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PROTECTION.
followed by the financial stringency due to the war, has also discouraged the formation of new
concerns. During the year 43 companies went into liquidation as compared with 46 in the
previous year. At the end of March 1915 there were 589 companies limited by shares with
a nominal capital of Rs. 52,27,59,400 and a paid up capital of Rs. 31,51,77,669. Last year’s
corresponding figures were 613, Rs. 52,56,56,900 and Rs. 29,53,08,206. There were also 19
companies limited by guarantee as against 2 2 for the previous year.
2. Seventy documents were registered under the Societies Registration Act (XXI of Registration of
1860) realizing Rs. 750, and 1,923 documents registered under other Acts realized Rs. 20,002. docurnents and
These figures represent a net increase of 497 documents and a decrease of Rs. 10,305 i n ex P endlture -
fees, d he increase in the number of documents is due to the fact that various classes of
documents are required to be registered under the new Act which were not so required under
the old Act. The number of documents usually registered decreased considerably. This, as
well as the decrease in receipts, is due to the smaller number of new companies registered.
3. Of the 10 Provident Insurance Societies on the register at the close of the year New acts.
1913-14, two went into liquidation. There was no addition to or removal from the list of Life
Assurance Companies during the year.
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9.—Local Board Administration.
For details see the Annual Report on Local Boards in the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. for 1914-15 and tables under
Local Boards printed in Part VIII of the Statistics of British India.
1. The number of district local boards remained the same while the number of taluka General,
local boards decreased by one owing to the conversion of the Jamkhed taluka of the
Ahmednagar district into a mahal. The total number of members of taluka and district local
boards was 3,676, of whom 652 were ex officio, 1,387 were nominated and 1,637 were elected.
The elective franchise was extended during the year to all the boards of the Ranch Mah&ls
district The triennial elections were held in the Kaira and Poona districts. A fair amount
of interest was taken in the elections in the former district but little in the latter. The new
triennial term of the taluka local board of Digri in the Thar and Parkar district commenced
during the year and the term of office of the District Local Board, Larkana, having expired it
was reconstituted. The average number of meetings held by the district and taluka local boards
respectively were 2-6 and 4-1 in the Northern Division, 2 and 5 in the Central Division, 2 and
6 in the Southern Division and 2 and 8 in Sind. The average percentages of members
present at each meeting were 72-6, 6 i - 77, 60.3 and 56 respectively in the four divisions as
against 63-3, 56'48, 58'9 and 55‘03 in the preceding year.
2. The aggregate income of the boards, excluding the opening balances, rose from Income.
Rs. 83,39,701 to Rs. 84,74,757. There was an increase of nearly i| lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in the Central
Division, mainly owing to the large collections of arrears of land revenue and local fund cess.
The incidence of the local board cess was lowest (9 pies) in Ratnagiri and highest (annas 7-8)
in Broach.
3. The total expenditure increased from Rs. 77,44,984 to Rs. 84,42,463. Educational Expenditure,
charges rose from Rs. 32,13,584 to Rs. 36,03,498 on account of Government’s increased con
tributions. Expenditure on medical relief decreased from Rs. 5,15,814 to Rs. 5,11,747. The
amount spent on water-supply and water works was Rs. 3,60,049 and other civil works
Rs. 34,09,376. The aggregate closing balance was Rs. 30,58,404 as compared with an
opening balance of Rs. 29,64,237'. The Southern Division showed a closing balance of
Rs. 7,38,708 as against an opening balance of Rs. 8,79,880. Broach, Panch Mahals and
Thana have to a certain extent reduced their balances during the year. No district had its
closing balance below the prescribed minimum.
4. As usual, expenditure on communications formed the largest item under civil works. Works.
The chief building work consisted of the construction and repair of educational, medical and
veterinarv building’s.
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10.—Municipal Administration.
For details see the Administration Report of the Municipal Commissioner for the City of Bombay for the year
1914-15, the Report on Municipal Taxation and Expenditure for the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. including Sind for the
year 1914-15 and tables under Municipalities printed in Part VIII of the Statistics of British India.
1.—Bombay Municipality.
1. Fifty-six meetings of the Corporation, 54 meetings of the Standing Committee and General.
29 of its sub-committees, and 96 meetings of other committees of the Corporation were held
during the year.
2. The year opened with a working cash balance of Rs. 53,81,525. The income Finance,
realized during the year was Rs. 1,24,13,367 and the expenditure Rs. 1,24,53,191, the net
result being a deficit of Rs. 39,824. The year closed with a working cash balance of
Rs- 53.40,144 of which Rs. 10,65,310 represent renewals for 1914-15 and previous years,
Rs. 1,00,000 the minimum cash balance required by law and Rs. 9,95,000 the amount reserved
in the Budget estimate for 1915-16 to meet the contribution payable to the City Improve-
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