1 GENERAL REVIEW.
2 Receipt of excise duty
3 and selhng price of
4 througu-trauie salt by
5 station masters on the
6 Indian Midland Rail-
7 way.
8 REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
9 CENTRAL OFFICE.
10 Increase in fixed.
11 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRAT[ON OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
12 10. Throughout the year those railway stations on the
13 Indian Midland Railway at which there are neither Govern-
14 ment treasuries nor sub-treasuries nor authorized post oftices
15 continued, in accordance with the proposals of the Agent of the
16 Railway, which were sanctioned by the Government of India in
17 letter No. S. R. 5111 of the 21st December 1892, to collect salt
18 revenue free of charge for this Department on Punjab Mines
19 rock salt, Sambhar, and Pachbadyra salt sold on the through-trafiic
20 system. The scheme under which the revenue is thus collected
21 and accounted for and the salt made over to the owners by
22 the Indian Miland Railway has worked entirely satisfactorily,
23 and may be permanently retained as a part of the system under
24 which through-traffic salt is soldin Northern India. The scheme
25 came into operation on the Ist of May 1893, and in eleven months
26 the following quantities of through-traftic salt have been sold
27 by this means:—
28 Mds. Srs
29 Punjab Mines Rock salt oe vee ane 12 20
30 Sambhar salt eis ee ee we «=: 27,628 20
31 Pachbadra salt... “se as see 123740 0
32 Total see 40,376 0
33 Punjab Mines rock salt is at present very little used in
34 the country traversed by the Indian Midland Railway. The
35 transactions in Sambhar salt would have been larger had it not
36 been necessary to raise the price of this kind of salt from 2?
37 to 8annas a matnd in September last. The effect of this in-
38 crease was to diminish the sale of Sambhar salt by about two-
39 thirds all over Northern India. It is expected that the through-
40 traffic sales of Sambhar and Pach)adra salt together through the
41 agency of the Indian Midland Railway will not be less than one
42 lakh of maunds per annum now that the price of Sambhar has’
43 again been reduced to 4 annas a maund.
44 11, Full details of the receipts and charges and the net
45 revenue of each section or division of the Department are given
46 separately in the following paragraphs : ~
47 The total charges, fixed and contingent, of the Central Office
48 for the year 1893-94 and three preceding years are as here
49 shown :—
50 Fixed. Contingent. ‘Total.
51 Rs. Rs its
52 1890-91 Phe sie we «= G4 17,785 * 82,229
53 1891-92 was ooo wea 66,849 17,441 84.260
54 1802-93 ace is = «62,997 14,613 —-77,610
55 1808-04 ee 71,431 18,539 $5,270
56 The fixed charges of the year underreport include a pay-
57 ment of Rs. 4,473 to the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner
58 and Personal Assistant to the Commissioner as exchange com-
59 pensation allowance. The increase in the fixed charges of 1893-
60 94 is further accounted for by Mr. Patterson having been on fur-
61 lough for seven months in 1892-93 and the acting officers having
62 drawn less than the full pay of the appointment. The pay drawn
63 by the Deputy Commissiouer is less in 1893-94 than in 1892-93
64 by Rs. 308, as in the latter year he also officiated as Commis-
65 sioner for19days. The Personal Assistant to the Commissioner's
66 pay and allowances are more than in 1892-93 by Rs. 1,118,
67 as in 1893-94 the permanent incumbent went on privilege leave
68 and the officer appointed to replace him also drew pay and acting
69 allowances in the Central Office. The salaries of clerks and ser-
70 vants together have decreased by Rs. 201 owing to transfers
71 aud the grant of leave without allowances. Finally, there is a
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