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Army Expenditure. — The expenditure in recent years is given as follows:

Tear ended March 31

1914 1915 1916

1917

£

19.7S9.239 20,336.559 B,MMI I 24.2C0.003

Tear ended March SI

1918 1919

1920 (Estimate)

1921 (Estimate)

£. 2S. 003, 904 42,907,293 55,483,300 BrUMM

Debt. — The debt of British India, bearing and not bearing interest, was 464,877,138*. at March 31, 1920, comprising 272,241,582*. in India, and 192,635,556*. in England.

Ont of India's contribution of 100,000,000*. to the cost of the war, 77,274,000*. representing the proceeds of the Indian War Loans raised in 1917 and 1918 have been paid to the British Government.

Finance of Separate Governments, and Local Finance. — The revenue and expenditure of each Government in 1918-19 were as follows : —

India (General) .... North-West Frontier Province

Madras

Bombav

Bengal

United Province* of Agra and Oudh

Punjab

Bnrma

Bihar and Orissa .... Central Province! ....

Assam

In England

Total. .

Revenue

Expenditure

R*.

Rs.

62,40,67,607

88,18,55,702

66,26,856

1,55,04,86$

19,22, 59,781

9,96,43,158

•26, 75.07,364

12.M, 08,684

25,52,34,107

8,54,64,767

12, 13,62.662

10,23/0,146

10,11,73,430

7.12.?

11,911,64,849

7,04.^

4,77,09,200

3,95,89,063

4,44,70.472

3,65. 01, 1*2

2,09,t.

1,89,63,714

3,84,34,940

35,44,42.42:.

1,83,88,66.210 .H.OSIZ.)

1,90.61,72,296 (127,078,U3I.)

The above excludes the revenue and expenditure of municipalities and of district and local boards. The income of the former is derived mainly from rates, octroi, taxes on houses, lands, vehicles and animals, tolls, and assessed taxes; and of the latter from leases on land. The revenue for 1918-19 of all municipalities which bank with Government treasuries was 7,082,939*. The expenditure was 6,658,408*. The revenue of district and local boards was 6,161,328*., and the expenditure 5,524,534*. The following table shows the amounts for the chief administrations in 1918-19 (in thousands of rupees) : —

Reven

ue

Expenditure

—

Munici-

District

Munici-

District

palities

Boards

palities

Boards

Madras ! 1,21,07

2,39,28

1,34,48

2.04,81

Bombay.

2.98,76

1,06,99

3,09,99

1,05,27

Bengal.

2,06,58

1,09,14

1.83,78

1,05,39

United Province*

1.19,01

1,35,78

1,04,51

1,17,80

Punjab.

I 84.55

94.91

70,85

81,43

Burma.

l,0:,4t!

69,83

82,89

58,65

Bihar and Orissa

33,60

85,25

33,17

77,70

Central Provinces

44,55

51,13

40,71

46,49

Assam 6,18

21,77

i,W

20,43