'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1902-1903' [‎48r] (89/106)

LAND REVENUE.
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' l9 02-1903.] land revenue. 65 Chap. V.
bev eral l 00a |, fintantcial
ldl . < ^ REVIEW.
During the year 11,700 shroff-marked and otherwise defaced coins were withdrawn from Coins wi ^ rawa
--uatkn (k S| o^ ; circulation, as compared with 2,966 withdrawn in the preceding year.
11 Issues of small silver coin rose from Rs. 13,15,542 in 1901-1902 to Rs. 16,29,533, and Small silver coins,
receipts from Rs. 12,30,946 to Rs. 12,48,289.
Receipts of sovereigns and half sovereigns amounted to Rs. 3,51,69,262, including coins,
s Rs. 3,20,63,550 received direct from importers of gold. Issues were Rs. 1,46,75,730, includ
ing Rs. 24,48,000 exported from India. The net issues of sovereigns to the public for general
circulation amounted to Rs. 31,67,017.
Gold bullion to the value of Rs. 12,36,271 was received from the public, and issues amount- Gold bullion,
ed to Rs. 15,49,095 remitted to England.
JSTo silver bullion was purchased in England. Silver bullion.
The Nagpur Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. issued notes to the value of Rs. 7,10,000 and received notes to the value Agencies.
ance
account
Funds are i n
receipts, which
nt edto Rs.
a —t of tie 0 f R s . 6,98,000. Besides the Ndgpur Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , there were 12 other temporary agencies at the
ianch of the Bou|end of the year, with an aggregate closing balance of Rs. 37,00,000.
u g° 1L gs amountel Claims in respect of 335 lost or mutilated notes aggregating Rs. 16,100 were admitted, Lost or mutilated
compared with 308 of a value of Rs. 22 315 in 1901-1902. 102 half or mutilated notes of a value notes *
of Rs. 1,492-8 were credited to Government. Payments were made on account of eight notes
^8,218) under I ^ S ’ an< ^ ° ne 110 ^ e ■^' S * were wholly destroyed,
famine in flmJ' Two persons were prosecuted for fraud and convicted during the year. Twelve forged Forged notes and
' w " u JarEt [ A # > fraud,
five-rupee notes purporting to be of the Bombay Circle of issue g 7 and 59 series were dis“
I exceeded the ouhicovered, besides one of Rs. 100 and one of Rs. 5 of tbe Lahore Circle, and one of Rs. 10 of the
m improvement inj;Calcutta Circle. The forgers have not yet been detected.
_ Kara'chi Circle.
Local Bunds.” ^
The value of notes in circulation increased from Rs. 1,01,14,660 to Rs. 1,29,41,295. Circulation.
The value of Foreign Circle notes encashed decreased from Rs. 1,24,23,020 to Rs. 83,43,280 Foreign notes.
ou ^ mainly owing to decreases in the railway and customs receipts.
3 increase in onto: No shroff-marked or defaced coins were received during the year. Coins withdrawn,
o Somaliland. Ben The receipts of small silver coins increased from Rs. 6,464 to Rs. 8,931 and the issues Small silver coins.
£S of the (jveat M decreased from Rs. 2,14,752 to Rs. 1,66,282.
jcfcion with the Corm Claims to 35 notes of the value of Rs. 1,230 were admitted. Mutilated notes of a face Lost or mutilated
r een England mi Mis value of Rs. 185 were credited to Government. notes.
aitly to anifflproFemmli £T 0 remittance of gold was received or sent. Rs. 59,32,000 was received in silver coin from Remittances.
Bombay and Rs. 19,68,000 remitted to the Sind and Frontier Currency chests.
The total number of Karachi Circle notes cancelled during the year was 169,579 of a total Cancelments.
value of Rs. 1,33,67,925.
ase in the
dpts and in the il
ige for rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
svious year.
joins from Railways,! The amount “ of Land Revenue 93 including arrears collected during the revenue year
^ts for the previonsy! 1902-1903, was Rs. 3,70,61,893. The total demand for the year was Rs. 4,12,01,363. In the
i India Gompan/s m previous year the sum realized amounted to Rs. 3,06,42,757, out of a total demand of
ted to the Mint. iRs. 3,96,63,879. The increase of Rs. 64,19,136 was shared by each of the three Divisions of
ive State of Indore! the 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, Sind alone showing a decrease owing to the low inundation of the river.
5- Irrigation Revenue.
fish dollars andbroE reve nue credited to this head falls under two categories, viz,, ( 1 ) the direct receipts of
(receding year. the Irrigation Department and (2) the irrigation share of the land revenue assessed with refer-
t of India and the hi ence to the supply of water from canals, tanks, dams, and other sources created or maintained
io*y of Her late Ma| by the Public Works Department. The works are also divided into three classes : the first
nee of Edward VII- includes entirely new worts and works restored or extensively improved for which Capital and
* behalf of tend® Revenue accounts are kept; the second includes old works which are maintained by the depart
ment and for which only Revenue accounts are kept; and the third includes agricultural
1901-1902. works for which neither Capital nor Revenue accounts are kept.
: 184. The total ef accoun t 0 £ works for which Capital and Revenue accounts are kept were
ls Rs. 14,98,741W
Imperial,
khs to 815. The;
, monthly wnat'ow
movement in the cii®
ighest after the **
in Nowmbe^J ^
average of ^ (
(1) Productive Public Works—
(a) Sind
(5) Dakhan and Gujar&t
(2) Protective Public Works—
(a) Dakhan and Gujarat
(3) Minor Irrigation Works—
(a) Sind
(6) Dakhan and Gujar&t
Provincial,
Minor Works and Navigation—
[a) Dakhan and Gujarat
Total Imperial
Grand Total
The direct
as follows :
Rs.
1,70,943
3,83,093
2,47,669
73,249
59,642
9,34,686
42,584
9,77,170
receipts on
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