1 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
2 . ¢ . * . .
3 REVIEW BYSECTIONS. closing balances of stock in 1894-95 and three preceding
4 SAMBHAR. years :-—
5 Mannfacture, &c. 7 Issues.
6 ” Closing
7 ear. : : Quantity Excesses Free Deficits balance.
8 Opening of salt . in heaps Total. Sales. deliver in heaps Total.
9 ‘| balance. | manu- cleared: elveries. | cleared,
10 factured.
11 Mds, Mas. Mads. Mas, | Mads. Mas, Mds. Mds. Mds.
12 1891-02... | 69,48,457 | 84,42,109 | 2,75,183 |1,06,65,609| 45,67,912 | 24,010 | 2,12,531 | 48,04,453 | 58,61,246
13 1892-98 .. | 58,61,246| 90,666 | 40,667 | 59,92,579 | 51,09,601 | 16,410 | 5,84,443 | 57,10,454 | 2,82,125
14 1893-94 .., | 2,82.125 | 44,51,154 | 89,788 | 48,283,067 | 27,95,141 | 26,610 | 3,394,413 | 29,56,164 | 18,66,903
15 1894-95 18,66,908 | 70,35,016 | 1,10,214 | 90,12,133 | 40,81,618 | 27,510 | 70,576 | 41,29,708 | 48,82,480
16 Opening with a balance of maunds 18,66,903, the year
17 under report closed with a stock of maunds 48,82, 430, which
18 had increased in the middle of June 1895, at which time manu-
19 facture had for the time being completely ceased, to over 63
20 lakhs of maunds.
21 Details of sales. * 40. Turning from manufacture to sales, the subjoined
22 abstract shows details for 1894-95 and three preceding years
23 of the total sales effected in each year, and what proportion was
24 sold for removal by road, by banjarahs, and by railway by
25 traders themselves or their agents at the lake, and by depart-
26 mental agency under the through-traffic system :—
27 ee ememnmnenentl
28 4 6
29 Sales to purchasers at s
30 the lake for removal P I
31 by road. a =
32 Year. 8 a .
33 2 a o
34 | E é
35 - => -
36 Banjarahs, | Others BP 8 a =
37 &e, (local), ¢ x oo &
38 3 4 2 z
39 : 6 B a &
40 mY Laer nee
41 i Mds. Mads. Mads Mds. ~Mds. Mds,
42 1891-92. 96,018 | 3,715 | 20,12,580] 21,12,203 | | 24,55,019 | 45,67,918
43 4892-93... 2,56,209 | 4,285 | 19,21,300] 20,81,794} —30,27,807 | 51,09.601
44 1893-94 oe 1,52,689 3,072 11,07,018 12,62,779 15,382,362 27,95,141
45 1894-95 1. ] 167.612] 3,643 | 17,69,585 | 19,40,840 | 20,90,778 | 40,381,618
46 Banjarah trade.
47 Rail-borne trade.
48 For the past three years the trade in banjarah-carried salt
49 has remained fairly steady. Following upon the reduction of
50 the price which took place in June 1894 from eight annas to
51 four annas per maund, the sales for this kind of traffic have
52 increased from maunds 1,52,689 to maunds 1,67,612 or by
53 maunds 14,9238. Salt so transported is almost entirely con-
54 sumed in Rajputdna, and the declarations recorded at the time
55 of clearance of the consignments show that maunds 1,57,261
56 went towards Bundi and Kotah, at right angles to the railway
57 lines in Rajputdna, for sale in that region, while mauuds 3,620
58 were consumed in the neighbourhood of the Sambhar Lake in
59 Jeypur territory.
60 The salt sold for removal by railway, whether it is des-
61 patched by departmental agency, by the through-traffic system,
62 or is ordinary rail.borne trade loaded and despatched by the
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