"الملف 35/87 VI A. 38 الإصلاحات والجمارك والشؤون المالية في مسقط" [و‎‎١‎١‎٢] (٤٤٠/٢٣١)

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As regards expenditure, the allotment of Es 60,000/- under
Marine is a new and serious commitEient. It* is however calculated
to prove Productive Expenditure and no less than Es 27,000/- of
it represents Capital and Non-Hecurrent expenditure. That it is
wholly to "be met from current 1926 revenues without resulting in
a Budget deficit at the end of the year, may "be regarded as a
justification for the measure.
The proposed extensive Public Works program also calls for
comment. 'For many years past Government forts up and down the
coast-at one time handsome and imposing "buildings and dating
from the Portuguese occupation- have had no money spent on them,
and are fast falling to pieces. Those at Suwaig and Musana 1 ah I
^ t o ^ tlls pr0Till .
cial forts "being small they can "be repaired at moderate cost. The
fort at Khahura had "been so much neglected as to have "become &B:
irreparable and has "been abandoned. As these forts are
ill
head -q.uarters of District Government i, e., are used as residences!
and offices by the various Walis it would, apart from the question 1
of prestige, be uneconomical to permit their decay and later as
a result be committed to heavy expenditure on new Government
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buildings.
Comparison of Estimated Receipts and Estimated Expenditure
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may be deemed to show a margin too narrow to accommodate possible v
" Unforeseen Expenditure " In that case curtailment could be
made under one or more of the following heads at the time the
necessity arises.
(1) Chapter 111 Cutting down the steamer's patrols to
reduce coal consumption.
(2) M Ylll Eeducing the Public Works Program.
(3) M 11 Economising under Military Expenditure.
The State commenced the year 1925 with a balance of
Es 55 ,201/- vide my six monthly Financial Beport, dated 25rd July
25. Independent of this sum our surplus on the current year's
^(rujsvs^
working (1925) promises to be Rs 60,000/- Thus the carrying balance
of cash in hand at the end of the year 1925 should be approximate-L