'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909' [‎125v] (112/132)

BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Chap. V.
FINANCIAL
EE VIEW.
Ecclesiastical.
Political.
Scientific and other
Minor Departments.
Territorial and
Political Pensions.
Stationery and
Printing.
Miscellaneous.
Famine Relief.
Refund and
Drawbacks.
Assignments and
Compensations.
Land Revenue.
Stamps, Excise,
Assessed Taxes
and Forest.
Registration.
Interest on
Ordinary Debt.
General
Administration,
Law and Justice.
Police.
Ports and Pilotage.
Education.
Medical,
Political.
Scientific and
other Minor
Departments,
Superannuation and
retired allowances.
•Stationery and
Printing.
Miscellaneous.
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[1908,
1909.
12. The decrease of Rs. 19,725 was due to absences on leave and to the teap^
vacancy in the See. , . . _ ^
18. There was a decrease of Rs. 7,561, chiefly falling under salaries and Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). p resents>
14. The decrease of Rs. 7,564 was under salaries at the Bombay Veterinary Co]l e „ e
owing to the absence of the Principal on leave. \ &
15 . The decrease of Rs. 57,861 was due to the payment of arrears of the Angria Family
Pensions in the previous year.
16. There was a decrease of Rs. 13,311, owing to smaller purchases for the Central
Stores.
17. The decrease of Rs. 87,876 was due fo smaller charges for Remittance of Treasure
to other Provinces, partly counterbalanced by increases under Refunds and Irrecoverable Loans.
18. The rise of Rs. 18,993 was due to the failure of the cold weather rains in part a , 0 £
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. Proper.
(^) Provincial Expenditure*
1. The increase of Rs. C7,165 was chiefly on account of adjustments under Land Revenue
refunds.
2. There was an increase of Rs. 10,846 due to payments of arrears.
3. The increase of Rs. 4,82,846 was due to establishment and other charges arising out
of Tagdi Loans to the sugar contractors on the Mra Canal, Poona; to increased famine
allowances; to the revision of tdluka establishments in Sind ; to greater outlay on chavdis and
boundary-marks ; and to payments of tbe Royal bonus and of grain compensation allowances.
4. Increases of Rs. 1,328 under Stamps, Rs. 1,83,951 under Excise, Rs. 2,028 under
Assessed Taxes, and Rs. 44,222 under Forest were due to the causes explained under the same
heads of Imperial Expenditure.
5. The increase of Rs. 25,696 was due to the revised scheme of fixed salaries and to pay
ments of local allowance, grain compensation and the Royal bonus.
6. The decrease of Rs. 6,537 was due to a reduction in the opening mean balance on
which interest was charged, which resulted from an increase in recoveries and a decrease in
payments.
7. The increase of Rs. 39,330 was principally caused by payments on account of the
Royal bonus, local allowance and grain compensation, and by the purchase and upkeep of a
motor-car for the Head of the Administration.
8. There was an increase of Rs. 99,864 under Courts of Law, which was contributed by ,
heavy charges on account of Law Officers, additional establishment for the Judicial Com
missioner in Sind, re-grading of establishment in the Court of Small Causes, Bombay, and
payments of the Royal bonus and of grain compensation and plague allowances. The increase
of Rs. 1,25,304 under Jails was due to similar payments in addition to the high prices of food-
grains and the increased jail population.
9. The increase of Rs. 12,67,697 arose from payments on account of the Royal bonus,
grain compensation and local allowance; additions to the pay of police in Bombay; the
strengthening of the District Executive Force; additional police reforms; and the transfer to
Bombay from the Punjab of the Sind section of the North-Western State Railway.
10. The fall of Rs. 1,170 was due to smaller purchases of stores, etc.
11. There was an increase of Rs. 1,98,762, which was due to payments of grain com
pensation and the Royal bonus, to revision of the inspecting staff, and to larger grants-in-aid.
12. The increase of Rs. 6,48,996 fell mainly under grants to Municipalities for sanitary
projects and grants-in-aid to hospitals land dispensaries together with increased dietary
expenditure.
13. There was an increase of Rs. 16,319 under Salaries.
14. The increase of Rs. 92,446 was chiefly due to payments for the acquisition of la^
for the Surat Agricultural Station.
15. The increase of Rs. 1,05,194 was principally due to an increase in the number of
pensioners.
16. There was a decrease of Rs. 14,848 on account of smaller expenditure upon
revision of forms and reduced purchases of raw materials and stores, partly counterbalanced /
increases at 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. Stationery Oilsce under local allowance, the Royal bonus;
compensation and forwarding charges.
17. The increase of Rs. 46,950 was due to refunds on account of remissions of arrears
of interest to certain Talukdari Estates, to adjustments of irrecoverable temporary loans an
larger miscellaneous refunds.