'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1904-1905' [‎165r] (105/116)

1904-1905.] INCOME TAX—FOltESTS—LOCAL FUNDS. 81
Chap. V.
Rs. 1,90,850 over the figures ?of the previous year, while receipts under the Court-fees Act
advanced by Rs. 72,567 to Rs. 35,80,367. The increases are attributed to a recovery from the
effects of famine and plague and to a greater briskness of trade. The total charges fell by
Rs. 1,159 to Rs. 2,50,298. The percentage of the gross charges to gross income fell from 4
per cent, to 3*9 per cent.
2. The number of licensed stamp-vendors rose from 1,322 to 1,360, chiefly owing to a
large increase (36) in Sat^ra. The discount paid during the year amounted to Rs. 99,863 as
against Rs. 99,009 in the preceding year.
3. Insufficiently stamped and impounded documents numbered 2,194 as against 2,000
last year. Duties and penalties realised Rs. 28,229 as against Rs. 27,980 in the previous year.
4. Nine prosecutions were instituted as against 22 last year. Of eight persons involved
seven were convicted. Fines imposed amounted to Rs. 258. *
13. Income Tax-
For details see the Annual Report on Income Tax and tables under VTII—Income Tax—appended to the
Financial and Commercial Statistics of British India.
The final demand, including penalties and arrears, amounted in all toRs. 35,84,760 against
Rs. 33,94,075 in the previous year. Collections, including realisations from the tax on salaries,
rose to Rs. 36,98,047.
14. Forests-
The total income from forests for the financial year increased by Rs 2,69,019 to
Rs. 30,20,558 and the expenditure by Rs. 1,24,073 to Rs. 19,00,010.
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15. Local Funds-
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1.““~Tncoepoeated Local Funds.
1. Information as to District Local Funds and the Steam Boiler Inspection Fund will be
found in Chapters III and IY respectively.
2. The receipts of the Sind Village Officers' Cess Fund increased during the year by
about Rs. 90,000. The expenditure inereased by Rs. 22,512 to Rs. 5,58,627 on account of
Field Survey Parties and Survey Training School Charges and Public Works.
3. The balance has gone down by about Rs. 60,000 due to charges on account of the
Vernacular Text Books Revision Committee on account of which Rs. 54,155 were debited during
the year. About Rs. 27,000 more were also spent on “Publication of Books".
2.— Excluded Local Funds.
During the year two new funds were brought on the books of the Account Office: Manora
Cantonment Fund in Karachi and Vakola Cantonment Fund in Thana. The total deficit of the
non-self-supporting Cantonment Funds amounted to Rs. 6,531 at the end of the year as against
Rs. 14,11 7 in the previous year. Among self-supporting funds Devldli, Malegaon and Poona
Cantonments have considerably increased their balance. In Poona the increase amounts .to over
Rs. 23,000 and is due to a large increase in Octroi revenue. There are decreases in the Deesa
and Hyderabad Funds, due in the first case to the payment of an oyer draft of Rs. 3,000, and
in the second to the partial repayment of a loan. The total expenditure on plague measures in
Cantonments was Rs. 10,217 as against Rs. 12,315 last year.
During the year the accounts of Cantonment Hospitals were separated from the Cantonment
Fund accounts and formed into separate Excluded Local Funds. Closing balances varied
from Rs. 2,216 at Ahmednagar to Rs. 2 at Poona.
The closing balance of all Cantonment Funds, including Contonment Hospital Funds, exceeded
by Rs.26,333 the closing balance at the end of the year 1903-04, viz. Rs. 77,565,
2, The year opened with a balance of Rs 58,392 and closed with a balance of Rs 62,711,
an increase of Rs. 4,319. Decreases in the balances of the Ahmedabad and Palanpur Fund are
due to investments made during the year. At the end of the year investmems totalled
Rs. 92,100.
3. The Northern Ports Fund balance inereased from Rs, 27^736 to Rs. 39,144 owing
to a smaller expenditure on Public Works. With the exception of the Northern Port Fund and
the Aden Port Trust the expenditure of all the funds exceeded the receipts. The Sea Pilotage
Fund repaid during the year the Government contribution of Rs. 1 , 101 - 12 - 10 , but had to obtain
a further contribution of Rs. 1,000 and is therefore still indebted to the extent of Rs. 2,000.
The Bombay Port Trust Funds and Indus Conservancy Fund have already been dealt with
in Chapter III.
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FINANTCIAL
REVIEW.
Licenses.
Documents
impounded.
Prosecutions.
Sind Village Officers
Cess Fund.
Government Central
Book Dep 6 t.
Cantonment funds.
Cantonment hospital
funds.
Mounted polic
funds.
Port and marine
funds.