THE EVOLUTION OF PROVINCIAL FINANCE IN BRITISH INDIA - Page 156

BUDGET BY ASSIGNED REVENUES 141

Central Provinces [1]

In the case of the Central Provinces the following additional

items were incorporated in its budget:— Col3 Col4
Heads of Charge Grants as already fixed for 1877-78 Retrench- ment Proposed Net Consolidated Grants
Refunds of Excise, Stamp, Law and Justice and Miscellaneous. Excise ... ... ... ... Stamps ... ... ... ... Land Revenue exclusive of settlement charges Administration (exclusive of Account and Currency Office). Minor Departments (exclusive of Meteorology and Archaeology). Law and Justice ... ... ... Stationery and Stamps ... ... Miscellaneous (excepting Remittance of Treasure and Discount on Supply Bills. Add— Existing allotment for provincial ... services Total Grant for Services to be borne upon the Central Provinces Budget. Rs. 47,000 52,000 14,000 6,66,000 3,39,000 4,000 6,91,000 69,000 5,000 27,73,000 Rs. ... ... ... 90,000 ... Rs. 47,000 52,000 14,000 17,74,000 27,73,000
46,60,000 ... 45,70,000

To meet these charges the Government of Central Provinces was authorized to appropriate the yield of the following sources

of revenue :— Col2 Col3 Col4 Col5
Heads of Revenue Assigned Estimated Yield in 1876-7 Estimated Yield at the Assumed Rate of Growth in
1877-8 1878-9 1979-80
Excise ... ... ... Stamps ... ... ... Law and Justice ... ... Miscellaneous (excepting Premium on Bills, undrawn Bills of Exchange and any unenumerated items exceeding Rs. 10,000 each). Total ... Rs. 13,90,000 9,70,000 1,67,000 7,000 Rs. 14,50,000 9,75,000 1,75,000 7,000 Rs. 15,10,000 9,80,000 1,83,000 7,000 Rs. 15,70,000 9,85,000 1,91,000 7,000
... 26,07,000 26,80,000 27,53,000

Compiled from the Gazette referred to above.

1 Gazette of India, Part I, dated June 2, 1877, p. 274.