1 REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
2 PUNJAB MINES.
3 Fixed, excavation and
4 . contingent charges.
5 Differences in fixed charges
6 explained.
7 Differences in contingen-
8 . ci€s explained.
9 REPO RTON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
10 dismantled and disused rest-houses along the Indus line, now
11 no longer required. The net receipts show a decrease of
12 -Rs. 6,08,208 or 12°11 per cent.
13 As regards charges, there is a decrease in fixed expenditure
14 of Rs. 2,688, and an increase in excavation charges of
15 Rs. 9,834, and in other contingencies of Rs. 6,449, the total
16 increase in the total charges fixed and contingent together
17 being Rs. 18,595 or 4°26 per cent. —
18 The following is an analysis of the increases and decreases
19 in the fixed expenditure :—Jncreases (1) Rs. 333 in the salary
20 of the Assistant Commissioner, owing to the annual periodical
21 increment falling due ; (2) Rs. 58 in the item of exchange com-
22 pensation allowance paid to the Assistant Commissioner ; and
23 (3) Rs. 334 on account of servants and guards, due to transfers
24 of petty officers and, men of different grades, Decreases (1)
25 Rs. 216 in the pay of clerks, owing to savings on account of
26 men going on leave; (2) Rs. 788 in the pay of Superintendents
27 and Assistant Superintendents, owing to transfers and leave; (3)
28 Rs. 1,595 in the item of Inspectors, Kotegushts ; and Jamadars
29 and (4) Rs. 296 in that of English and vernacular clerks,
30 owing chiefly to savings caused by men of this class going on
31 leave, or temporarily deputed to other divisions; (5) Rs. 100
32 in the item of medical establishment, owing to the Hospital
33 Assitant being on leave, and an officer of Jower grade acting for
34 him ; and (6) Rs. 413, owing to the stoppage of payment of
35 exchange compensation allowance to certain Superintendents and
36 Assistant Superintendents who were keld not to be entitled to
37 continue to draw that allowance.
38 Concerning contingencies, excluding the charge for the
39 mining and-excavation of salt, which is separately noticed, the
40 following notes explain the differences in each item :—Jncreases
41 (1) Rs. 41 in the item of repairs of tents, or from Rs. 27 in
42 1893-94 to Rs. 68 in 1894-95; (2) Rs. 187 under house-rent
43 and horse allowance, owing to the payment (sanctioned by th
44 Government of India) for railway quarters occupied by the
45 ‘establishment in the Attock beat; (3) Rs. 2 hot weather
46 charges ; (4) Rs. 960 under miscellaneous, due chiefly to pur-
47 chase of weighing machines and to the outlay incurred in ilu»
48 minating the Mayo Mines for His Excellency the Viceroy and
49 other high dignitaries who visited them during the year; (5;
50 Rs. 9,090 under petty construction and repairs, In ordinary
51 and recurring expenditure there was really a comparative
52 decrease under this head, owing to the heavy outlay for repairs
53 to the depdt buildings, and the construction of a bag shed at
54 Warthganj during 1893-94 ; but, during the year, the Northern
55 India, Salt Department, with the sanction of the Government of
56 India, accepted a debit of Rs. 17,500 as its share of the cost of
57 an improved system for the supply of water at Khewra to be
58 paid for jointly by the Salt Department and the North-West-
59 ern Railway. Decreases :—(1) Rs. 627 travelling allowance and
60 Rs. 205 conveyance of tents and records, as the Assistant
61 Commissioner was not able to be so much on tour as he was in
62 the previous year; (2) Ks. 93 service postage charges, as the
63 trade of the division was.smaller than in 1893-94; Rs. 2 on
64 account of service telegrams ; and Rs. 36 in country stationery
65 charges, also owing to the diminished trade of the division ;
66 (3) Rs. 219 in the item of half fines and rewards, owing to
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