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balancc of Ej^ht and a half Inca, an increase
of over ono lac on the cash balance at the end
of 1346.
Apart from the Electric Light contract
the State has no financial liabilities.
EXPENDITURE. The headings for recurrent

expenditure are the same thio year as last year
but in some cases the expenditure has increased.
I have only allowed a very alight margin
for additional expenditure above the actual
amounts on the paylists.
Recurrent expenditure.
1, Allowances to Ruling Family. Al­
though the estimated revenue is budgeted at
Rs, 44,000/- more than Inst year this item still
total
absorbs very nearly half the/revenue.
Estimated Revenue from
all sources. Rs. 10,55,000/-
Allowances to ruling
family, 1348 5,15,000/-
The amount allotted to this heading
in the new budget is Rs. 56,000/- more, than last

year. The actual pay lists omount to Rs. 53,000/-, j
but as every year the budgeted figure has been
greatly exceeded I have allowed Rs. 3000/- for
unforseen demands.
If the civil list continues to increase
as it has during the last three years, it will
in about ten years have c*pmp3/i£ed the entire
revenue of the State. I give below a comparison
of the last four years.
year 1344 Rs. 4,44,000/-
1345 4,34,000/-
1346 4,62,000/-
1347 5,15,000/-

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