‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [‎264r] (75/192)

1919 - 1920 .] LOCAL BOARD ADMINISTRATION—MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION. 51 ChapteP Hi.
PROTECTION-
3 . The total expenditure rose from Es. 1,06,16,120 to Es. 1,23,46,228. Expenditure.
Expenditure on education increased from Es. 53,49,343 to Es. 63,19,490, and
on medical relief from Es. 6,58,924 to Es. 8,48,756. The aggregate closing
balance was Es. 41,43,354 as against Es. 31,83,092. No district had its
closing balance below the prescribed minimum expect the Upper Sind
Frontier district.
4 . As in former years the largest item of expenditure under civil works Works,
was upon communications.
11.—Municipal Administration.*
For details see the Administration Report of the Municipal Commissioner for the City of Bombay for the year
1919-20, the Report on Municipal Taxation and Expenditure for the Bombay 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. including Sind for the
year 1919-20 and tables under Municipalities printed in Part VIII of the satistics of British India.
1.—Bombay Municipality.
1 . There were one hundred and eighteen meetings of the Corporation Genetai.
and 97 meetings of the Committees other than those of the Standing Commit
tee. There were 53 regular meetings of the Standing Committee and 7 meet
ings of the Sub-Committees thereof.
2 . The year opened with a working cash balance of Bs. 75,09,317 which Dkande
included Bs. 13,67,073 representing grants for previous years to be renewed,
and Rs. 6,86,961, the value of stores in hand, and closed with a balance of
Rs. 75,16,967, of which Bs. 17,65,909 represented renewals for 1919-20 and
previous years, Bs. 6,07,799, the value of stores in hand, Bs. 1,00,000, the
minimum cash balance required by law, Bs. 15,71,247, the contribution payable
to the City Improvement Trust in the following year, and Bs. 2,02,842, the
amount advanced for the purchase of plant and machinery. The income
realized during the year was Bs. 1,83,16,928 and the expenditure Bs. 1,83,09,277.
The rates of taxation remained unchanged, but the income realized was
Rs. 9,42,743 in excess of the figure for the previous year. The incidence of
taxation rose from Bs. 15-14-2 to Bs. 16-9-2. As the increase in expenditure has
outgrown the expansion of income, several proposals for extending the basis
0 f taxation and opening up fresh sources of revenue engaged the attention
0 f the Corporation. Effect was given to some of the proposals, while others
w ere still under consideration.
3. The total outlay on loan works fell from Bs. 22,10,033 to Bs. 11,60,695, Loan mid plague
the decrease of Bs. 7,49,338 being due chiefly under Buildings and Sanitary expenditure.
Structures and Boads and Overbridges. Plague expenditure decreased from
Rs. 1,26,506 to Bs. 1,18,404.
4. To carry out the programme of loan works Bs. 40 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees were borrowed Debt and sinking
from the public and the loan of Bs. 30 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees from the Bank of Bombay funcL
in the previous year was renewed. Beduction of debt during the year
amounted to Bs. 55,162. The capital liabilities of the Corporation were
therefore increased from Bs. 7,69,06,638 to Bs. 8,08,51,477. Against this debt
the total sinking fund invested up to 31st March 1920 totalled Bs. 2,31,81,476
and the outstanding debentures of the Drainage Loan of 1878 not presented
for payment (but covered by a renewed grant) amounted to Bs. 27,500 leaving
a net debt liability of Bs. 5,76,42,501.
5. The assets of the municipality at the end of the year amounted to Assests and liabili-
Rs. 13,24,18,223 and the liabilities to Bs. 9,18,79,614, the excess of assets over ties -
liabilities being Bs. 4,05,38,609, an increase of Bs. 12,43,724.
6 . The total amount collected under all heads, exclusive of tolls, mis- Assessment and
oellaneous receipts and fees, rose from Ids. 1,25,25,410 to Bs. 1,29,71,248.
Ihe final gross assessment increased from Bs. 8,29,75,130 to Bs. 8,58,18,734,
me number of properties assessed having risen from 64,670 to 65,585. The
total outstanding dues at the end of the year were Bs. 1,28,81,387.
7. The number of applications for permission either to build or to rebuild Regulation of streets
hous es, etc., was 3,556, against 2,668 in the previous year. In all 2,024 notices and bml in§s *
^ ere issued to house owners. The number of prosecutions was 1,09b against
j019 in the previous year. Of these cases, 430 were withdrawn on compliance
* Information under the head “ Education ” is not given for want of materials.