THE EVOLUTION OF PROVINCIAL FINANCE IN BRITISH INDIA - Page 158

BUDGET BY ASSIGNED REVENUES 143

Besides the receipts accruing from the already incorporated services the Government of India assigned to the Government of Bombay the following sources of revenue :—

A SSIGNED R EVENUES (ooo omitted)

Heads of revenue assigned Esti- mated Yield in 1876-77 Estimated Yield at the Assumed Rate of Growth in Col4 Col5 Col6 Col7
1877-8 1978-9 1979-80 1880-1 1881-2
I Land Revenue (receipts of Inamdari adjustments and service commutations). IV. Excise ... ... ... Stamps ... ... ... Law and Justice ... ... Total ... Miscellaneous (excepting gain by exchange, premium on Bills, and on Money Orders, lapsed Money Orders, Sales, Proceeds of Durbar Presents and unenumerated items— exceeding Rs. 10,000 each). Total ... Rs. 5,199 Rs. 6,624 Rs. 6,624 Rs. 6,624 Rs. 6,624 Rs. 6,624
3,946 4,186 277 4,000 4,300 270 4,100 4,350 270 4,200 4,500 270 4,300 4,550 270 4,400 4,600 270
... 52 8,570 70 8,720 70 8,970 70 9,120 70 9,270 70
... 15,264 15,414 15,664 15,814 15,964

Compiled from the Gazette of India.

The adjusting assignments to cover the difference between the expenditure and revenue incorporated in the Bombay Budget were as follows :—

Year Assignments Rs.

1877-78 ... ... ... 1,53,20,000

1878-79 ... ... ... 1,51,70,000

1879-80 ... ... ... 1,49,20,000

1880-81 ... ... ... 1,47,70,000

1881-82 ... ... ... 1,46,20,000

These assignments, it must be noted, were subject to the same proviso as obtained in the case of the Central Provinces.

Punjab

The only remaining Provincial Budget that was framed on the principle of assigned revenues was that of the Punjab.