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Chap. Ill*
PROTECTION.
Licenses.
Markets.
Educational.
General.
Income.
Expenditure.
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appeared fro^ sffSl-pox^meSes^evers, diaihrea and dysentery and^lse^'
th! rCir'atot system show an increase. The number of births ,was ig.g^agamst , 9 , 8 39 m th °'
asies, icvcib, diseases nf
The number of births was 19,939 against i 9j 8 3 q m .r
si*a “ " d “
14-
d midwives attachea to me 000^
The amount collected on account of license fees was Rs. 87,806, compared with
Rs 85,37! in the previous year. The number of licenses rssued was 7,540. Pr 0secution h s
mimbered 2,307 and the fines imposed amounted to Rs. 3,965.
, 5 The total revenue from markets and slaughter-houses amounted to Rs. 4,88,607, ail
• 5 '„f Rs ™ 6 ia The number of buffaloes slaughtered increased from 4,34! to 5 , I3o
mcrease , horned cattle decreased from 44,322 to 40,544. The number of sheep and
whde that of other a f unwho i es o me meat destroyed was 94,557 lb s . against
goats killed ntevfous year? U V number of convictions on this account rose fromt ^
loathe amount of fines inflicted by 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. Magistrates rose from Rs. 665 to Rs. 3 , 0 9
The total quantity of unwholesome food destroyed was 205,277 lbs. against 241,774 lb s . f n
the preceding year.
16 The number of municipal schools rose from 114 to 127 and o pupils from 1 i )55g to
T * F i V e of the new schools were Marathi, 4 Gujarati and 4 ; Urdu. The expenditure rose
fromRs 2 88 202 to Rs. 3,30,891, and the total cost per pupil was Rs. 22-2 compared with
^ 2 rq^n the preceding year. Aided schools decreased from 113 to 112 but the p up il s
increased from 11,455 to 11,661. The total grant to these schools increased from Rs. 34,098
to Rs. 36,053.
2. District Municipalities.
1 The number of municipalities 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. remained 157, the decrease due to
the abolition of the Bhadgaon Municipality having been counterbalanced by the establish,
ment of a new' municipality at Panchgam in the Satara district. Out of the total number
14 were city municipalities at the beginning of the year and 5 others were subsequently
raised to this status. Forty-four municipalities were composed entirely of nominated
members The privilege of selecting their own President was conferred during the year on
the municipalities of Kapadvanj, Bandra and Wii and was withdrawn from the municipalities
of Kumpta and Ratnagiri. Four municipalities received the right to elect half their councillors,
and the privilege of electing two-thirds, which is conditional upon the appointment of a
Chief Officer, was accepted by the municipalities of Pandharpur, Belgaum and Dharwar. The
Raiapur Municipality was superseded by a special committee of management for a period of
three years. The Kaira Municipality continued under suspension, and the period of super-
session of the Ahmedabad Municipality was extended for a furthei period of two years.
2 The aggregate income of the municipalities excluding items under the he3.d
Extraordinary and Debt was Rs. 74 > 79,349 compared vyith Rs. 80,74,820 in the previous year.
The decrease is almost entirely due to the smaller receipts of municipalities in Sind, where
the aggregate revenue derived from rates and taxes fell by Rs. I2 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees and the revenue from
municipal property by Rs. 6‘86 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . 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 there was an increase of
nearly Rs. i^- lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in the Northern Division, chiefly on account of increased receipts from
municipal rates and taxes. The other two divisions show slight decreases which are the net
result of considerable fluctuations. In the Central Division a rise in the revenue from rates
and taxes and from Government and local fund grants was counterbalanced by a marked
decrease in the realizations from the pilgrim tax in Nasik due to the closure of the Sinhast
period. The Pandharpur Municipality also received a smaller grant. In the Southern
Division there was an increase under rates and taxes and in realizations from municipal
property, the latter item being accounted for by sales of building land by the Gadag-Bedgeri
Municipality. On the other hand there w r as a decrease in local fund grants, the Dharwar
Local Board having contributed half a lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in the previous year towards the Dharwar water-
supply project. The aggregate receipts under the head Extraordinary and Debt rose from
Rs. 11,28,282 to Rs. 22,36,982. About half of the increase under this head appears in the
Northern Division, chiefly on account of a loan of Rs. 3,93,500 which was locally raised by the
Ahmedabad Municipality. An increase of Rs. 3 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in Sind is due to loans raised by the
Municipalities of Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur. The aggregate income from taxation was
Rs. 49,75,034, showing a net decrease of Rs. 26,333. The incidence of taxation was highes
in Alandi (Rs. 7-12-1) and Karachi (Rs. 5-4-11), but the percentage in the case 0
Alandi is swollen by the realizations from the pilgrim tax. The low r est incidence of taxation
was Re. 0-3-5 Panchgani. The incidence of income varied from Rs. 8-12-6 in Alan 1 0
Re. 0-7-4 in the Yamakanmardi Municipality in the Belgaum district.
3. The aggregate expenditure w r as Rs. 96,72,927 involving an increase of Rs. 12,02,064^
The Northern Division show r s an increase of Rs. 10 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees which is shared by a num er ^
municipalities and is chiefly due to a larger outlay on establishment, lighting, drainage an
public buildings. In the Central Division an increase of nearly one lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees appears mainly un ^
the heads education, general administration and public safety. In the Southern 1VIS1 0 ^
increased expenditure on roads, water-supply schemes and education caused a net increa ’j S fj { j ls
Rs. 2-21 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . In Sind the contraction of revenue was met by a decrease of Rs. 1 35 a .^
in expenditure. The closing balances of the municipalities amounted to Rs. 47 ^ 5> 2 5 a&al
Rs. 46,79,016 in the previous year.