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§ 2. Sources of capital. 



The agregate working capital at the disposal of the Rural societies in 

 India is shown above in Table III. We shall now examine the sources from 

 which this capital was drawn. 



(a) General Figures. 



In the year under review a redistribution of territory' took place, affect- 

 ing the Pro\nnces of Bengal and Eastern Bengal and Assam, and resulting 

 in the formation of a new Province under the name of Behar and Orissa. 

 A comparison by Provinces of that year's figures with the figures for prev- 

 ious 3^ear, might, therefore, prove misleading in some cases, and in the table 

 below only the aggregate figures for British India are presented. 



Table VII. — Rural Societies: Sources of Capital. 



Sources of CapiUL 



I9II-I2. 



lyoans from Noii-membtrs . 

 Loans from Other Societies 

 Loans from Government . 



Share Capital 



Deposits by Members . . . 

 Reserve Fund 



Rs. 



15,05,688 



55,09,472 



6,00,851 



14,57,595 



15,65,403 



3.42,464 



Rs. 

 18,96,679 



98,75.007 



7,64,727 

 22,60,532 

 21,74,603 



6,38,318 



The percentage of the total working capital from each source, in 

 1911-12 and the three preceding years, is shown in the following table. 



Table VIII. — Rural Societies: Sources of Capital {Percentages). 



Sources of Capital. 



Percentages of Total Capital. 



1909 



1910 



1911 



Loans from Non-members 

 Loans from Other Societies- 

 Loans from Government . 



Share Capital 



DepositB by Members . . 

 Reserve Fund 



18.0 

 35.8 



13-7 

 14.1 



154 

 2.6 



16.5 



42.4 



91 



14. 1 



14.9 



30 



13-7 

 50.2 



5-5 

 13-3 

 14.2 



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1913 



10.8 

 56.0 



4-4 

 12.8 

 12.4 



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