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then current Samvat year agree numerically with the Moslem year, which was then 963, and to accomplish this he deducted 649 from the Samvat year (that was from 1612), thus leaving 963.^[1]

99. The Samvat having, however, still held the field along with the other two, the Indian chronology of that period stood as follows:—

Samvat.	Moslem.	Fusli.	A.D.
1612	963	963	Not then introduced.[2]

100. But as the Moslem year only averages 354 days against 365 days in each of the two others, its months gradually ceased to correspond to their months, so that in this (1896) year's calendars the chronological progression stands thus:—

Samvat.[3]	Moslem.	Fusli.	A.D.
1953	1313	1313	1896

101. The Bengali year^[4] in use in Bengal is practically the same as the Fusli year, excepting some verbal differences. It is one year in arrear, however.

102. The Fiscal year in terms of statute^[5] ends half yearly at 31st March or 30th September. This applies specially to the budget which is submitted to Parliament.

103. A traveller who recently visited India, and who recorded his observations in a series of Letters, remarks,

1. Indian Diary, p. 37.
2. It was ahout a century later hefore the Dutch, French, and other European nations got any footing in Hindustan.
3. See detailed dates in section 146 infra.
4. See detailed dates in section 147 infra.
5. 42 and 43 Vict., Cap. 60.