Excerpt from The Indian Year Book, 1920, Vol. 7: A Statistical and Historical Annual of the Indian Empire, With an Explanation of the Principal Topics of the DayThe total capital outlay on works of this clas amounted to over lakhs. The net revenue for the year was only a little over one lakh, which is equivalent to 010 per cent. On the total capital outlay. This low return is partly due to the fact that the capital account is at present swelled by expenditure on works under construction which have not yet commenced to earn revenue. Many useful and important works of this nature are under construction in Bombay, the United Provinces and the Central Provinces, while in the last named province seven tank schemes, aggregating over 40 lakhs are in progress. Details of these works will be found in the chapters in Part II of this Review relating to the progress of irrigation in the Province or Administration concerned.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

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