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Comparison of 1352 Budget and aotual Revonuo
and Expandituro.

Revonuo. When making tho Budgot for 1352,
I estimated a dofioit of hi 90,000/-, fortunately
owing mainly to unforseon oirouraotonooo, my expecta­

tion was inoorroot.
Owing to tho unsatisfactory trade prospects
and depression in the pourl industry I ostimatod
revonuo from Custano, pearling licenses otc. at
Ui 5,50,00c/- whereas tho aotual amount collected
was 1U 6,08,977/-, approximately Ri 50,000/- more
than I oxpeoted.
In ooveral of the other items I ovorestimotod
the revonuo. The obt of Mohomed bin Subah woo
not repaid and eventually the government took over
hia property in dioohargo of tho balance. He

owed Hi 9,000/-, tho property is worth loss than
hi 1,000/- but this individual is virtually bankrupt.
The order sonotioning a tax on artesian welle
was unfortunately ropoalod by Ilia lixocllonoy Shaikh
ilomud owing to protests of two or throe loading
merchants who owned several welle.
The unexpected revonuo from oil inoroaoed the
heading of "Rents of Government Land" from Ri 15,000/-
to hi 55,000/-.
Expenditure. On the expenditure aide there

is an increase of Rs 5,000/- approximately over
tho amount whioh I estimated. This is due to the
008to of the auditor whioh were paid at the begin­
ning of 1352 and whioh hod not beon allowed for in
the 1352 budget.
Without oonaidering tho faoto whioh I have
explained in thoao notes it might very reasonably
be considered that tho discrepancies betveon ny