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AGE OF CONSENT COMMITTEE EVIDENCE 1928-1929 Volume III Oral Evidence and Written Statements of Witnesses from the Bombay Presidency (Continued-Bombay and Poona) and the Central Provinces and Berar. CAJ,CUTTA: GOVERNMENT OF INDIA CENTIUL PUBLICATION BRANCH 1929 Government ol India Publications are obtainable from the Government or India Central Publication Branch, 3, Government Place, West, Calcutta, and from the following Agents :- EUROPE. OFFICII OW TBB HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR INDIA, 42, GROSVBNOR GABDB!IS, LO:.DON, 3.W. I. And at aD Booksellers. I;NDIA AND CEYLON : Provincial Book Depots. M&DRAB :-Superintendent, Government Press, Mount Road, Madras. BOIIB&Y :-Superintendent, Government Book Deput, Town Hall, Bombay. SIND :-Library attached to the Oflke of the ('om missioner in Sind, Karachi. llliNGAL :-'-Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, Wrlt.ers• Bul'd1Dg3, Room No. 1, Gronnd Floor, Calcutta. UNITBD PllOVIl'ICJi8 Olr AGRA. AND OUDB :-Superintendent Ol Uovernment Press, United Provlncet! Of Agra and Ondh, Allahabad. PVIIIAB:-Superintendent, Government Printing, Punjab, Labore. BIJRHA :-Superintendent, Government Printing, Burma, Rangoon. CBNTRAL PROVI!IOIIS AIID BIIRAR :-euoerlntendent, GOV•>fDilJ"nt Printing, Central ProvincetO, Nagpur. ASS& II :-Superintendent, ASBam Semetar:at Prr.._, SLIIInog, BIBAB AND 0RIBBA:-8uperintendent, Government, Prtntin(, Bihar and Orissa, P. 0. Gnlzarba.;h, Patna. Cooao:-Qffice of the Chief Comm188loner of Coorg, B•·•oalore. NOBTB· WBST FRONTIBB PllOVIli'OB :-Manager, Government Printing and Stationery, Peshawar. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta and Simla lR. B. Umadlkar & Co., The Bbarat Book Depot• w . .Newman & Co., Ltd., Calcutta. Dbarwar. R. Cambray & Cn., Calcutta. The Standard Bookstall, Karachi, Qnetta, Dell:!, S. K. Lahirl & Co., Calcutta. Mnrree and Rawalpindi. The Indian School Supply Depot, 309, Bow Bazar The Karachi Book Depot, Elphlnstone Street, Camp, Street, Calcutta. Karachi. Butterworth & Co •. (India), Ltd., Calcutta. The English Bookstall, Karachi. Rai M. C. Sarcar Bahadur & Sons, 90-2A, Harrison The Standard .Bookstall, Quetta. Road, Calcutta. U. P. Malhotra & Co., Quetta. Standard Literature Company, Limited, Calcutta. J. Ray& Sons, 43 K. & L., Edwardes Road, Rawal· Association Pres~, Calcutta. pindi, Munee and Lahore. Chukervertty, Chatterjee & Co., Ltd., 13, College The Standard Book Depot, J,abore, Nalnltal, Square, Calcutta. Mussoorie, Dabousie, Ambala Cantonment and Tbe Book Company, Calcutta. Delhi. James Morray & Co., 12, Government Place, N. B. Mathur, Snpdt, Nazlr Kanun Hind Pres&, Calcutta. (For Meteorological Publications only:> .Allahabad. · Ray Cbaudhury & Co., 68-5, Asbutosh MukerJI The North India Christian Tract and Book Society, Road, Calcutta. 