FINANCE

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States have agreed to conform to the British system. They levy varying rates of duty on opium exported from their territories for the China market, und such opium pays the Indian Treasury a duty which is at present fixed at Rs. 1,225 per chest when the pass is granted at Ajmere, and at Rs. 1,200 wlieu it is granted elsewhere.

The expenditure for the army for six years is given as follows : —

Year ended March 31

190S 1909 1910 1911

Year ended March 31

Rs.

27,97,10,000 28,7C>,5S,9S0 28,35,17,717 •JS,69.7t>,t)99

1912

(Revised)

1913

(Budget Estimate)

Rs.

29,41,66,000

28,62,70,000

The debt of British India, bearing and not bearing interest, was as follows in the years stated : —

Total Liabilities

At Marcli 31

In India

In England

Total

£

£

£

1901

90,407,865

133,435,379

223,843,244

1908

108,797,123

157,481,074

266,278,197

1909

111,410,849

166,973,369

278,393,218

1910

114,080,864

176,105,911

290,186,775

1911

116,452,480

182,998.335

299,450,815

1912

120,440,000

132,970,000

1

t 303.410,000

The revenue and expenditure of each Government in 1910-11 : —

Revenue

India (General)

Central Provinces and Berar .

Burma

Eastern Bengal and Assam

Bengal

United Provinces of Agra and Oudh

Punjab

North-West Frontier Province

Madras

Bombay

In England ....

Total

Rs.

29,5t;,30,7S2

3,53,65,363

8,78,93,378

4,89,84,588

23,52,09,885

11,15,17,.V22

6.95,47,882

46,57,428

14,34,77,833

16,33,14,580

1,46,37,855

1,21,02,37.096 (80.682,473/.)

Expenditure

Rs.

35,41,60,300 3,07,44,123 5,45,71,39S 3,91,99,003 8,66,28,571 6,64,34,774 5,07,14,204 1,02,13,529 7,53,93,284 8,94,10,148

29,37,23,445

1,15,11,92,779 (76,746,lS6f.)

The above excludes the receipts and charges of municipalities and of district and local boards. The income of the former is derived mainly from octroi, taxes on houses, lands, vehicles, and animals, tolls, and assessed taxes ; and of the latter from leases on land. The income for 1910-11 for all municipalities which bank with Government treasuries was Rs. 6,87,01,532, and expenditure Rs. 7,11,21,405 ; for district and local boards it was

Us. 5,11.11,778 and R.s. 4,92,55,059 respectively. The following table