'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎275v] (134/150)

Chap. V.
FINANCIAL
review.
Consumption and
price.
Fish-curing.
Revenue and
expenditure.
Offences.
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT. U 9l0
94 . 911
of salt produced locally and of salt imported by private
3 . The consumption bot a i toge ther to 418,945 maunds, showing an in^
from Europe a n d the ^3 previous year. The average consumption p g er
of 15,264 maunds over that o P [o ^ s year> The decrease in the rate of consum
p-8i lbs. against 10*35 lbs. P xpog-igio the rate was calculated on a nn^^ 101 *
P er head is however due to the ^“hatm^oy^^ ^ it ^
of 3 , 210,910 accorfing J th . to the Census of 1911 . The average wholesale n r ; r A°“
price
t 3 , 210,910 uccuiumg ^ — V ^ thp rensus of ton. 1 hi
population of 3,5i3>73 2 ' g i n the year 1909 - 1910 .
maund was Rs. 1 - 14-9 gainst Rs. 1 - 14-8 m ,ne y ^ ^ y ^
. At the Shamspir yard 1,214 maunds of salt were issued at Re. 1 per maund for curW
5,216 maunds offish. P The figures for last year are 1,43* and 9,739 maunds respectively. g
- mhe p-ross receipts rose from Rs. 4,84,4 ° 1 t0 Rs * 4,96,9 02 , and the expenditure f e lt
from Rs. 1^20 to Rs. .,79,*74- The percentage of charges to gross recerpts was 3 ^
against 38*36 in the previous year.
6 . The number of offences against the salt laws detected during the year was 40 against
55 in the preceding year.
3 .— Aden.
Receipts amounted to Rs. 32,616 against Rs. 17,070 in the previous year the increase
beinrr chiefly due to a sum of Rs. 14,000 received as rent of land leased for salt manufacture
in the years 1909 and 19 * 0 . The income from excise duties and royalties was Rs. 16 , 926 .
Expenditure was Rs. 1,908 against Rs. 2,151 m 1909 - 1910 . The net revenue was Rs. 30 , 708 ,
an increase of Rs. r 5 , 788 . The total quantity of salt removed from the Arab salt pans at
Sheikh Othman was 84,149 maunds (of 28 lbs. each), against 85,249 maunds in the preceding
vear Imports into British territory increased from 12,301 maunds to 16,894 maunds, while
the amount exported to the interior of Arabia decreased by nearly 6,000 maunds. The new
salt-works of Messrs. A. & J. Lallji exported 190 tons during the year The quantity
exported by the Italian Salt-works Company was 68 , 830 ^ tons against 60 , 259 ! tons in
1909 - 1910 . No offence against the salt laws was detected during the [y ear.
10 . Excise.
General.
Changes during
the year.
Country spirit
For details the Report on the Administration of the Excise Department for the year 1910-1911 and tables under
Excise printed in Part IV of the Statistics of British India.
1.—Presidency Proper.
1. The principal sources of Excise revenue 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. are (i) the manufacture
and sale of country spirit and malt liquor: ( 2 ) the tapping of palm trees and sale 1 ° 7-
( 3 ) the sale of liquor imported from foreign countries : ( 4 ) the manufacture and sale 0 emp
drugs : ( 5 ) the sale of opium and its preparations for local consumption.
2 . The following material changes were introduced during the year : -( 1 ) The ^ oun |T
liquor shops in the districts of Ahmedabad, Nasik and Dharwar were offered at fees cacuae
from the previous year’s sales to the licensee in possession or, in his default, to the licensee 0 ^
the next preceding year. Failing both licensees the shops were disposed of by p mon&
approved applicants, as in the year 1909 - 1910 . ( 2 ) Liquor at the strength of 40 U. • was-
substituted for that of 6 o° (J. P. as an experimental measure in the talukas of Matar, asra
and Kapadvanj of the Kaira district. ( 3 ) The rates of still-head duty on mhowra an ^0 y
spirit and the maximum selling prices were raised in certain areas. ( 4 ) The Dabhol Dis 1 y
in the Ratnagiri district was re-opened. ( 5 ) The rents in respect of Government disu e ^
for the manufacture of mhowra spirit and of bonded warehouses were revised on the asis
an actual valuation of the buildings. These rents now include a charge on account 0
which will in future be undertaken by Government. ( 6 ) The ordinary limit of possession ^
transport in the case of cocaine was reduced from 6 grains to ^ of a grain,. and the sa . e ssue( j
of its synthetic preparations was brought under restrictions. ( 7 ) The price 0 R 1Uir * 1 per
from Government Depots was raised in the course of the year from Rs. 12 ! to s. 2 ^
pound in Sind, Aden, Rajkot, Sadra, Palanpur, Baroda Cantonment, Ahmedabad, ^ ira ’ j. 0 f
Mahals, Broach, Surat and Bombay City, and from Rs. 11 to Rs. 12 per p ° un 6 in r an teens
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. . ( 8 ) The sale of imported spirits and fermented liquors at Military ^
established under the “Canteen Tenant System” was brought under proper con
Additional excise establishments were entertained in the Thana, Poona and Bij a P a . n t|j e
to control the tapping and transport of toddy, and in the Thana district for p a r
Nagar-Aveli frontier. ^ ^
3 . 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. P r °P er o arn( 5 0 ) o4,435
Rs. 1, 1 1,45, 91:8 against Rs. 1 , 01 , 41,483 in the previous year, an increase of f* i ur ’i n g the
or 10 per cent. The only districts in which changes of still-head duty were ma g oin bay
year were Ahmedabad, Sholapur, Dharwar, Ratnagiri and the Town and Islan option
The rates on toddy spirit in Bombay were raised with the object of checking con bring th&
that spint and encouraging that of raw toddy, while those in Ratnagiri were nus on
duty on toddy spirit with the drawback on a level with that on mhowra spirit-
jnhovv ra :
phe n 101 '
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In none <
payment 1
Rs. i°> 4 ]
Thana.
revenue 1
in the p
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show
Bombay
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manufact
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by i 8 , 74 (
There wa
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168,268 1
with the
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rate was 1
4 -
previous
Rs. 11,95
distillatioi
chiefly on
trees tapp
raw toclci
Licenses i
increase.
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the tree
In the ren
to 189,59-
an increa
gallons or
1909-191 (
spirit shov
. 5 - 1
is due to
to 277,71
Rs. 1,86,;
advance j
gallons th
largely fi c i
made goo
ln number
6 . L
acres. T 1
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maunds of
the year.
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