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Judicial Receipts. Rs 20,000/-. This includes all fees

collectedAthe Land Department on registration and sales
of property. These registrations are to be made com-
pulsory in the new year and some changes are also being

made in the collection of court fees which should result
in an increased revenue from both these sources.
Rents from Government Land, This includes Rs 10,000/-

which is paid by the Eastern General Syndicate as rent
on the oil concession, slso £ 120/- per annum being rent
of aerodrome and leases of Government ground which was

formerly occupied freely by squatters. The last item
is a steady and increasing revenue which has only commen­
ced this year,

Electricitv, The receipts from electrical supply are
somewhat problematical and depend partly on the weather,
but according to the present load the costs of the staff
and of running the engines should be covered by the pay­

ments made by the consumers, which include the payments
made by Government departments and by the luunicipality
for street lighting.

Loans recoverable. This large sum consists of money lent
to members of the Ruling Family and others for the period

of the Diving season. The amount would have been consi­
derably larger but owing to shortness of funds H. E. Shaikh
agreed definitely to refuse all further applications for

loans. The money is lent without interest and in some
cases with no security except a personal guarantee.
In previous budgets the money which is on deposit

and current account in Bombay has been shown in the annual
budget and has been allocated on the expenditure side to
some particular .objects, In the 1349 budget this has not
been done. As there is every prospect of an extremely