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Notes on oxpondituro 1347.

General.
Tho total expenditure during 1347 was Rs 11,82,214/-
which includes ono lac transferred to the
Reserve fund in Bombay.
The actual expenditure in several cases greatly
excoeded the budgeted amounts,
item Budgeted actual
amount expenditure.
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Allow: to Ruling family Rs 459,064/- 5,04,489/-
Judicial Department 25,500/- 29,190/-
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Education 40,000/- 57,883/-
Upkeep of buildings
and roads. 10,000/- 24,835/-
Unforscen 29,436/- 41,704/-
!• These differences are explained below.
There is tendency to consider that the Budget of the
Bahrain State is elastic and that as long as the total
-. estimated expenditure is not exceeded, small attention
need be paid to over expenditure under various headings.
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Some time ago it v/as suggested by the Hon'bio the

Political Resident that a budget should be made for three
years in advance.
This could be done but it would be quite impossible
to adhere to it; at present it is only with very great
difficulty that the actual expenditure is kept within
a reasonable distance from the budgeted amounts.

s The following notes explain the various items of
expenditure.
1. Allowances to the Ruling family. Rs 5.04.489/-.

This amount does not include the additional allowances
fiade to those persons who hold paid posts as magistrates,