The amir received an annual subsidy from the British government of 182 lakhs of rupees.
The revenue in 1914-5 amounted to 872 lakhs of rupees (approx.
As an independent measure of economy, the stipend paid to the titular nawab of Bengal, who was then a minor, was reduced by one-half - to sixteen lakhs a year (say 160,000).
In 1886-1887, the year after the annexation, the amount collected in Upper Burma from all sources was twentytwo lakhs of rupees.