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'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [64r] (126/137)
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19 0M903.] INCOME TAX— FORESTS LOCAL FUNDS.
8y
a There were 697 applications for Probate and Letters of
biit . jj; total receipts fell from Rs. 66,969 to Rs. 67,729. f Adminisfcratl on against 694,
2.—Karachi.
1 Gross receipts increased by Rs. 48,338 to Rs. 7 10 367 TK*
under Impressed Stamps and Labels, and is due to the expansion of trade Court mam ! y
totalled Rs. 3,71,178 an increase of Rs. 2,171. The total charges am anted to Rs 22 8^‘ P
tts. 779 m 01- ® than last ?«“• ' ! ^ 896 ' or
14l53 benUmber0f liCeD3eS:QCreaSedfl ' 0m286 t0 298 a “ d dlSC ° Unt froa Es - 12 > 929
3 . The number of documents impounded fell from 101 to 82 buttle fnfni
from Rs. L195 to Rs. 2,277. ’ bUt the total rec0I Pts rose
4. Nine persons were prosecuted and eight convicted.
13. Income Tax.
1 or details see the Annual Report on Income Tax and tables under Income Tax
printed m Part IV (b) of the Statistics of British India.
• ^ ^ P enalties arrears, amounted in all to Rs. 49,17,095
against Rs. 46,38,329 m the previous year. Collections, including realizations from the tax on
salaries and pensions, rose to Rs. 48,51,851.
14. Forests.
The total income from forests for the financial year increased from Rs. 35.02.608 to
Rs. 37,33,855 and the expenditure from Rs. 19,23,640 to Rs. 19,58,303.
15. Local Funds*
1.—Incorporated Local Funds.
Chap. V.
FINANCIAI,
REVIEW.
Estates duties.
Revenue and
charges.
Stamp vendors*
Impounded
documents.
Prosecutions.
1* Information as to District Local Funds and the Steam Boiler Inspection Fund will be General,
found in Chapters III and IV respectively.
2. The total receipts were Rs. 66,45,266, an increase of Rs. 1,68,182. Charges increased Receipts and
from Rs. 55,05,661 to Rs. 65,38,542. charges.
3. ^ The Government Central Book Depot Fund has been abolished and the balance credited Government Central
to Provincial Revenues, vide Government of India, Financial Department, No. 6902—A, dated Book De P 6fc ‘
19th November 1907.
2.—Excluded Local Funds.
1. The closing balance of all Cantonment Funds, including Cantonment Hospital Funds, Cantonment Funds,
amounted to Rs. 1,80,764, an increase of Rs. 58,448 on the figures of the previous year.
Ahmedabad, Belgaum, Hyderabad, Poona and Jacobabad show balances increased by Rs. 2,724,
,/3S, 4,809, 8,071, and 5,608 respectively, while Aden, Deoldli and Kirkee show decreases
2,933, 2,241 and 3,264 respectively.
2. The closing balance was Rs. 62,056 against Rs. 79,602 last year. Mounted Police
Funds.
3. The total receipts were Rs. 5,76,003 and the total charges Rs. 5,59,840. The closing Port and Marine
balance was Rs. 3,38,004 against Rs. 3,21,841. The Indus Conservancy Fund has been ^ds.
lemoved from the books of the Accountant General's office.
The last of these funds has now been removed from the books*
Educational Funds..
p .’1* * totad closing balance of the “ Other Funds ” was Rs. 4,43,712, a decrease of other Funds.
s * 7,711. The Mahi Kantha General
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Fund and the Aden Settlement Fund show
cieases of Rs. 62,353 and Rs. 53,209, respectively.
16. Municipal Revenue.
^hapter°III^ 011 ^ ^ neome and expenditure of Municipalities will be found in
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Annual administration report 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. , providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. during the financial year 1907-08.
The report is divided into two parts. Part I contains a report ‘SUMMARY’ (ff 7-20). Part II (ff 21-69) comprises chapters I-IX.
PART II is divided into the following chapters, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- ‘CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES’ (ff 21-28), consisting of: North Gujarat; South Gujarat; North Konkan, Nasik and Khandesh; South Konkan; Deccan; Kolhapur, Southern Maratha Country States and Dharwar; Sind [Sindh]; Aden; Condition of the People
- ‘CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND’ (ff 29-31), consisting of: Survey; Settlements Proper; Waste lands; Wards and other Estates under management of Government
- ‘CHAPTER III. PROTECTION’ (ff 32-37), consisting of: Legislative Authority; Course of Legislation; Police; Wild animals and venomous snakes; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons – Civil and Criminal; Civil Justice; Registration; Local Boards’ Administration; Municipal Administration; Military (Volunteering); Marine; Cooperative Credit Societies
- ‘CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION’ (ff 38-58), consisting of: Power Industries and Handicrafts; Agriculture; Weather and crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Public Works; Irrigation; Railways; Tramways
- ‘CHAPTER V. FINANCIAL REVIEW’ (ff 59-64), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Irrigation Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Sea Customs; Land Customs; Opium; Salt, Excise; Cotton Duties; Stamps; Income Tax; Forests; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues
- ‘CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISTICS’ (65-66), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration and Immigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary
- ‘CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION’ (f 67), consisting of: General System of Public Instruction; Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 68), consisting of: Archaeological Survey Party of West India
- ‘CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 69), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Established Church of England; Established Church of Scotland; Stationery; General Miscellaneous.
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 5. In a small number of instances there are discrepancies in the spelling, phrasing or inclusion of sub-headings between the table of contents and the body of the report. In these cases the sub-heading as it appears in the body of the report is included above.
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