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INDIAN REVENUE ACCOUNTS.
Account of REVENUE and EXPENDITURE as given by the PRESIDENT

OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL, August 7, 1857
INDIAN FINANCE-1852–53.

£. I. BENGAL:-Net revenue

8,158,809 Local charges

2,037,561 Local surplus

6,121,248 NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES :- Revenue

5,636,369 Local charges

1,362,030 Local surplus

4,274,339 Military charges of Bengal and North-Western Provinces 5,607,866 Net revenue of ditto

13,795,178 Charges of ditto

9,007,457 Surplus available for general purposes of India

4,787,721 II. Madras :-Net revenue

3,727,536 Charges

3,268,578 Surplus available for general purposes of India

458,958 III. BOMBAY :-Net revenue

2,828,565 Charges

2,941,528 Deficit

112,963 Total revenues of the several Presidencies

20,351,279 Total charges of ditto

15,217,563 Total surplus of ditto

5,133,716 Interest on Indian debt

2,011,971 Charges defrayed in England

2,697,488 Total charges on Indian revenues

4,709,459 Surplus of income over expenditure

£424,257 COMPARISON OF ESTIMATE FOR 1854-55, WITË ÁCTUAL RESULT of 1852–53.

REVENUE. 1. Ordinary :

Increase Decrease.
Land revenue

$278,807
Customs

76,478 Salt

£145,727 Opium

448,540 Tobacco (abolished 1853)

59,215 Post Office

12,171 Stamps

18,955 Mint

63,778 Marine and pilotage

14,453 Judicial fees and fines

14,570 Revenue of Straits settlements

9,149 Revenue of Coorg

484 Revenue of Nagpore...

381,413 Revenue of Pegue, &e.

216,759 Sale of presents

10,824 Interest on arrears

14,998
Miscellaneous

8,608
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EXPENDITURE.

Increase. Decrease.
1. Payments in Realisation of Revenue :--
Charges of collection, &c.

£438,518
Allowances out of revenue by treaty

24,838
Sinking fund— Tanjore

768
Allowances to village officers, Enamdars, &c. 19,982
Charges of collection-Nagpore

206,098
Charges of collection-Pegu, &c.

203,728
Payments to claimants on Registrar General 7,031
2. Charges in India :-
Civil and political

86,027
Judicial and police

39,469
Public works, buildings, &c.

969,024
Military

918,986
Marine, Indian navy, &c.

50,646
Charges of Straits settlements

3,972
Mint

£ 5,217
Interest on debt

412,282
Charges in England :-
Dividends on East India Stock

5,736
Interest on home debt

36,009
Steam communication with India

51,917
Ditto for extended communication to Her Ma-
jesty's Government

35,000
Transport of troops and stores

51,699
Furlough and retired military pay

62,418
Ditto marine ditto

3,893
Her Majesty's troops in India

46,203
Retiring pensions, &c., of Her Majesty's troops

15,000
Charges-general (home establishment, &c.) 45,457
Absentee allowances to civil servants

6,823
Annuities of Madras Civil Service Fund

3,101
Retiring pay-St. Helena establishment

1,355
Establishment in China

15,558
Expense of transportation of convicts

5,401
Arms to Her Majesty's troops going to India 6,240
Invoice of stores

87,334

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Total
Net increase of expenditure

£3,367,180 £498,650

£2,868,530

January

117

228
222

41
43

February

118

224
220

14 pm.
9 pm.
15 pm.
12 pm.
14 pm.
10 pm.

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March

476

228
220

9 pm.
5 pm.

April

212 92)
208 903
215)

91%
212

91
216 94
213) 91}
212 913
210

871
2113913
208

875
211) 924
208

914
215 92;
2114 903

) 924

il pm.

4
3
378
33
4
3}
45
313

12 pm.

92 921
903 902

921
90 911
93 943
913 92
93 913
88 88
923 92,
883

873
92 | 931

91
927

92}
914 93
903 923
913 923

92
88 881
864 863
893 89
873 873
903 90

881

June

118 230
1171 226
1153 236

229
238
235
234
230
233
230
230
228

£

£
7 pm. 26,988,455 412,988,455

pm. 25,509,215 11,509,215
9
pm.