18, Clive Rnad, Allahabad. dcientillc Publishing Co., 9, Taltola Lane, Calcutta. Ram Dayal Agarwala, 184, Katra, Allahabad. Chatterjee & Co., 20t, Cornwallis :Street, Calcutta. The Indian Army Book Depot, Jubl, Cawnpore. Standard Law Book Society, S-2, Hastings Street, The Indian Army Book !Jepot, Julluodur City. Calcutta. MaDager, Newal Kishore Press, Lucknow. The Hindu Library, 8, Nandalal Mallick Lane, The Upper India Publishing House, Ltd., Lit.eratnre Calcutta. · Palace, Ammnddanla Park. Lncknow. B.C. Basak, Esq., Proprietor, AlbertLJbrary, Dacca Ral Sahib M. Gulah Singh & Sons, Mulld·i-Aru Mitra Brothers, Rajshahl. Press, Lahore and Allah.. bad. HlgginbothaiDS, Madras. Rams Krishna & Sons, Booksellers, Anarkal!, Rochouse and Sons, Madras. Lahore. o. A. Nateaon & Co., Publishers, George Town, Purl Brother;, Booksellers and PuLU..hers, Katcher! Madras. Road, Lahore. · Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, Madras. The Tilsk School Bookshop, Lahore. P. ,.aradacbary & Co., Madras. The Standard Bookstall, Lahore. s. Murthy & Co., Madras. The Proprietor, Punjab Sanskrit Book Depo'- Brlght & Co., Trlvandrum. Saldmitba Street, Lahore. The .Bcaldover'a Resort, Talkad, Trlvandrnm, South The Insurance Publicity Co., Ltd., Lahore. India. The Punjab Religious Book Society, Lahore. E. M. Gopalakrlshna Kone, Pudumandapam, Manager of the Imperial ..Book Depot, 63, Chandnl Madura. Cbowk Street, Deihl. Central Book Depot, Madura. ~·ooo Book Agency. New Delhi. Vijapur & Co., Vlzagapatam. Oxford Book and Stationery Company, Delhi and Thacker & Co., Ltd., Bombay. Calcutta. D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., Barubay. Snpdt., American Baptist Mission Press, Rangoon •. Sunder Pandurang, Bombay. The Modern Publishing House, Ltd., 30, Phayre Ram Chandra Govind & Sons, Kalbadevl Road, :Street, Rangoon. Bombay. · Burma Book Club, Ltd., Rangoon. N. M. Trlpathl & Co., Booksellers, Princess Street, Manager, The" Hitavada," .Nagpnr. Kalbadevl Road, Bombay· . Bhlsey Brothers, Booksellers and Statlonera , Sit a• New and t>ecoodhand Bookshop, Kalbaden Road, bald!, Nagpur. Bombay. S. C. Ta.Jukdar, Proprietor, Students & Co., Cooch Mrs. Radhabal Atmaram Sagoon, Kalbadevl Road, Behar. Bombay. The Manager, Ceylon Observer, Colombo. J. M. Pandia & Co., Bombay. The Manager, The Indian Book Shop, Benares City. Gatulal & Co., Bombay. Nandki.shore & Bros., Cllo"k, Bcnart·s Cit_;. A. 1:1. WI eeler & Co., Allahabad, Calcutta and Tbo ,;r1villiputtur l'o-operatlve lraJing Union, Ltd., Bombay. :>rlvilliputtur (S. I. R.). s oovlnd & Co., Sandhnrst Road, Glrgaum, Bombay. Raghunath Prasad & Sons, Patna City. pioprtetor, New Kltabkbana, Poona. The Students' Emporium, Patna. The :lJ[anager, Oriental Book Supplying Agency, 15, K. L. Mathur & Bros., Ouzrl, Patua City. Shukrawar, Poona City. Dandekar Brothers, Indore City. RaiLa Krishna Broe•• Opposite Vlshrambag, Poona Pu•tak:ilaya Sahayak Sahakari. Ltd., Barod•. City. The Hyderabad Book Depot, Ubaderghat, Hydeza• Ql B db p bad (Decean). S. P. Bookstall Q ' u war, oona. Thakur & f'o., ~mri\Otl. Mangaldaa & S'?ns, Booksellers and Pnbllshers, R. Krlshnaawam;· & Co., Teppakulam P. 0., Tri· Bhaga Talao, :surat. chinor•oiy Fort. ·rbe Standard Book and St,.tlonery Co., 32·33, Arhab National College Teacher.' Unton Booll: Depo&, :Road, Peslla"W&f· TrlchiuO!>Oiy. AGE OF CONSENT COMMITT:EE. (Personnel.) f.Jhmrman. I. Sir Moropant Vishwanath Joshi, Kt.,· K.C.I.E., late Home Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the Central Provinces. Membe1's. 2. Uai Bahadur Pandit Kanhaiya Lal, late Judge of the Allaha bad High Court. :i. Mr. A. Ramaswami Mudaliyar, lately a Member of the .Madras Legislative Council. 