India, its administration & progress / Sir John Strachey.

  • John Strachey
Date:
1903
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Credit: India, its administration & progress / Sir John Strachey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XI REVENUES DERIVED FROM TAXATION The Salt Tax—Sources of salt supply—Former system of levying duties—The Inland Customs Line—Its abolition—The present system—Result of reforms —The stamp revenue—Excise on spirits and drugs—Misrepresentations— Principles of excise administration—Assessed taxes—Income Tax—Regis- tration ......... Pages 160-173 CHAPTER XII ? REVENUES DERIVED FROM TAXATION (icontinued) Customs duties—Duties before 1875—Duties on cottonfgoods—Free trade in India—Abolition of import duties—Indian tea—Export duty on rice—Re- imposition of import duties in 1894 ...... 174-185 CHAPTER XIII FOREIGN TRADE HOME CHARGES CURRENCY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Growth of Indian trade and of manufactures and other industries—Conditions under which trade is carried on—Imports of gold and silver—Excess of exports over imports—Home charges—The Secretary of State’s Bills—The manner in which the Home charges are met—The currency—Fall in the gold value of silver—Loss by exchange—Serious consequences—The closing of the Indian mints to silver—The results—Weights and measures—Re- forms proposed by the Governments of Lord Lawrence and Lord Mayo— Their importance and failure to carry them out .... 186-208 CHAPTER XIV PUBLIC WORKS FAMINE Mr. J. S. Mill on the duties of Governments—Famines in India—Necessity for roads, railways, and canals—Absence of roads under Native Governments —Their condition under the East India Company—Measures taken by Lord Dalhousie—Railway construction—Creation of Public Works Department —Progress up to 1887—Irrigation works in Northern India — Canals of Mohammedan sovereigns—The Ganges and other canals—Their value — Irrigation works in Central and Southern India and in Sind—Expenditure on railways and irrigation works—The manner of providing funds—Guar- anteed companies—Policy of borrowing for investment in public works—- Measures for the prevention and relief of famine .... 209-230