'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎198v] (128/148)

Chap. V.
FINANCIAL
REVIEW.
Coins withdrawn. .
84
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
11909.
Rs. 1,24,74,110, an increase of Rs. 22,03,865 due to improvements in Customs
1910.
receipts.
and
2 . Withdrawals of uncurrent coin amounted to Rs. 10,371. Idght-weio-ht
i of Rs. 196 were cut and exchanged. Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 401 in reduced coins Coi ? s
ay
Encashment of
small silver.
Lost and mutilated
notes.
Frauds.
Gold transactions.
-Remittances.
value
to the tenderers.
3. Receipts of small silver fell
under report. Issues rose from Rs
coins were cut and “f tte
re turu e( j
l from Rs. 28,012 in 1908-1909 to Rs 11 457 •
. 80,338 to Ks. 1,45,775. This large'increase “ . the
l -- —— - -7 - -- — murease is /l y^ar
demand by merchants for small coin for payment of cotton pickers and also to the t QUe
of large amounts of small coin to the Sind and Frontier Treasuries. tr ^ lls ^ e tenee
4. Lost half and mutilated notes paid during the year on bonds of indemnit
the total value being Rs. 4,975. No notes were lost in the post. ^ amou htto89 ;
5. There were no detections during the year.
6 . Gold coin of the value of Rs. 48,390 was received from the niLr
Rs. 13,79,160 last year. Issues to the public aggregate Rs. 2,71,080, a decrease R
Sovereigns of the value of six lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees were received from Bombay Currency against R 8 ' ^
last year. The sovereigns were mostly taken by native merchants for the Pearl Fishery
t 7. Remittances of silver received from Bombay and other centres amount to R ^ n
against Rs. 15,35,000 last year. Issues aggregate Rs. 38,24-,000 ao-ainst Rg 8 ' 99
last year. There were no remittances of gold direct from currency during'’the year * 000
4. Land Revenue.
The total actual demand, excluding suspensions, amounted to Rs. 4 59 78 881 ™ •
Rs. 84 18,242 over the corresponding figures of the previous year. The Wlection* m0reas9 oE
to Ks. 4,41,12,179, showing an increase of B, 4<>Wl3. Tu the PrSu y Ur?
demand was larger m every district except Surat, East Khandesh, Poona SAM,-a K 1 ' t le
KatnAgm, the increase being about 3f Mkhs in the Northern Division over iV Hkh ?™!? 11
Central Division and over 20 | lAkhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in the Southern Division. In Sind the demand 1 tb
than that of the previous year by nearly 61 Ukhs, the decrease being confined to Tt w’"
Sukkur and the Upper Sind Frontier District. Collections improved hv 8 4 u?i, I ' 4 !' kfa , l * >
Northern Division by 19'5 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in the Central Division and by Vs lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees iUhe S ‘
Division, but in Sind collections fell by i-7 lAkhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The collection fell short of § ‘H™
4-1 Akhsin the Northern Division, (y 7-7 lAkhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in the CenW DWsion t 2 7
Southern Division and by 4*6 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in Sind The kro>P«f „ ’ n 111
Ahmednagar (2-2 lAkhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ), Kaira (1-7 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ),’ SAtara and Hyderabad'(P^ HbUia M ^
total arrears amounted to 18 6 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees compared with 25-4 lAkhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in the previoaf ytr. h ' ^
5- Irrigation Revenue.
IrrJtiUDeU^ thedir3C ‘ recei P fa o£ tl -
to the supply of water from canals Inks dUs tn Ud ,eTenUe r sessed with re{8reMe
Public Works Department. The works are also diVkwT- Cre ^ ted ° r maintamed . b y the
entirely new works and works restored or extensively improved hr which fil ^ inCiudeS
accounts are kept • the secoml in pin 1 ^ , 1 P rovea y 01 ^ w hich capital and revenue
for which only revenue accounts are kepM raUUS” e i m r tltain ® C \ by U r,e P artmellt and
neither capital nor revenue accounts are ken The dl works for which
which capitaland revenue acconntrarekejttre as fon?w e sU CeiPtS °“ ° f WOrkS £ ° r
( 1 ) Productive Public Works—
(«) Sind
(b) Deccan and Gujarat
( 2 ) Protective Public Works-
la) Deccan and Gujardt
(3) Minor Irrigation Works—
(a) Kind
(b) Deccan and Gujarat
Half Imperial and Saif Provincial.
Rs.
1,99,954
5,95,639
4,72,492
72,556
1,76,567
Total ... 15,17,208
...
The corresponding receipts for 1908-1909 were Rs 12 87 ORa t ?
revenue on account of works for whinb « u i e ^ e ^ ‘ 1 J r 8 G (Jb 4. The irrigation share of
works tor which capital and revenue accounts are kept was as follows
(1) Productive Public Works—
(a) Sind
. (b) Deccan and Gujarat
(2) Minor Irrigation Works
(a) Sind
(b) Deccan and Gujarat
Half Imperial and Half Provincial.
Total
Rs.
25,65,715
4,089
14,97,946
7,961
40,75,711