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2 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1894-95,
3 With the exception of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway, REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
4 which shows an increase of maunds 28,440, the quantity trans-
5 ported over.each of the other lines during 1894-95 was less
6 than in 1893-94. ° The North*Western Railway conveyed
7 maunds 2,88,689 less, the East Indian Railway maunds 17,170
8 less, the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway maunds 9,440 less,
9 the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway maunds 2,277
10 less, and the Bengal and North-Western Railway maunds 1,376
11 - less; except in the case of the North-Western Railway, the
12 cause of this was the revival of the trade in Sambhar salt
13 during the year. The increase in the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka
14 Railway consignments is owing to the through rate of freight
15 frmo Khewra to the Dhulkot station happening to be less than
16 thta to. Umballa City station on the North-Western Railway.
17 The traders took advantage of this and booked their salt for
18 Umballa City to Dhulkot, which is not far fromthe city. This
19 has since been remedied, and the salt for Umballa City now
20 goes to that station. The quantity removed by railway from
21 the Mari ‘station (Kalabagh Depdt) amounted to maunds
22 45,446 against maunds 31,426 in 1893-94, showing that the
23 railway is growing in favour asa means of transport as against
24 the river Indus, boat carriage being slower, more expensive,
25 and occasionally unsafe. Maunds 32,555 were booked to Mul-
26 tan City alone by railway against maunds 14,757 sent down
27 the river.
28 Inclading the salt sent to Tawi station, the whole of which
29 is consumed in Kashmir territory, the direct bookings to
30 Kashmir during 1894-95 amount to maunds 33,008 against
31 maunds 42,921 in 1893-94, or maunds 9,913 less. There is
32 also a considerable falling off in the quantities sent to the
33 marts which usually supply Kashmir, and it must therefore
34 be concluded that an appreciable portion of the decrease in
35 the. trade of the division is owing to diminished exportation
36 to Kashmir. On this subject the Assistant Commissioner
37 says—‘‘It would be instructive to know how much Punjab
38 Mines rock salt is really annually consumed in Kashmir ; but
39 with the present system of farming out the revenue it could
40 not be expected that the contractor would furnish the exact
41 figures for publication. He stated to the Deputy Commissioner
42 of Northern Jadia Salt Revenue and myself at Jammu, in
43 January 1895, that the quantity of salt imported in 1894-95,
44 was less owing to an accumulation of stock in the country ;
45 but no detailed information that would be worth having can,
46 I fear, be got.” The following, however, is a detailed compa-
47 rison for the past two years of the quantities sent to the large
48 marts within the British border which, in addition to meeting
49 local wants, supply Kashmir :—~ ;
50 "1994-95.
51 1893-94.
52 Mas. _ Mads.
53 Hasanabdal 48,501 43,475
54 Kharian. bata, > ‘ee 21,505 ! 25,050
55 Gujrat... ae 23,671 18,919
56 Sralkote 1,39,235 1,311,484
57 Wazirabad 16,055 13,690
58 ‘Sarai kala vs 2,322 2,368
59 Rawalpindi ie ase 208 ae 1,15,210 94,198
60 Hazira ioe Sarre Su He int 8,385 542
61 Lala Musa ase ne sae oe. 27,086 24,008
62 Gujarkban . sae oe sce 40,605 87,062
63 Total 442,575 3,70,796
64 PUNJAB MINES.