1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR TH# OFFICIAL YEAR 1894-95,
2 ba |
3 in which so little rovk salt has been sold. Thus there were pgvrew sy szcrioys
4 sold in —~ PURJAS MINES,
5 Maunds, Maunds. ;
6 1887-88 ee we 17,59,902 1891-99 he we 19: 78.408
7 1888-89 ae we 19,58,658 PRo2-O3 ee vs 21,0644
8 1889 -90' af, we 31,460,984 1803-94 me see 20%72,820
9 3890-91 set vee 19,400,281 1894-95 = we 18,4, 103
10 The falling off compared with 1393-94, which, however, was
11 a year better than the average, amounts to mauads.2,31,212 or
12 11:15 per cent. The deliveries or clearances again compare
13 even less favourably with those of previous years, and they are
14 less than those of 1893-94 by maunds 2,84,575 or 3°76. per
15 cent. There was an uncleared balance of salt (the difference
16 that is between sales and deliveries) sold at the close of the.
17 year 1893-94 amounting to maunds 4,399, but at the end of
18 the year under review this uncleared balance was maunds:57,762,,
19 caused by scareity of carriage towards the close of the year,
20 owing .to military demands for the two frontier expeditions that
21 were in progress.
22 Since the close of the year the condition of the trade in
23 . Punjab Mines rock salt has, however, very materially improved,
24 and. at the end of the first quarter of 1895-96 the sales for the:
25 past four years stood as follows :—
26 Mds,
27 First quarter of 1891-92 ey oes ts ws 4,32,236
28 Ditto 1892-93 wee aes an ose 4,72,230
29 Ditto 1893-94 ia aie eee see 3,49,967
30 Ditto 1894-95 Pe ake aoe cae 8, 10,170
31 Ditto 1895-96 eee os wee ae 4,838,025
32 It seems. evident therefore that a revival of the demand:
33 has set in, and not only are. the trade. figures for the first quar-
34 ter of the current year very good, but they show that the compa-
35 rative decline of the trade for the whole of 1894-95 as eumpared
36 with 1893-94 has been compensated for, and that the current
37 year promises. at least to equal the most favorable of its prede-
38 cessors.
39 18. The following comparative table exhibits sales and clear- gates and clearances. for
40 ancés under each class of trade for each of the four depdts of each of thefour depots
41 the division for the past two years :—
42 1893-94, 1894-95.
43 3 ‘ 3 i] 7
44 3 1 24 3 | 23
45 a | 38 aad
46 i) @o ww a eo bee
47 2 | £8 | ¢ - | #3 | 3
48 a pee = 3 SE 3
49 a Py “ a be 5
50 2 @5 13 : B | g Be :
51 £ / se | & g e{[aP?iBl] 3
52 a’ | 6% fa a =a fo) a &
53 Sales,
54 Wartlganj' ... {18,20,776} 72,499] ... | -18,93,275/15,94,719! 60,308]... {16,55,027
55 . Nurpur os a 4,808]... 4,808}... A224 sees 4,122
56 Warcha ds sic 1,07,271} 1,07.271} 1,01,935] ... | 1,01,935 .
57 Kalabagh es ee 67,2661... 67,266]. 80,324]... 80,324
58 Totat ,,. '18,20,776 rans ea 20,72,620115,94,719] 2,46.68%] ... |18,41,408
59 = Clearances,
60 {
61 6,790) 18,83,158 15,38,2291 54,2821 6,391 15,96,895
62 Warthganj sw... 28,110,486 65,882
63 Norpor ia - | 4,0k4 4,614) be 4,316- 1,316
64 Warcha Salt “cides 4,04,482 8,272 = 1,09,754 1,00,037) 5,048 1,035,055
65 Kalabagh te | ; 63,182 2,563, 70,695]. 74,376) 2,974 77,350
66 Total ove gas 2,38,496 19,239 —20,68,221]15,86,222) 2,28,695) 18,729 17,83, 040 6
67 L. ! 1 :