1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1894-95.
2 69. Details of the working of the refineries inthe Punjab, REVIEW BY SECTIONS
3 INTERNAL BRANCH.
4 the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, the Patna and Bha-
5 gulpur divisions, and in Calcutta, are given separately in the
6 following abstract, for the past two, years :-—
7 Punjab.
8 1893-94,
9 Refineries at work ... ies we No, 35
10 Crude saltpetre dissolved in refineries we Mds. 1,29,886
11 Outturn of refined saltpetre do oe ” 46,437
12 Sitta educed do aie ” 28,9381
13 Percentage of refined saltpetre produced
14 on crude dissolved ws 35°75
15 22°27
16 Percentage of sitta educed on erude, dissolved,
17 North-Western Provinces and Oudh.
18 e
19 Refineries working ave oe we No. 111
20 Crude saltpetre dissolved ae ve. => Ms. 224,297
21 Refined saltpetre produced aye oy » 1,28,156
22 Salt educed Pas a wes ——«82,880
23 Percentage of refined saltpetre on crude
24 dissolved ae a6 aco 57:18
25 Ditto salt on erude dissolyed, excluding
26 crade saltpetre in sitta refineries a0 1482
27 Quantity of sitta produced on dissolving crude
28 saltpetre, in sitta refineries ,,, we Mds, 6,898
29 Paina Division,
30 !
31 Refineries working on a) ose, NO 363
32 Crude saltpetre dissolved ase we Mds, 4,438,682
33 Refined saltpetre produced . ets 9» «—-2,02,957
34 Salt educed aoe 5 16,037
35 Percentage of refined saltpetre on crude dissolved 57 02
36 Ditto salt ditto aa 3-61
37 Bhagulpur Division.
38 Refineries working ats oe No. 19
39 Crude saltpetre dissolved ris ww Mds, 29,574
40 Refined saltpetre produced vos she ” 18,057
41 Salt educed rs Set as 712
42 Percentage of refined saltpetre on crude dissolved 6118
43 Ditto salt Ditto oe 2°41
44 Calcutia,
45 Refineries working oe so No. 12
46 Crude and kuttia saltpetre purified «» Mds, 1,77,863
47 Refined ealtpetre produced we 9 -4,45,183
48 Salt pure and impure educed we 19,782
49 Percentage of refined saltpetre obtained ove 81:60
50 1112
51 Ditto salt educed on
52 Throughout the figures seem to be quite satisfactory.
53 ‘The Calcutta refineries have again this year given no trouble.
54 70. The next statement shows the quantity of saltpetre
55 salt excised and of sitta and salt destroyed during the past
56 four years, and also shows the quantity of salt remaining in
57 bond at the end of each annual period :—
58 1894-95.
59 37
60 1,81,580
61 61,608
62 43,213
63 33:92
64 23°80
65 128
66 2,68,888
67 1,45,172
68 41,719
69 53:98
70 15°57
71 6,280
72 377
73 4,96,030
74 299,342
75 17,747
76 60°34
77 3°58
78 20
79 30,887
80 13
81 2,46,705
82 2,00,764
83 26,745
84 81°38
85 10°84
86 Sitta and salt destroyed.
87 Salt
88 Year, excised,
89 Sitta, Sait.
90 LLL SCT
91 Mds. Mads, Mads,
92 1891-92 sxe < Zz 61,985 62,602 10,096
93 1892-93 ose sue eee 73,481 81,153 5,087
94 1893-94 rr oe aes 55,977 | . 56,718 6,327
95 55,133 62,990 | 12,991
96 1894-95 a ae oo
97 The quantity of salt that was actually excised in 1894-95
98 was even less than in 1893-94, but taken as a whole no
99 preceding year can compare with what has-been done if
100 the test be our excising or keeping hold of tne salt and sitta
101 ( 59 }
102 Salt in
103 bond.
104 Details of working of re-
105 fineries by Provinces.
106 Saltpetre-salé excised and
107 sitta and salt destroyed.