'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1903-1904' [‎84r] (55/112)

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5. Kevenue operations show a net credit balance of Rs. 1,81_,487, receipts being Rs. 8,80,150
and expenditure Rs. 6,98,663. The opening credit balance in cash and securities was
Rs 58,46,000 which was reduced in July 1903 to Rs. 51,89,000. A fresh loan of Rs. 60 Mkhs,
bearing interest at 4 per cent, and having a currency of 60 years, was raised. The average rate of
accepted tenders was Rs. 100J. The year closed with a credit balance of Rs. 71,75,935. The
capital expenditure of the Board rose from Rs. 38,89,400 to Rs. 49,59,835, of which nearly
Rs. 43^ lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees were expended on the various schemes.
11. Military (Volunteering).
1 . Camps of exercise were held by the Bombay Light Horse, Bombay Volunteer Artillery,
Bombay Volunteer Rifles, 1st and 2nd G. I. P. Railway Volunteer Rifles, 1st and 2nd B. B. &
C. I. Railway Volunteer Rifles, Nagpur Volunteer Rifles, Poona Volunteer Rifles, Baluchistan
Volunteer Rifles, Sind Volunteer Rifles and Karachi Artillery Volunteers.
Government have sanctioned the formation of a few sections of Mounted Rifles in
connection with the 2nd Battalion B. B. & G. I. Railway Volunteer Rifles. A cadet company
has been raised among the members of the Albert High School, Panchgani. It is to form part
of rhe Poona Volunteer Rifle Corps.
12. Marine.
For details see Annual Reports on Port Trusts for 1903-1904 and tables under XXXII—Port Trusts—appended
to the Financial and Commercial Statistics of British India.
1.*—Bombay.
1. The number of European seamen shipped was 2,570 and that of those discharged
2,275. Deserters fell from 74 to 46 and the number of seamen left in jail from 32 to 23.
The number left in hospital however increased form 44 to 51. Nine seamen were sent home
distressed and subsistence was given to 20. Seamen^s money orders showed a further large decline
of Rs. 4,247 to Rs. 1,013 in value. Charges on account of distressed seamen fell to Rs. 328.
2 . The number of native seamen shipped showed a further rise from 30,371 to 35,024,
while the number discharged showed a corresponding increase to 30,832. Deaths increased by
21 to 150, while the number left in jail rose from 9 to 78. Charges on account of distressed
native seamen rose further to Rs. 1,257.
3. The gross revenue showed an increase of Rs. 8,389 or 14 per cent, over the figures
of the previous year. Expenditure increased very slightly and the net profit rose to Rs. 49,169.
Ernes showed a slight decrease and Registry fees a slight increase.
2.—Aden.
The number of European and native seamen engaged were 130 and 1,506 against 16 and
1,357 in 1902-03 respectively : the numbers discharged were 167 European and 1,424 native
seamen against 72 and 1,210 in the previous year. Thirty-two Europeans were sent to the
United Kingdom. The amount realised in fees rose from Rs. 2,826 to Rs. 3,464.
3. —Bombay Poet Tetjst.
1. The gross receipts were Rs. 64,40,955 and they establish a record for the third
year in succession exceeding last year's figures by Rs. 5J lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees and the expenditure of the
year under report by nearly Rs. 7-| lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . Imports showed large increases under cotton, iron,
hardware, piece-goods and machinery, and decreases under grain and kerosine, while exports
of cotton, grain and manganese ore all improved, and exports of bones, hides and coal declined.
The total revenue expenditure was nearly Rs. 57 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , which includes over Rs. 26 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees on
account of interest and sinking fund charges. The surplus on the year's working was transferred
to the Revenue Reserve Fund raising ifc to Rs. 27,26,727.
2. The expenditure on capital works was over Rs. 131 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees as against nearly Rs. 9 Ukhs
last year and was principally for improvements in the Oarnac Basin and a new tug, dredger, and
barges. A loan of Rs. 16 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees was raised at 4 per cent., the average rate of tenders accented
being about Rs. 103 5 . Plans and estimates for the new docks to cost Rs. 332 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees were
approved by Government and a contract for the excavation and masonry work to cost Rs. 185
Mkhs was placed.
4. — Kaeachi Poet Teust.
1. For the third year in succession the receipts of the Karachi Port Trust show a substantial
increase over the figures of the previous year. During 1903-1904 receipts amounted to
Rs. 19,58,281, an increase of Rs. 4 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees or over 25 per cent, on the receipts for 1902-1903.
The increase is mainly due to the export trade in wheat and seeds, a trade which, it is
Chap. 111.
PROTECTION.
Finances.
Camps of exercise.
New corps.
European seamen.
Native seamen.
Receipts and
expenditure, •
Shipping Office.
Receipts and
expenditure.
Loans and capital
expenditure.
Finance.