26,362,055 12,362,055
4 pm. 26,063,365 | 12,063,365

28,510,230 14,510,230

26,512,985 12,512,985
15 pm. 10 pm. 28,791,785 14,791,785

4 pm. 28,351,365 14,351,365
22
pm. 15 pm. 30,337,685 16,337,685

4 pm. 28,911,030 14,911,030 33 pm. 21 pm. 31,429,435 17,429,435

0 31,056,945 17,056,945
37 pm. | 23 pm. 30,895,085 16,895,085

0 29,745,990 15,745,990
32 pm. / 22 pm. 29,650,275 15,650,275

0 28,916,770 14,916,770
30 pm. 15 pm. 28,368,010 14,368,010
par 5 dis. 26,368,255 12,368,255

3 pm. 25,765,025 11,765,025
5 dis. 10 dis. 24,682,230 | 10,682,230
10 dis. 12 dis. 24,741,320 10,741,320

2 dis. 0 24,543,545 10,543,545
10 dis. 10 dis. 25,137,985 10,662,985
1 dis. 0 24,439,525 10,189,465

HIGHEST AND LOWEST.

PRICES OF STOCK IN EACH MONTH IN 1855.

21 pm.

July

30 pm.

August

{ 214

416

25 pm.

September

88

46
4

91%
913
91}
873
85
888

229
225

217)
216)
209
207
210
207
2105
205

4 pm.

November

31
3%
3}
31
376
376

86% 89.

224

December {

227 226

89

AVERAGE PRICES OF HAY, STRAW, & CLOVER, Y LOAD.

1 Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Jan.

8.

8.

85

50 50 50

50 50 60 60 80 80 80 80 85 90 90 92 92 100 105 120 120 120 120 125 120

28 23

to

33

90

90

80 80

80
80

90
90 95
90

95 95 110 115 110 115 120 130 135 135 135 135 135 135

AVERAGE PRICES OF BUTCHER'S MEAT. Average Prices per Stone of 8 lbs. in Smithfield Market, in 1855.

Beef.

Mutton.

Veal.

Pork.

d.
d. d.
d. 8. d.

d.
January 3 4 to 4 10 3 4 to 5 0 4 8 to 6 0
February 3 4 4 10 3 4 5 0 4 2 5 4
March 3 4 5 0 38 5 2 4 0 5 0
April 3 4 5 0 3 6 5 0 4 0 5 0
May.. 3 0 4 4 3 4 5 0 3 10 5 2
June

3 2 4 6 3 4 5 0 4 2 5 4 July 3 10 5 2 3 6 5 2 4 2 5 0 August 3 10 5 4 3 6 5 2 4 4 5 4 September. 3 4 4 8 3 4 5 0 3 10 5 0 October .... 3 4 5 0 3 4 5 0 3 8 5 0 November. 3 8 5 2 3 6 5 2 3 6 4 8 December, 3 4 4 10 3 4 5 4 0 5 0

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d.

d. 3 0 to 4 4 3 0 4 4 3 0 3 0 4 4 3 0 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 6 4 6 3 6 4 6 3 6 4 6 3 10 5 0 3 10

0 3 10 5 0

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DEATHS, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.

471

SUMMARY of the DEATHS, BIRTHS, and MARRIAGES, in ENGLAND and WALES,

and of the Deaths and Births in the METROPOLIS, in the Year 1855.--Compiled, from Tables published by Authority of the Registrar-General.

MARRIAGES, Births, and Deaths, returned in the Years 1846-1855.

Marriages.
Births
Deaths

145,664 135,845 138,230 141,883 152.744 154,206 158,782 164,520 159,349 151,774 572,625 539,965 503,039 578,159 593,422 615,865 624.012 612,391 634,506 635.123 390,315 423,304 399,833 440,839 368,995 395,396 407,135 421,097 438,239 426,2+2

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR 1855.-- From Tables prepared by the

Astronomer Royal.