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582 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

Minimum Rate for Council Bills. Col2 (9) s. d. 1 1.500 1 0.000 1 1.000 1 1.781 1 2.250 1 3.094 1 3.875 1 3.875 1 3.875 1 3.875 1 3.875 1 3.969 1 3.938 1 3.969 1 3.906 1 3.906 1 3.906 1 3.906 1 3.937 1 3.969 1 3.937 1 3.937 1 3.937 1 4.031 1 4.156 1 4.906
Cash Balances in the Home Treasury. (8) £ 1,300,564 1,503,124 3,393,798 2,832,354 2,534,244 3,145,768 3,330,943 4,091,926 6,693,137 5,767,787 7,294,782 10,262,581 8,436,519 5,606,812 5,738,489 8,453,715 15,809,618 18,174,349 19,463,723 9,789,634 3,157,732 7,913,236 12,803,348 11,391,993 16,625,416 14,715,827
Home Charges. (7) £ 15,826,815 15,707,367 15,603,370 15,795,836 16,198,263 16,303,197 16,392,846 17,200,957 17,368,655 18,361,821 18,146,474 19,463,757 18,617,465 19,208,408 18,487,267 18,925,159 19,122,916 19,581,563 19,957,657 20,279,572 20,311,673 20,208,598 20,109,094 21,145,627 26,065,057 23,629,495
Excess (+) or De- ficiency (—) of Bills drawn as compared with Budget Estimate. (6) £ – 9,169,765 – 94,898 + 664,492 – 973,453 – 3,493,923 + 2,692,377 + 2,067,022 - 3,139,723 + 2,039,071 + 1,999,946 + 6,859,303 + 7,925,558 + 14,333,973 + 15,357,196 – 1,867,938 – 4,584,574 + 10,896,586 + 11,283,303 + 9,900,250 + 10,259,706 + 10,000,827 — 12,251,889 + 13,354,517 + 29,093,095 + 34,880,682 + 20,946,314
Amount of Coun- cil Bills drawn. (5) £ 9,530,235 16,905,102 17,664,492 15,526,547 9,506,077 18,692,377 19,067,022 13,300,277 18,539,071 18,499,946 23,859,303 24,425,558 32,166,973 33,157,196 16,232,062 13,915,426 27,096,586 26,783,303 27,058,550 25,759,706 31,200,827 7,748,111 20,354,517 32,998,095 34,880,682 20,946,314
Net Imports of Treasure. Silver. (4) £ 000,000 8.3 3.4 3.7 3.5 5.4 2.6 2.4 6.3 4.8 4.6 9.1 8.9 10.5 16.0 13.0 8.0 6.3 5.8 3.6 11.5 8.7 5.9 3.2 12.5 12.7 45.3
Gold. (3) £ 000,000 – .39 – 2.7 1.5 1.4 3.2 4.3 6.3 .5 1.3 5.8 6.6 6.5 .3 9.9 11.6 2.9 14.5 16.0 25.1 22.6 15.6 5.1 – .7 8.82 16.8 – 3.7
Balance of Trade (Merchandise: Private Account). (2) £ 21,660,500 25,765,000 29,963,800 21,333,100 18,847,000 29,560,700 25,509,600 20,727,400 28,630,600 33,352,600 45,424,100 40,548,200 39,086,700 45,506,600 31,640,000 21,173,300 47,213,000 53,685,300 59,512,900 57,020,900 43,753,900 29,108,500 44,026,600 60,843,200 61,420,000 56,540,000
Years. (1) 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900 1900-01 1901-02 1902-03 1903-04 1904-05 1905-06 1906-07 1907-08 1908-09 1909-10 1910-11 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 1914-15 1915-16 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19