1 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
2 REVIEW BY SECTIONS. increase during the year just ended, the figures being for 1893-
3 sath neue 94 Rs, 1,72,535 and fo 1894-95 Rs, 2,45,510, eateries of
4 Rs. 72,975, equal to 42°29 per cent. But the revenue is still
5 far short of that of any year anterior to 1898-94, the decreases,
6 to go no further back than 1890-91, being as follows :—
7 As compared with 1890-91 Rs, 3,683,903 or 59°71 per cent.
8 Ditto 1891-92 ,, 2,03,147 or 45°27,
9 Ditto 1892-93 ,, 76,120 or 23°66 »
10 The charges have diminished very considerably, every
11 ' effort consistent with the safety of the Government revenue
12 Decrease in fixed and having been made to keep the expenditure at these works as
13 raineg Ma" low as possible. In fixed charges a decrease compared with
14 - the previous year of Rs. 6,883, or 29:94 per cent., has occurred,
15 and in contingent expenditure a decrease of Rs. 716, or 27 per
16 cent. ‘The net revenue for the year is better than that for the
17 previous year by Rs, 80,574, or 54°84 per cent., but inferior to
18 that of 1892-93 by Rs, 62,851, or 21°64 per cent., and that of
19 1891-92 by Rs. 1,92,478, or 45°83 per cent.
20 82. Statistics of stock, manufacture and sales, at the
21 , fact a ’ oe
22 aaa Sulténpur salt works for the past four years are next given :-—
23 Stock in hand
24 at the close of
25 Stock at com-
26 Year. snenceient of Mannfactured Sold during the
27 the year, during the year. years the year.
28 Mds. Mds, Mads. Mads,
29 1891-92 Be 5,101 1,63,379 | (a) 1,75,992 42,488
30 1892-93 ces 42,488 92,647 (b) 1,832,708 2,427
31 1893-94 aes 2,427 65,082 (c) 66,972 537
32 1894-95 oe 537 1,00,485 94,614 6,408
33 ae cn ae
34 (a) Includes wastage, maunds 2,447
35 (6). Ditto do, 8,527
36 (c)' Ditto do. 504
37 ' At the beginning of the year the stock in hand amounted
38 to only maunds 537, the high price of Sambhar having enabled
39 owners of Sultdnpuri to get rid of practically ail their old salt
40 as well as their new produce as fast as it was: made. It also
41 induced greater activity in manufacture and, in consequence,
42 the outturn of the pans increased from maunds 65,082 in 1893-
43 94 to maunds 1,00,485 in the year just ended. During the
44 year maunds 94,614 were disposed of, and the, closing balance
45 amounted to maunds 6,408, of which, however, the Assistant
46 Commissioner reports that maunds 5,200 had been bargained
47 for though not removed, so that the actual closing balance was
48 only 1,208 maunds. The greatest increase in the outturn
49 during the year occurred at the Sadrana cluster of works
50 (maunds 16,050) where the Hakimi cess charged by Govern-
51 ment on the salt sold is one anna and three pies per
52 maund. Next came the Mubarikpur cluster (maunds 9,397)
53 where the Hakimi cess is one anna and nine pies per maund.
54 Then came the Zahidpur cluster (maund, 8,751) where the
55 Hakimi cess imposed is six pies per maund. Lastly came
56 the Sultdénpur cluster (maunds 1,030 only’, and there the
57 Hakimi cess varies from one’anna and three pies to one anna
58 and nine pies per maund. Zahidpur salt pays the lowest rate of
59 Hakimi cess (6 pies per maund), but its produce is inferior to
60 that of any of the other works, and the pans are also furthest
61 from the railway line. Sadrana comes next (one anna and
62 three pies per maund), and its produce, which is, on the whole,
63 fairly good, has three miles to be transported to reach the rail-
64 way. The produce ofthe Sultdnpur and Mubarikpur clusters
65 ( 24 )
66 ¥