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that year, as far as oan'be ascertained from the existing
reoords, Is attached, I would mention that during this
time there was no regular accountant clerk in the Government
Office, and much of the work and accounts were done hy
Kajor Paly himself.
3. With referenoe to paragraphs two and threo. In
the Budget for 1343, the estimated closing balanoe was

put at Bs. 2,46,310/-, but the actual closing balanoe was
greatly in excess of this estimate for the following reasons.
(I) Only Bs. 56,173/- was spent out of the'threo
laos which were allocated to Water Supply.
(II) An Increase of Bs. 2,17,661/- over the estimated
Bs. 10,25,000/- received from the Customs. This
large Increase seems to have resulted from tho
war in Arabia whioh closed Bed Sea ports and so
increased imports into Hejd, via the Gulf; also
from a good pearling season In 1342.
4. The saving from I and the Increase in IIt would
result In an additional Bs. 4,61,488/- to the estimated
closing balance from 1343. The 1343 Budget is stated to
have been a very conservative one; the difference between
the estimated closing balance and the actual closing balanoe
was about Bs. 5,50,000/- •

5. Poring the years 1343 A 44, various amounts were
transferred from the funds In Bahrain and put Into deposit
aooount at the Lloyd's Bank, Ltd., Bombay. The closing
balance shown in the attached statement does not Include
the three laos whioh were on fixed deposits at the end of
1344.
6. The opening balanoe for 1344 was made up as follows.
Cash In Fixed Deposits •. *■. .. Bs. 3,00,000/-
Current accounts.
Bombay 82,789/-
Bahraln.1,09.189/- 1.91,978/-
Survey Account •• 51,786/-
Deposit Aooount •• 3.59,684/-

Bs. 9,03,448/-