1 ( 80 )
2 The comparative cheapness of the Punjab Civil Administration is
3 worthy of remark. The aggregate of General, Fiscal and Judicial charges,
4 which really comprise the Ordinary Civil Expenditure, amounts to Rupees
5 42,37,895 or only 20 per cent. on the total income. Among the above
6 items, it should be also observed, that the pensions will still further
7 decrease as the pensioners die off, until they cease altogether,
8 129. Qn the whole then it follows that the Punjab Finances are in a
9 Progress ofgeneraleco- most sound and satisfactory “state. Ina previous
10 nomy. Section, it has been seen that the Revenue is
11 buoyant; in the present Section it is shown that there is an annual
12 surplus, that expenditure can be kept well within income, that ordinary
13 and indispensable expenses do not increase, that the only extraordinary
14 increase is for Public Works. These circumstances constitute fair proof
15 of a flourishing condition of affairs and of economical management. _
16 oetebate ok a — 180. The extent to which these Territories have
17 indome of new and old “paid” (so to speak), that is, have proved remune-
18 . Territory, 3 ; Bias
19 rative and profitable acquisitions, may be thus seen :
20 Surplus yielded by Cis and
21 Trans-Sutlej States priorto /Rs. 1,34,07,993 or £1,340,799
22 Annexation of Punjab ...
23 Punjab Proper since Annex-
24 ation, 1849 .........scesee
25 Cis and Trans-Sutlej ‘States
26 BinCe 1849 ...cerccrccoresees
27 \ » 1,55,65,140 or £1,556,514
28 } » 2,65,82;718 or £2,658,272
29 re
30 Grand Total . sereee, Be, 5,55,55,851 or £5,555,585
31 These Territories then, after paying their own expenses, have yielded
32 Cost of Military Buila- 9,555,585 pounds sterling as surplus into the Trea-
33 ings. sury of the Empire. This amount is so much gain,
34 which the British Government would not have had if these Territories
35 had not been acquired; for there has been no material increase to the
36 Regular Army on account of these Territories, and no extra expense has
37 been incurred out of the general Revenues of the Empire, except perhaps
38 the construction of some new Cantonments. But these Cantonments,
39 expensivg : as they are, if charged. to these Territories at all, might still be
40 paid from the surplus which has been gained, and the Treasury is relieved