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GROSS EXPENDITURE,
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Chap. V.
FINANCIAL
REVIEW.
m ; ner ease of Bs. 2,29,376 under Excise and the decreases of Rs. 11,819 and
• Stamps and Forests respectively were due to the causes mentioned under the stam P s > Essiseand
Forests,
nlender Stamps
its.apKf Im perial Revenue.
s,ffle decrease of Rs. 34,860 was chiefly due to a reduction in the profits of the Mill Assessed Tares.
3. 1 t \« counterbalanced by receipts derived from enhanced salaries and increased
Industry. P artly
“’^r'o'he increase of Rs. 8,351 was due to the expansion of the department and to the Registration.
4 of the Transfer of Property Act to Sind.
. decrease of Rs. 1,00,507 was due to smaller receipts on account of loans to Interest.
. 5 : a) ; t “es“and advances to cultivators.
-“f The increase of Rs. 53,9.27 under Courts of Law was due to the lapsing of three large Law and Justice.
D * (j ove mment;, to larger receipts trom the Administrator General and the Official
estates to ^ ^ improved Record Room receipts. An advance of Rs. 2,922 under Jails was the
of normal developments under Jail manufactures.
103U „ sphere was an apparent decrease of Rs. 49,054, due to the exclusion of contributions Police,
the A'bkari farmers in consequence of the replacement of A'bkdri Police by A'bkari peons.
^8 The decrease of Rs. 4,689 was due to depression in trade. Ports and Pilotage.
9 The increase of Rs. 30,870 was due to contributions, to enhanced receipts from fees Education,
nd to royalties on the sale of vernacular text-books.
10 There was an increase of Rs. 2,694, principally under contributions, nursing fees and Medical.
• ts from paying patients, which were partly counterbalanced by a decline in Medical
School and Collegefees.
H The fall of Rs. 1,812 was due to smaller receipts from experimental cultivation.
12 There was a rise of Rs. 1,057 under contributions for Pensions and Gratuities
Scientific and other
Minor Departments,
Receipts in aid of
Superannuation.
13 The increase of Rs. 19,408 was due to larger sales of Government Gazettes and other Stationery and
publications, and to increased receipts at the Yeravda Jail Press on account of Local Fund Pimtms ’
Forms.
14. The decrease of Rs. 37,575 was chiefly due to larger refunds of Civil Courts lapsed Miscellaneous.
Deposits in the Surat and Ahmednagar Districts, partly counterbalanced by recoveries of
Famine Relief Expenditure due to the sale of metal prepared by relief employes.
III.— -Gross Expenditure.
The'gross Imperial and Provincial expenditure amounted to Rs. 7,20,45,692, showing an
increase of Rs. 35,19,499. There was an increase of Rs. 1,34,010 under Imperial and of
Rs. 33,85,489 under Provincial expenditure. The chief variations are explained below
(t) Imperial 'Expenditure.
1. The increase of Rs. 1,06,613 was due to payments of differential duty on arms j Refunds and
refunds of duty on cotton manufactures j drawbacks, chiefly under silver bullion and coin ; the Fraw
refund of revenue credited to Government in a disputed heirship case; refunds of Patedari
shares in the Sukkur District; and adjustments under Land Revenue remnds.
2. The increase of Rs. 1,09,893 was due to payments of arrears under Excise Compensa- Assignments and
tions and to the inclusion under u Imperial ” of half the charge under ;r Pixcise Compensation ompensations.
in lieu of one anna cess on Excise Revenue” wholly borne in the previous year under
s: Adjusting Heads.”
3. The increase of Rs. 43,234 fell partly under Salt Purchase and Freight and was Salt,
partly due to payments on account of the Royal bonus, local allowance and grain compensaiion.
4. The increase of Rs. 1,329 was due to the Royal bonus and to the payment of local Stamps,
allowance.
5- The increase of Pls. 1,83,952 was chiefly due to the re-organization of establishments in Excise,
the 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. and Sind.
. 6 - There was an increase of Rs. 47,012 due to the Royal bonus, to allowances for overtime, Customs,
grain compensation and house rent and to local allowance.
„ B ^ Additional establishments and payments of local allowance account for the increase Assessed Ta
«s. 2,029.
A There was an increase of Rs. 44,223 falling under working expenses in Kanara, pay- Forest,
kbe 20 per cent, bonus to owners of occupied lands, provision of quarters ioi guar s
emarcation and Tal construction works.
accft ^-i- X ^ Q ^ ncrease °f 24,644 was chiefly under refunds due to the revision of the man 0bliei
°unts ot the Kathidwar Ag
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Coinage.
There was a decrease of Rs. 2,98,521 principally on account of the smaller rupee Mm,.
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Accmmi- a)- 16 ^ Crease °f Rs. 45,927 was due to revision of the establishment of the Civil A( j m j nis t ra ti 0 n.
Cl and the Paper Currency Department together with payments on account of the
00l nii', local allowance, and allowances for grain compensation, plague am. overuim
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