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Chap. V.
FUSTANCIAli
REVIEW,
7. Customs.
Sea Customs.
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Port of Bombay,
The net imperial receipts of the port of Bombay from import duties amounted to Imperial receipts.
Es 1 68 01,732, an advance of nearly 4J lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees as compared with the previous year, ihe most
striking increases were under Silver bullion, coin and other metals (12i lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ) and kerosme oil
/o uidisl. There were large decreases on the other hand under sugar (4)| lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ) and cotton
piece-goods (6 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ). Exports duty on rice and rice flour realized Rs. 3,1/,944 as against
Es. 2,68,977 of the previous year. _ , . x
Provincial receipts fell from Rs. 70,685 to Es. 66,520 owing to a falling off in tranship- Provincial recmpte.
ment fees and in fees for amendments and duplicates of Customs documents.
Drawbacks totalled Rs. 2,78,447 as against Es. 2,46 930 in 1901-1902. The largest Drawbacks and
increase was on account of Silver bullion and com (Rs. 39,674) and the largest decrease on
account of cotton goods (Rs. 23,545) Refunds of import d fy 17 642 as
Rs. 2.07 985, the increase being most marked m the cases of bounty-fed su b ar (Rs. 1,1/, i a
ao-ainst’Rs. 23,939) due to refunds of countervailing duties on Austro-Hungarian sugar,
and exports, chiefly of silver, to Kashmir (Rs. 47,398 as against Rs 21,382) due to an arrange
ment whereby goods can be forwarded in bond on payment of duty 111 Bombay, refunds being
made to the Kashmir Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). on proof of receipt of tbe goods.
The expenditure of the department rose slightly from Rs. 6,23,721 to Rs. 6,28,418. Expenditure.
The total net value of and duty on goods bonded decreased by Rs. 7,52,674 and Rs. 1,67,019, transactions,
respectively, transactions at all the warehouses; excepting those of the P. and O. Company,
showing large decreases. Bonded kerosine oil decreased m quantity by 7 y>^o85 gallons. Bm y
on clearances for home consumption decreased from Rs. 7,54,310 to Rs. 5;04,ol .
The total number of Customs cases was 924, of which 276 (exclusive of 106 without penalty) Customs offend,
came under the Merchandise Marks Act and 648 under the Sea Customs Act. Bines amounting
to Rs. 12,120 were inflicted.
4 Port of Karachi.
The Imperial Customs receipts, excluding refunds and drawbacks, showed a remarkable
decline from Rs. 51,29,248 to Rs. 32,22,058. The decrease of Rs. 14,37,308 in the import
duty fell chiefly under the heads of sugar, metals (excluding silver) cotton goods | hl -
The decrease in sugar was due to the imposition of additional duties under Act Vlll ol 1901 on
bounty-fed sugar and in metals and cotton goods to overstocked markets and high prices m
Europe. The decrease in export duty amounted to Rs. 65,501.
Land Customs.
There were no changes in the number of duty-collecting stations on the Goa and Daman
Frontiers. The receipts, excluding the duty on salt, were Rs. 64,099, as compared with
Rs. 78,391 in the previous year. There was a large decrease of Rs. 19,379 m import duty,
owing chiefly to smaller imports of salted fish, cocoanuts and copra at Castle Rock. Export
duty increased by Rs. 5,246, owing to large exports of rice to Goa.
The collection of duty by the Southern Mahratta Railway on dutiable goods passing
through Castle Rock was continued with satisfactory results. The number of wagons dealt wit
by the Customs Officer rose from 14,362 to 14,972. The re-alignment of the Daman Frontier
was taken in hand.
8. Opium.
There was no change during the year in the number or location of the opiutn scales oi in aa ^ Iates °t
the rates of the excise or export duty on opium. The systems under which the opium farms ot
the several districts 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. were managed, continued the sam ® as m
previous year. The control over the Opium Department in Sind was transferred from the
Commissioner of Opium, Bombay, to the Commissioner in Sind. For administrative pin poses,
the opium year has now been made to correspond with the financial year : hence for this, the first
year of the change, figures are given only for the 8 months from 1st August 1902 to 31st
March 19(j3.
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 number of chests imported into Bombay during the eight months was 15,097 against Imports and exports.
12,3191 for the corresponding portion of the previous year. The total number of chests
disposed of was 14,682J. Of these 971J were sold for home consumption (including 389 sold to
the Madras Government), 13 , 698 J were exported to China and 12^ to Zanzibar and other African
ports. The exports to China exceeded those of the corresponding portion of the preceding year
by 1,723 chests, bufc were less than in the corresponding portions of the three years previous,
the main causes of the decrease in the exports of Mdlwa opium to China being the increased
production of the cheap Chinese drug and the low rate of exchange of the dollar as compared
with the rise in the sterling value of the rupee.