'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915' [‎197r] (63/150)

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actually recovered amounted to Rs. 2,23,156 or 99-4 per cent, of the total. The deficit is
due to vacancies. In addition Rs. 27,943 were recovered as rent for semi-permanent sheds.
The percentage of out-goings to gross revenue in permanent chawls was 33'55. The net
annual income woiks out at 4-46 on the cost of the chawls. After paying interest and
sinking fund charges at 4-61 per cent, on the cost of the land and the value of the chawls
built thereon, the Trust suffered a net loss of Rs. 5,279.
8. During the year the Trust disposed of 28 plots on long lease and one was sold to Gov- Leases,
ernment. The number of plots disposed of was much below normal. This was due to the
failure of several local banks, followed by the outbreak of war. The area leased or sold fell
from 288,667 square yards to 75,747 square yards, the capital value ^from Rs. 32'31 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ,
to Rs. 12 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , and the rental from Rs. 1-3 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. o’47 lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The rent realized from
acquired buildings, and other temporary rents realized Rs. 10,26,350 as compared with
Rs. 9,05,369 for the previous year.
9. A further loan of Rs. 50 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees was floated during the year at an average rate of Finance.
R s . 97-0-8, thus bringing the Trust’s total borrowings up to Rs. 543 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees (face value)
involving interest and Sinking Fund charges of Rs. 24-56 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees per annum on net receipts of
Rs. 535 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The capital account receipts for the year amounted to Rs. 28,99,115 and the
expenditure to Rs. 38,67,385, the opening and closing balances being Rs. 32,08,848 and
Rs. 22,40,628 respectively. The general account receipts amounted to Rs. 34,74,414 and the
expenditure to Rs. 27,26,352, the closing balance being Rs. 7,48,062. The capital receipts
other than receipts from loans were Rs. 10-33 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees as compared with Rs. 9-55 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees for
the previous year. Under the main heads of capital expenditure the cost of management and
establishment fell from Rs. 4-51 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 3-68 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , of acquisition from Rs. 57-93 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to
Rs. 29-56 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees while cost of works rose from Rs. 4-52 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 5-43 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . Analysis of
the general account shows that interest and sinking fund charges rose from Rs. 22-2 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to
Rs. 22-4 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees while net revenue fell from Rs 20-3 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 20-1 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The deficit, of
Rs. 2-3 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees was covered by the municipal contribution of Rs. 9-8 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of which the.remaining
Rs. 7-5 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees were utilized towards capital expenditure thereby reducing the borrowings.
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11.—Military (Volunteering).
1. Camps of exercise were held by the Bombay Light Horse, the Bombay Volunteer Camps of exercise.
Artillery, the G. I. P. Railway Volunteers, the Poona Volunteer Rifles, the Madras and
Southern Maratha Railway Volunteer Rifles, the 2nd Battalion, B. B & C. I. Railway Volun
teers, the Sind Volunteer' Rifles and the 2nd Battalion, North Western Railway Volunteer
Rifles. The Karachi Volunteer Artillery held no camp of exercise but were trained by
field days.
2. The total amount sanctioned as grants for camps and field days amounted to Ciants.
Rs. 12,657 as against Rs. 9,965 in the previous year.
3. The various units have furnished a considerable number of men for active service. The war.
Some as individuals have taken up various appointments and others have joined the Indian
Army Reserve of Officers. Detachments of machine gun sections from the Bombay Volunteer
Rifles and Gun Detachments from the Bombay Volunteer Artillery and motor cyclists and
despatch riders from all units have gone to the front. The Bombay Volunteer Artillery, the
Karachi Volunteer Artillery and the Sind Volunteer Rifles have been called out for actual
military duty for varying periods. The electrical companies of the two former units have
been working all the Port Defence lights since the outbreak of war. In Bombay units of the
Volunteer Rifles have furnished guards, picquets and escorts thereby releasing regulars to a
large extent for active service. The G. I. P. and M. & S. M. Railway. Volunteers have been
employed in the transportation of troops, guarding bridges, manufacturing munitions and other
miscellaneous duties.
12.—Marine.
For details see the Annual Reports on Port Trusts and Shipping Offices for 1914-15 and tables under
Port Trusts in Part VIII of the Statistics of British India.
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-Bombay Shipping Office.
1. The total number of seamen shipped was 51,605 and of seamen discharged 47,499 as Seamen sh,pp c d and
against 42,401 and 39,292 respectively in the previous year. Of the seamen shipped 2,927
were British (995 under European and 1,932 under Indian Articles), 1 1,703 were Goanese
and 36,159 were Indian.
2. Amongst Europeans the number of deserters was ,4, while the number of those left Seamen leg behind
in hospital was 90 and of those left in jail 34 - Deaths numbered 9 . twenty-one d st es ed
European seamen were given subsistence and 30 were sent home as against 37 and 52 in the
previous year. Fifty native seamen were left in hospital anc^23111 jai, w ic 147 1 •
Six hundred and thirty-eight distressed native seamen were conveyed to and from the port as
compared with 144 in the previous year. The increase is due to the capture of prize ships a
the sinking of a certain number of British ships.
3. - The gross receipts rose from Rs. 92,891 to Rs 1,11,972, but the expenditure Receipts a„d
decreased from Rs. 41,668 to Rs. 39,580. The net profit of the Government Shipping-pe d, tire.
Office was thus Rs. 72,391.
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