'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎169v] (70/148)

Chap III. 32
PEOTECTIOJNr.
General
Finance.
Loan and plague
expenditure.
Debt and Sinking
Fund.
Assets and
liabilities.
Taxation.
Assessment and
collection of
revenue.
Public Works.
Prosecutions, etc.
Public lighting.
Water-supply.
Fire Brigade.
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
10- Municipal Administration.
[1909-
1910.
For details see the Administration Report of the Municipal Commissioner for the City of Bombay f 0r
1909-1910, and the Report on Municipal Taxation and Expenditure for t re Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. including ^
for the year 1909-1910, and tables under Municipalities printed in Part VIII of the Statistics of British India^^
1. Bombay Municipality.
1. There were 47 meetings of the Corporation, one attendance of Councillors to p rese
an address to His Excellency the Viceroy, 118 meetings of Committees of the Corporation
53 meetings of the Standing Committees and 50 meetings of the Sub-Committees.
Its. /,6v,oZo^ or wnien ivs. xequne LU ue leuevvtu. Xiio JJCU bdving or K,S. 1,71,8
was effected under the heads of " Gardens, 5 ' “Public Works Engineer's Department/ 5 N,
}} << LToalfb find MispAllnnpnns The net incrense in
Works," “Public Health’ 5 and “ Miscellaneous^ The net increase in expenditure was
Rs. 7,66,924, chiefly under the heads “ General Superintendence," “Public Gardens,” “New
Works," “City Improvement Trust Contribution," “ Education" and “Debt." The perma
nent increase in expenditure is estimated at Rs. 6,40,000 and the permanent increase in income
is Rs. 2,75,000.
3. The expenditure on Loan Works was Rs. 21,85,806 against Rs. 16,84 } 141 i n
preceding year, the increase being chiefly on “ Roads and Water Works." The expenditure on
plague measures was Rs. 2,00,915, a decrease of Rs. 22,413 compared with last year.
4. A loan of 15 Idkhs for Street Improvements and the first instalment of 15 Hkhs
of the loan for acquisition of sites for construction of various overbridges wore raised. The
Municipality paid Rs. 1,14,734 towards reduction of debt. The capital liabilities of the
Corporation increased from Rs. 5,20,22,939 to Rs. 5,49,08,205, against which the total Sinkirm
•Fund invested up to the close of the year amounted to Rs. 94 39,637, leaving a net liabilitv
of Rs. 4,54,68,568. J
5. The assets and liabilities of the Municipality were Rs. 8,03,31,656 and Rs. 5*77,22 417
or an increase of Rs. 53,86,323 and Rs. 28,92,648 respectively.
6. The General Tax was increased from 8 per cent, to 9£ per cent. The Water Tax
continued at 3| per cent, The incidence of taxation for 1909-1910 calculated on the figures
of the revised census of 1906 works out at Rs. 9-13-5 per head, the incidence last\ear
being Rs. 8-14-11. J
7. The amount collected under all heads exclusive of Miscellaneous Receipts and Toll Fees
was Rs. 73,66,179 against Rs. 66,01,970 collected in 1908-1909. The increase was partlv due
to inciease in the General Tax but chiefly to increase in rateable value. Complaints against
assessments were 5,013 against 4,5/6. There were 16 appeals to the Chief Judge, Small Causes
Court, of which 9 were settled out of Court and 6 were pending.
Mis^aneous Receipts amounted to Rs. 33,598 against Rs. 35,386 and receipts from Tolls
w c e ^ a ^’^ase of Rs. 2,500. The tax on vehicles and animals shewed a decrease
of Rs. 6,32b to Rs. 2,10,718.
p Kn ar f °c f Tjf metalled durin g the year was 43,78,749 square feet at a cost of
its. z,oU,18o, rates tor full metalling and full patching being 11-28 and 9*23 pies per square
oo r ^ s P^ ^ y* le woik of tarring the surface of roads was carried out at important
p aces m re oi . Twenty-nine miles out of 160 miles of roadway were disturbed during the
year by various agencies. J
9. One thousand thine hundred and sixty prosecutions were instituted for failure to comply
with notices, lesultmg in 339 convictions, 290 warnings and 533 withdrawals. Three hundred
and torty-two notices were issued for the removal of unsafe or ruinous buildiugs. Action
was taken for the removal of 960 inflammable and insanitary huts.
wa „ i 1 fi2Q rrh Tb limb f °/ gaS r a 5T WaS 4j78d ' au incr e a se of 352, and the number of oil lamps
was J,8.9. The cost of gas lighting was Rs. 2,96,980 and of oil lighting was Rs. 44,615.
atT^lJlir^Tn^ 1 - a n TanSa ^ a n G Was 101 ' 87 inches, at Vehar Lake 115-26 inches and
at Tulst Lake 127 05 inches against 90*18, 76-54 and 101*96 in lb08. There were 117 bursts
number u a p S r S i:2 4fo aSt yea1 '' 616 “ inC1 ' ea6e ° f 644 in connections, bringing the total
iere were 117 calls to fire, of winch 8 were false alarms. In 61 cases the services
ATZZtL damage to property aggregated Rs. 15,05,557
12. The.
a-ainsUts 23 57^' Yr U 7 l : / De f tlmated damage to property aggrej
• 2 ,91,104 and was the lowest amount since 1903-1904.