2 6TH JULY 1894, Nos. 481, 481A, 481B, 481C, REVENUE.
(2) Wood.—The rainfall on this plantation during the past year was 73.69
inches as against 56.81 inches in the year before. This was spread over 171 days.
and was 16.88 inches more than what had been gauged during the previous year.
I I . F I NANC I AL —( a ) R e c e i p t s . —I nSeptember 1892, when framing the budget
estimate of receipts for the year 1893-94, Rs. 90,000 was entered as the budget
estimate on the assumption that, if nothing untoward happened, 5,000 lb of quinine
and 3,000 lb of febrifuge would be manufactured during the year and the value of
these drugs at the then fixed rate would be Rs. 96,875; but, considering that it was
very doubtful if the whole of these drugs would be sold, it was thought better to
adopt the lower figure of Rs. 90,000. At the same time it was specially pointed out
that even this lower figure could not be guaranteed. In their order (vide
No. 1101, dated the 28th October 1892, Revenue), Government accepted Rs. 90,000
as the budget estimates on the consideration that the demand on the part of the
public for these drugs was likely to gradually increase—an anticipation which unfor
- tunately has not been realized.
In September 1893, when sending in the revised estimates for the year, the
sum originally suggested of Rs. 90,000 was reduced to Rs. 74,000 on the consideration
that as the indents for quinine and febrifuge from the Medical Departments of
Madras and Bombay had fallen below what had been hoped for, it became certain
that the sum of Rs. 90,000 would not be reached; up to the date of writing, viz.
September 1893, only Rs. 60,655 had been realized; and it was not probable that
this sum would be increased by Rs. 30,000 before the close of the year. In their
order on the revised estimates, viz., G.O., No. 937, dated the 26th October 1893,
Revenue, Government adopted Rs. 74,000 for the year.
Against this anticipated income of Rs. 74,00.0 the actual receipts have been
Rs. 69,337-6-10, detailed thus:—
RS. A. P.
Value of quinine supplied to the Medical Stores Depart-
ments of Madras and Bombay and private parties
33,066 3 7
Value of febrifuge supplied to the Medical Stores Depart-
ments of Madras and Bombay and private parties
35,307 8 0
Value of bark sold to the above mentioned Medical Depart-
ments and Messrs Kemp & Co., Bombay
705 8 4
Miscellaneous, viz., sale of seed and plants, percentage of
Quinologist's fees, &c.
258 2 11
Total
69,337 6 10
The above sum of Rs. 69,337-6-10, however, does not include the value of 2,950
packets of quinine supplied on their indents to Collectors of their several districts
during the year. If this be added, it will make the total receipts for the year
Rs. 72,287-6-10, and this is Rs. 17,712-9-2 below the budget estimate, and
Rs. 1,712-9-2 less than the revised estimate, and. Rs. 1,920-10-4 less than the actuals
of the last year.
(b) E x p e n d i t u r e . — I n S e p t e m b e r 1 8 9 2 , w h e n s u b m i t t i n g t h e b u d g e t e s t i m a t e s , .
Rs. 90,000 was proposed, that is, Rs. 7,000 in excess of the sum granted by Govern-
ment for the preceding year. The reason for making this proposal was that it was
desired to increase the stock of chemicals so as to guard against any stoppage of
work in the case of an outbreak of war. In their order on the budget (G.O.,
No. 1101, dated the 28th October 1892, Revenue), Government considered that it
was quite unnecessary to make provision in civil budgets for such unforeseen contin-
gencies, and therefore passed the budget estimate at Rs. 83,000. This figure was
subsequently reduced to Rs. 74,000 in the revised budget estimate and accepted by
Government in G.O. No. 937 of 26th October 1893, Revenue.
Against this anticipated expenditure of Rs. 74,000 the actuals were only
Rs. 73,070-13-8 and this shows a surrender of RS. 9,929-2-4 out of the budget
estimate and Rs. 929-2-4 out of the revised estimate, and a decrease of Rs. 5,814-14-0
under the expenditure of the year before. This reduction was due to the expenditure
in every branch of the department having been. kept down to the lowest possible point
Without entailing positive injury to the Government property
.