'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915' [‎229v] (128/150)

BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Chapter V.
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4.—Land Revenue.
1.—The Mofussil.
The ao-oregate actual demand of land revenue was Rs. 4-56 crores, showing an in
of about rTi-S lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees over the previous year. Collections realized Rs. 4.54 crores
no per cent, of the total demand, and were even better than last year. I„ a n distrjcts 0 '
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. proper the arrears outstanding at the end of the year were trifling. Su '
arrears were nil, while Kama Panch Mahals, Broach East Khandesh, Satara and Kol
follow with arrears of less than Rs. 100 each. Coltections fell short of demand by a b„
Rs 10 000 only in each of the Northern and Central Divisions and by about Rs. , 70 ' 0 .',|
Southern Division, but in Sind there was a shortage of nearly Rs. 2 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . In the North®
Division both demand and collections fell ott by Rs. 16 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , mainly on account of the small
amount of arrears in Ahmedabad and Kaira, as compared with the previous year. The
Central Division showed an inciease of Rs. 7 l a khs in both demand and collections due
mainly to the large collections of arrears, in Sholapur, where last year’s bad season was
followed this year by a favourable one. Similar conditions in Bijapur led to an increase of
over Rs. 5 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in both demand and collections in the Southern Division. I n Sind the
demand increased by over Rs. 5 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees and the collections by nearly Rs. 6 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The total
unauthorized arrears, which fell last year from Rs. 4 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 3-1 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , fell again this
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rear to Rs. 2-3 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees .
2.—The Bombay Collectorate.
The land revenue increased from Rs. 4,84,733 to Rs. 4,89,706 in the financial year
ending 31st March 1915. The increase was due mainly to the assessment of certain surplus
and no-bill lands and to the grant of new leases and assessments increased in accordance
with the terms of the existing leases.
5 .—Irrigation Revenue.
All information under this head will be found in Chapter IV, section 9, of this Report.
Revenue.
Expenditure.
Refunds and
drawbacks.
Bonding
transactions.
6.—Public Works Revenue.
The Public Works Revenue falls under three heads— <( Imperial Military," “Imperial
Civil ” and Provincial Civil.” The revenue under the iirst head, derived mainly from rents
of buildino-s, recoveries on account of water-supply and lines, refunds and miscellaneous, rose
from Rs. 19,004 to Rs. 19,966. The revenue under the head u Imperial Civil,” derived
mainly from rents of buildings and sales of old materials, fell from Rs. 29,539 ^ "TdT
the decrease being mainly due to a falling off in the receipts from rents of buildings, sales of
produce and fines, refunds and miscellaneous. The Provincial Civil revenue, consisting
chiefly of rents of buildings and sales of buildings, fell from Rs. 6,94,535 to Rs. 4,05,832, the
decrease being mainly due to a falling oil in the receipts from tolls on roads.
7.—Customs.
For details see the Annual Report on the Sea-borne Trade and Customs Administration of 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. and the Report on the Maritime Trade of the Province of Sind for the year 1914-15.
1.—Sea Customs.
Port of Bombay.
1. The gross receipts of the Bombay Custom House fell from Rs. 3 ’ 55 > 9 ^° 9 ^|j
Rs. 3,31,84,015. The total net receipts, after deduction of refunds and drawback,amoun
to Rs. 3,20,10,609 as against Rs. 3,49,04,452 in 1913-14. Net receipts on accoun 0 imp^
duties, which represented 98-4 per cent, of the year’s total receipts, were Ks. j, n />j
against Rs. 3,43,70,320 in 1913-14. Export duty on rice and rice hour shipp- 0 &
countries rose from Rs. 2,37,421 to Rs. 2,60,191, the net receipts being Rs. 2 , 55) I 5 ■
2. The total expenditure during the year rose by Rs. 88,974 to Rs. IO , 35 ^/ 3 N
ratio of expenditure to net collections was 3-2 per cent, as against 27 in the preu ,
3. Refunds of import duties increased from Rs. 2,64,677 lo Rs. 7,99,823, ^ wlll sP ff ^
to the fact that Karachi is a more convenient port than Bombay for. inerchan s r ^ on
Kashmir and Seistan. Drawback refunds of seven-eighths of the import r u > ^
re-export of goods to foreign ports also declined from Rs. 3,94,798 to Rs. 3,4 1 ^ ^
4. The value of goods bonded at the public warehouse rose from ^ S '* ’jLg nce of
Rs. 17,36,428 and the duty leviable from Rs. 6,81,949 to Rs.. . 8 , 5 ^ 974 - c j iag been a
the introduction of the system of reducing and bottling spirits in b° n 16 . ar ise’of
steady increase in the value of goods bonded, the year under review siow j,