162 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
This gain to the Imperial treasury was distributed in the following proportion among the various Provinces :—
| Provinces | Increase of annual resources under the principal Provincial Heads of Revenue as estimated on comparison of 1882 and 1887 | Col3 | Col4 | Amount by which Annual Provincial Resources were reduced by the Revision of 1887 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land Revenue | Stamps and Excise | Total | ||
| C.P. ... Burma ... Assam ... Bengal ... N.W.P. ... Punjab ... Madras ... Bombay ... Total ... | £ 2,200 4,700 22,300 19,200 8,000 32,800 27,750 99,000 | £ 45,500 9,200 21,300 171,550 130,150 23,100 142,550 198,550 | £ 47,700 13,000 43,600 190,750 138,150 55,900 150,300 297,550 | £ 15,600 ... 24,600 103,600 100,000 ... 174,400 221,900 |
| 195,950 | 741,900 | 937,850 | 640,100 |
This would have been the net gain to the Imperial treasury had it not been for the fact that it conceded to Burma the sum of £ 10,000. The net gain was thus reduced to £ 530,100 per annum.
The condition of Provincial Finance during the period of
1887-92 may be judged from the following table presenting the annual surplus and deficit of each of the different Provinces :—
| Province | Annual Surpluses and Deficits | Col3 | Col4 | Col5 | Col6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887-8 | 1888-9 | 1889-90 | 1890-1 | 1891-2 | |
| C.P. ... Burma ... Assam ... Bengal ... N.W.P. & Oudh ... Punjab ... Madras ... Bombay ... | Rs. 13,148 77,028 7,751 131,007 —53,900 12,446 105,371 —24,574 | Rs. 22,583 11,560 26,343 —65,792 45,949 32,142 113,932 18,322 | Rs. —12,322 64,072 20,090 102,547 102,710 29,264 144,571 41,361 | Rs. —31,573 106,216 —17,871 —120,377 —12,544 31,367 —136,739 —123,887 | Rs. 17,540 50,598 31,185 —11,934 —4,399 —1,719 —241,770 —53,189 |
Compiled from the annual Finance and Revenue Accounts of the Government of India.
Revision of 1892-3
The next revision of provincial settlements under the rule of quinquennial revisions occurred in 1892-3. The new settlements to commence from that year did not differ in principle from those