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A large sale of books advanced the receipts from Rs. 95,847 to Rs. 1,08^332. The exp en ,i
Government Central fc ure 0 f R St l 81,388 was mmsually high owing to purchase of Government promissory ^
,00 -Depot Fund. 1^00,100 and the outlay of Rs. 20,021 on publication of books. The closing bala/
decreased by Rs. 73,057.
Excluded Local Funds.
Cantonment Funds.
Mounted Police
Funds.
Port and Marine
Funds.
Education Funds,
Medical and
Charitable Funds.
Other Funds.
The total deficit of the non-self-supporting Cantonment Funds (Aden, Bhuj
Purandhar and Rajkot) fell from Rs. 16,891 to Rs. 12,807. The total balance of the self
supporting Cantonments improved by Rs. 11,018 owing principally to increases in the receirif'
of the Hyderabad and Kirkee Cantonments and smaller expenditure from the Deesa Fund a
grant-in-aid was made to the Baroda Fund from the provincialized grant of the Lieutenant
General, Bombay Command, to meet the police charges. Expenditure on plague measi
in Cantonments rose from Rs. 16,065 to Rs. 18,108.
The receipts of these funds advanced from Rs. 1,33,099 to Rs. 1,37,345 and the exnpnr
tore fell from Rs. 1,27,998 to Rs. 1,20,187. The total aggregate closing balances showed
improvement of Rs. 17,158. The highest increases were in Pdlanpur (Rs. 7 , 336 ) Thar ^
Parkar (Rs. 6,603), Khdr^ghoda (Rs. 2,215) and Sukkur (Rs. 1,856), and the chief dem-A^
occurred in Hyderabad (Rs. 2,829) and Karachi (Rs. 1,265).
The receipts of the Northern Ports Fund decreased, mainly on account of port du
while the expenditure increased owing to the purchase of Government Promissory Notes of ft’
value of Rs. 10,000. The closing balance stood at Rs. 41,570. The closing balance of
Southern Ports Fund showed a small falling off of Rs, 831 to Rs. 21,112. The Steam Yes /
Survey Fund showed an improved balance of Rs. 1Q,310 as against Rs. 1,188 owino- mainly?
an increase of receipts under f ‘ Survey Fees ” and to no purchase of Government nrnnfi fi L°
notes having been made. ^ ^
The Sea Pilotage Fund showed a balance of Rs. 760, but was again obliged to aslr
Government for a contribution of Rs. 1,200 during the year, Rs. 1,101 already having bppn
contributed by Government to wipe off the debit balance of the previous year. The Port
Trust Funds and the Indus Conservancy Funds have been dealt with in Chapter III.
Under orders of the Government of India these funds continued to be transferred to nmaf*
trustees. Six were so transferred during the year. ^ ce
These include the funds of one veterinary and eight medical dispensaries with a total cast
subject to f u diU 1 heS6 f UDdS StliI remain 0n th6 Aocountant General’s books, but are not
^ andS ’ in f eased b / Rs - 8,887, Matheran alone showing an increase o{
Rs. 9,702 due to larger receipts under “Income from Land” and “Rents of Houses” the
expenditure increased by Rs. 11,872, principally at Mahdbaleshvar and Matheran.
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showed considerable fluctuations as usual. ’ ’ ’ ’ g mVested - The other funds
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