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(or the Plague Commissioner) so as to reach their destination
not later than the 5th of the first month of each quarter.
The estimate submitted by the Surgeon-General includes
provision for all Medical officers, nurses, &c., who have been
sent out by the Secretary of State and are temporarily
attached to hospitals, &c., in Madras prior to their being
posted to duties in connection with plague work. Estimates
are also framed in the Secretariat Departments in which
additional establishments in connection with plague corre-
spondence are entertained.
(P.C., No. 910, dated 14th December 1898; G.Os., No. 154, Financial, dated 27th
January 1899; No. 864, Financial, dated 31st July 1899.)
6. In order to enable Government to obtain an approxi-
mately correct revised estimate of plague expenditure for
inclusion in the preliminary edition of the Civil budget
estimate which is forwarded to the Government of India, the
estimate for the third quarter shall be submitted so as to
reach its destination on the 5th November instead of the 5th
October and shall show (1) actual expenditure up to the 31st
-October, (2) estimate for November and December, (3)
estimate for the last quarter of the official year, and (4) total
estimate for the year. This estimate shall be accompanied
by an estimate for the ensuing official year based on the con-
ditions existing at the time of framing the estimate. This
latter estimate need not provide for each quarter of the
year separately.
(G.O., No. 906, Financial, dated 17th August 1899.)
7. The estimates shall cover all plague charges-direct
and indirect-under Provincial, Local, Municipal, Canton-
ment and Port and Marine Funds. Provision shall be made
therein for requirements based on conditions existing at the
time of framing the estimates.
(G.Os., No. 899, Financial, dated 19th October 1898; No. 1054, Financial, dated 14th
November 1898.)
8. If Collectors and other officers find that their estimates
as passed by Government are inadequate, it is their duty to
apply for extra grants at once. It should be clearly under-
stood by all officers that expenditure can be incurred only
against the quarterly allotments passed by Government, and
that although it is not the intention that plague operations
should cease, because it is found that the allotment is being
exceeded in any quarter, the officer concerned will be held
responsible for exercising proper supervision over the expendi-
ture and applying at the earliest possible moment it becomes