 Chapter II Trade. Passage Boats. Malum and Sion, 1702-3, Bombay Mcihini and Sion, 1751, Bombay^ 1754. Mahim and Sio?i Boats,