4. Khan Bahadur Makbuq Mian Imam Baksh Kadri, O.B.E., lately a District and Sessions Judge in the Bombay Pre· sidency, and now Chief Judicial Officer of the J unagadh State. 5. Mrs. M. O'Brien Bea.don, M.B., B.S. (London), !J.S.A., Super· intendant, Victoria Government Hospital, Madras... G. Mrs. Brij IJal Nehru. 7. ~taulvi Muhammed Yakub, M.L.A., Deputy President of the I.egislative Assembly. 8. Mr. S. C. Mitra, M.L.A. 9. l)andit Thakur Das Bhargava, .M.L.A. 10. Mian Mohammad Shah Nawaz, M.IJ.A. Secretary. Mr. M.D. Sagane, M.A., LL.B. TABLE OF CONTENTS. N.B.-Dr. stands for Doctor. L. , ,, Lady. M. •• ,, Ma.homedans. T. ,, ., Texts. PAGES. QUESTIONIU.Iltlll :d!i:-xltii ORA.L E!vmmNClll 011 WITNmssms AND T.rEr& WRITTEN STA.Tl!MENTS 1~741 PAGES, No. - Names. Designation. Written Oral Statement. Evidence. - 1- ~~- .BOMBAY. 1 .. Mr. S. K. Bole M. L. C., Dadat, Bom• 1-3 3-13 bay. 2 .. Sir Purshot&mdas M. L. A., Bombay 14----16 16-2f Thakurdas, Kt., C.I.E., M.B.E. 3 L. Dr. M. I. Balfour Medical Practitioner, 27-29 2~7 Dr. Bombay. 4 .. Mr. Kanji Dwarka.das Bombay 87--40 ~3 5 .. Mr. M. R. Jayakar, M. L. A., Bombay 53-61 Bar-at-Law. 6 .. Mr. P. M. Bhat, LL.B. Retired First Class 61-62 'R2-!71 Sub.Jttdge, now Chief Judge, Bhuj. 7 .. Mr. Jamnadas 'Mehta M. L. A., Bombay .. n-sa 8 L. Mrs. Manglagavri Bombay 83-85 '85--87 Chunilal H. Set&lvad. 9 .. Dr. J. N. Karande and On behalf of the Saras- 87-90 90~9 Mr. S.M. Varde. wat Brahman Samaj, Bombay. 10 .. lli. D. Girdharlal Assistant Traffic 99-101 1d1-107 Superintendent, B., B. and C. I. Railway, Bombay. ( iv ) p .... No.- Names. Designation. I BOMBAY--conld. 11 Mr. V. N. Hate, B.So. President, Daiva.dnya. 108 109-115 Association, Bom bay. 12 Mr. Ma.nikram Nana On behalf of the 115-116 116-125 bhai Talpade, B.A., Pathare Prabhu LL.B. Social Sama.j, BoUl· bay. 13 M. Mr. I. S. Ha.ji, B.A., Bar.-at-Law, .Homoay. 125-130 130-138 B.So. (Ecom.) (Lond.), F.R.E.S. 14 Mr. Ma.ka.nji J. Mehta. Bar.-at-Law, Hony. 138-139 140-144 Secretary, Bombay Mangrol Jain Sabha, Bombay. 15 L. Miss B. A. Engineer, Secretary, Seva. Sa.da.n, 144-145 145-148 M.B.E., M.A., LL.B. Bombay. Dr. Ja.davji Hansraj, 16 Dr. l President and Hony. 149-150 151-15a D.O.M.S. (Eng.), Secretary of the J.P., · and Bhatia Mitra. Ma.ndaJ, Bombay. 17 Mr. Premji Chaturbhuj. J 18 L. Mrs. Ma.lini B. Sukh- Hony. Physician for 158-160 161-166 Dr. ta.nka.r, M.B., B.S. Children, Ca.ma. and Albless Hospij:.a.ls, Bombay. 19 Sir Lalubhai Samaldas, Bombay • 166-167 167-176 Kt., C.LE. 20 L. Miss M. Katherine S e o r e t a. r y, The 176-178 178-182 Davis, B.A. Children's Aid Society, Children'a Home, Uma.rk.ha.di. 21 L. Mrs. Avantikaba.i President, Hindu 182-184 184-189 Gokha.la.y. Ma.hila. Sa.ma.j, Bom bay. 22 M. Mr. Abdur Rauf ;Khan Secretary, Anjuma.n-e 189-190 190-192 Zia.-ul-Isla.m, Bom bay. 23 Ra.o Baha.dur G. V. District Govt. Pleader 192-195 195-202 Pra.dhan, B.A., and Public Prosecu LL.B. tor, Na.sik. Dr. Y. V. Bh&ndark&r Secretary, Pra.rtha.na. 202-203 .204-21.:1 Sa.maj, Bombay. y PAGES. No. - Names. Df'signatior.. Written Ora.I Sta.tcment. Evidence. --- --~---------------~----------------~--------~-------- BOMBAY-contd. 25 Mr. R. P. Ma.sa.ni . On behalf of tl1e Vigi 212-214 2i4-220 and lance Society, Bom 26 Miss I. N. Dickinson J ba.y. 27 Dr. Dr. Ma.ngalda.s Mehta Physician • in .