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the new hospital, tho proposed now pelaoo and
vuriouu projooia aouu of ikhioh have alroady boon
OOBUMQOOdt
Tho lurgoot item of expenditure io

h 9,20,000/- which io the Civil Liat and the
ono third of tho total oil revenue which ia paid
to tho Privy l'Urse of tho Ruler* The last item
varies according to tho amount of royalty and as
I have atutod tho royalty will oortuiuly bo uiuoh
more than the aaount 1 have estimated*

The expenditure on Government Dopartnents,
Protection, Uodioal, Publio Works eto. hao been
assessed at slightly nor© than in the last Budget
in order to oover expansion in oertain directiona
und oertain propoeed increases in tho Government
staff. The total recurrent expenditure, inolad­
ing the Civil List but not inoluding l/3rd royalty
is only half a Iso bo re than the actual revenue

in 1355 from all sources other then oil revenue*
Assuming that the non oil revenue for 1356 is not
looo than during 1355 it is evident that the Btate
could be administered, os it is now, without the
oil revenue•
I can count upon there being a surplus of

three and a half lacs at the end of the year and
1 aa confident that this surplus will be greatly
in axoaes of my expectation*
4* Heserve Fund.
; At the end of year 1355 the Reserve Fund
was increased from two lacs to four lmee. At the
i
beginning of 1356 the State had a belaaee of
j fa