'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎201r] (133/148)

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nroved appli can ^ s ^ ^ ees ascertained to be proper. In other districts auctions
to ^ut if the bidding rose to 25 per cent, above the ascertained limit, the license was
tf ere , j ^ one of the bidders selected by the Collector. ( 2 ) To give greater advantages to
Pf^ in the unfermented state, tree-foot booths were given not by auction but on a fee of
tod 10 or Rs. 20 with a limit of 50 trees, tapping fee was abolished and provisions for the
vatioa toddy were inserted in the licenses. (3) In the mofussil a change was made
P re !fp license for sale of foreign liquors to prevent consumption on the premises and a
in. r® f e e of Rs. 100 was imposed. (4) The minimum strength for the sale of foreign
nilflin 1 . flif.v wn.s rednrwl -from 1 fS 0 IT P ■i-.n IT P h._
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. - fs i n Bombay City was reduced from 15° U. P. to 35° U. P. in the case of gin and to
s ?oTT. P. ^ the case of other spirits. (5) Licensees were required to keep half-dram
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res. ( 6 ) I^nty on malt liquor manufactured at Dapuri was raised from 2 to 3 annas
IIieaS alien from 25th February 1910 in sympathy with the increased import duties. (7) Still-
P er F 0 n mhowra spirit was raised in several places by amounts not exceeding 4 annas
aU( i 2 annas on 60° U. P. and on toddy spirit in Bombay and the Konkan. (8) The
0 jV r i revenue of the Sachin State was leased to the British Government for the period
f 6 years from 1st April 1909 on payment of a yearly compensation of Rs. 22,635, and the
ot . r -V leases of the Chiefs and Tdlukddrs of the Rewa Kantha Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. were renewed up
^Tlst Jnly 19ld on revised compensation. (9) A member of the Home Excise Depart-
t was appointed Distillery Expert and was employed in visiting the distilleries and
Resting improvements.
2 The total receipts from still-head duty in 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 amounted to Country spirit,
•D a 1 01 41,483 compared with Rs. 91,84,382 in the previous year. The Thana and Koldba
f •' s were renewed to the previous holders without competition but the minimum guarantees
ar ra i s ed by sums ranging from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 50,000. Besides these, Ratnagiri,
STara (Coast) and Sankheda Mewas were under the district monopoly system and the
Sa°hin State was farmed out on a minimum guarantee of Rs. 20,000. In none of the guaran
tees fixed had any deficiencies to be made good by the farmers. The payments of still-head
i - exceeded the guarantees by amounts ranging from Rs. 11,493 in Kdnara (coast t&lukas) to
fts 1 37 304 in the Sdlsette, Basseinand Mahim Tdlukas. The revenue from license fees in the
contract supply and separate shop districts was Rs. 9,75,006 against Rs. 12,94,875 in the pre
vious year. These figures include arrears. The amount for which shops were actually sol dwas
Bs 9 37,792 a decrease of Rs. 3,05,276, due to the introduction of the reform outlined in the
first paragraph. The decrease is spread over all districts except Panch Mahals, Poona and
West Khdndesh. The revenue from license fees for the sale of country spirits in the City of
Bombay amounted to Rs. 6,77,599 compared with Rs. 6,50,369. Excluding arrears, the fees
payable for the year were Rs. 6,63,938, a decrease of Rs. 64,606. Revenue from the out-still
or"lump-farming system, now surviving only in the Akrani Tract of West Khandesh, decreased
by Rs. 3,350 to Rs. 7,000. Other miscellaneous receipts amounted to Rs. 56,383 against •
fis 67 609 in the previous year. About Rs. 43,000 of these receipts are made up by sale-
proceeds of distillery plant at Ahmedabad and Dhdrwar. Toddy spirit was manufactured
only in Bombay Ratnagiri and Kanara (coast). In the two former there was a _ decrease of
13 844 ballons and 12,999 gallons 25° U. P. respectively. In Kdnara (coast) the increase was
900 gallons. The number of retail shops licensed was 2,237 or 196 less than
in the previous year; 60 shops were closed in the larger towns of 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. on the
recommendation of local committees and 107 in the rural areas on the recommendation
of Collectors. The total sales of country spirit were more by 44,7 82 proof gallons than those
of 1908-1909 and less by 54,626 proof gallons than the average sales for the preceding five
years. The increases are most noticeable in East Khandesh, Nasik, Thana, Bijapur, bdtaia
and Bombay which have increases varying from 24,599 gallons m th ® first to p 4j2 , Ul -S al ,
in the last. Decreases are most noticeable m Surat (19,459 gallons), Panch Mabdls
(7,446 gallons), and Ahmedabad (5,680 gallons). The rate
Bombay, ;.<?, 24*5 drams per head of population compared with 26-9 drams on average
the preceding five years. The consumption was lowest in Kaiia, ia * £
average rate for 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 was 7-3 drams compared with 7”5, the aveiage ot t
preceding five years.
3. The revenue from toddy has decreased by Rs. 13,590 to Rs. 18,02,998. The tree-tax Tod, ^
amounted to Rs. 12,17,945 against Rs. 10,62,241. Receipts from license
of toddy fell from Rs. 7,42,708 in 1908-1909 to Rs. 5 , 80 , 798 , owing o booths,
of competitions at auction sales, closure of sfiops and competioion wi p ,, £ West
The system of toddy farms was introduced for the first time m the Navapui Peth
Khandesh. There was a deficiency of Rs. 2,464 in the mmimurn revenue from
guaranteed by the farmer in Kdnara (above-ghdts) which he made goo . ^ ^
licensed for tapping was 275,128 against 263,012 in all dis nets except Bombay wherejne
number of trees tapped for sale of toddy as well as for distillation was > J a || ons chiefly
only 29 trees. The total sales of toddy increased during the year by 7, / _ « g 0C( J urred ^
in Thana, Ratndgiri, ShoUpur, Belgaum, Bijdpur, Surat and Poon . ^ include toddy
Dharwar, K&nara (above-ghdts) and Broach. These figures, eweve , ,. destroyed from
drawn under domestic consumption licenses, nor do they distmguis ' s J
toddy consumed. . . „ . ^
4. The revenue from malt U y m 0 ; o ^^;yjnertnted 2 ll5uo7 S B %tfreveZlfom “15^
a decrease m issues due to larger imports ot foreign te compared with last year's tariff rates.
license fees amounted to Rs. 2,19,694, an increase of Rs. 13,955 compaieu j
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