OOTACAMUND,
1 7th May 1897.
(Signed)
W. M. STANDEN;
Director.
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No. 578, -REVENUE, 16TH JULY 1 897.
No. 11.
STOCK account of the Government Cinchona Plantations, Nilgiris, for the year ending :31st
March 1897.
Rs.
A. p.
Value of chemicals in store on 31st March
1896.
6,420 5 2
„
of quinine in store on 31st March
1896, lb. 2,880 at Rs, 18.
51,840 0 0 i
„
of febrifuge in store on 31st March
1896, lb. 1,564 at Rs. 10.
15,640 0 0
,,
of cinchonidine in store on 31st
March 1896, lb. 21¾ at Rs. 12 . .
261 0 0
„
of quinine in stock with Collectors,
3,576 . 31 packets ar Re. 1.
3,576 5 2
„
of quinine in stock with postmasters,
3,415 packets at Re. 1.
.
3,415 0 0
,,
of lb. 300,030 bark in store at '
As.4-3.61 per lb.
!
80 655
,
4 3
Total ..
;
1,61,507 14 7
Rs.
A. P.
Value of chemicals in store on 31st March
1897.
7,532 5 9
„
of quinine in store on 31st March 1897,
11). 4,862½ at Rs. 18 per lb.
87,525 0 0
„
of febrifuge in store on 31st March
1897, lb. 1,226.½ at, Rs. 10 per 1b.
12,265 0 0
„
of quinine in stock with Collectors on
31st, March 1897, 3,323-15 packets
at Re. 1.
3,323 2 6
of quinine in stock with postmasters,
7,865 packets at, Re. 1.
7,865 0 0
„
of lb. 141,975 ba r k o f p r e v i o u s y e a r s a t
As. 4-3 . 61 per lb.
38,163 2 9
u
of lb. 104,776
b a r k ,
1 8 9 6-
9 7
c r o p
a t
As. 4-2 . 74 per lb.
27,693 11 0
Total
1,84,367 6 0
No. 12
Balance sheet for the year 1896-97.
R s .
A. P'.
Value of stock:as above on 31st, March 1896 .. 1 , 61807 I 4 7
Outstandings due to department on 31st
March 1896.
10,634 13 0
Total expenditure on plantations and head
office.
: 49,387 ,
15 1
Total expenditure on Quinologist's department. 28,929 12
0
Balance representing profit for the year
..
84,001 12 10
Total
. ,3,34,762 3 6
RS.
A. P.
Va1ae of stock
a s a b o v e o n 3 1 s t M a r c h 1 8 9 7 . 1,84,367 6 0
By cash on account of outstandings of previ- i
ous year.
10,634 13 0
By sale of 2,880 lb. quinine, 1895-96 stock. 52,258 5 6
„
of 1.585¾ l b . f e b r i f u g e ; a n d
c i n c h o n i -
dine, 1895-96 stock.
16,019 0 6
By sale of quinine and febrifuge, 1896-97
outturn.
67,329 1 3
By sale of 16. 2,046 bark. • •
• •
475 6 5
„ Percentage of Quinologist's fees ..
..
!1 9 S
„ sale of jalap .,
*,*
- •
"
..
792 3 8
.
„ iniseelancous rccmpts
....
..
t6 1 2
6
,, out standings due for quinine and. febri-
fug,...
2,867 9 0
Total .. 3,34,762 3 6
READ-—the following letter from W.M. STANDEN, Esq., Director of the Government
Cinchona Plantations, Nilgiris, to the Secretary to Government, Revenue
Department, dated Ootacamund, 17th June 1897, - No. 37:—
T The Accountant-General, Madras, has just furnished this office with a cop y o f h i s
Consolidated Civil Budget Estimate of Receipts of this Department for 1896-97, has
been entered as Rs. 1, 18, 000, whereas the sum sancti oned by Government for the
above in G.O., No. 830, Financial, dated the 2nd December 1896, is Rs. 1,00,000.
Similarly the Budget Estimate of Receipts for 1897-98 has been entered b y the above
officer as Rs. 1,15,000, while the sum allotted by Government in the above-quoted
Government Order is Rs. 1,00,000.
2. Further, the Revised Estimate of expenditure for 1896-97 is given by the
Accountant-General as Rs. 79,100, whereas that sanctioned by Government in G.O.,
No. 830, Financial, of 2nd December 1896, is Rs. 78,900 ; and the Budget Estimate of
Expenditure is given as Rs. 84 ,8 00, while the sum allotted by Government in the above
Government Order is Rs. 85,100.
3 . I h a v e t h e h o n o u r t o r e p o r t t h e a b o v e i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h m y A n n u a l
T
Administration Report on the Government Cinchona Plantations for 1896-97 now
before Government.