1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1895-96.
2 26. The subjoined statement shows the gross receipts,the REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
3 fixed and contingent charges, and the net revenue of the Sul- SULTANPUR SALT
4 tanpur Salt. Works for the past four years :— __ WORKS.
5 Receipts, charges and net
6 revenue,
7 Gross receipts. Charges.
8 Year, | | ONet
9 — Hakimi |Miscella- Total. Fixed. Contin- Total. revenue,
10 uty. cess. neous.
11 Ba. Rs. Bs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.
12 1892-93 8,10,453 | 10,968 209 8,21,630 | 26,277 5,020 | 81,297 |} 2,90,333
13 1893-94 1,66,169 6,307 59 1,72,535 | 22,987 2,640 | 25,627 1,46,908
14 1894-95 {| 2,386,535 8,386 589 | 2,45,510 | 16,104 1,924 | 18,028 | 2,27,482
15 1895-96 | 2,70,332 7,864 58 | 2,78,254 } 15,508 2,551 | 18,059 | 2,60,195
16 Again this year the gross realizations at these salt works
17 show an inerease, and are better than those of 1894-95 by
18 Rs. 32,744. Excise duty has increased by Rs. 33,797, but the
19 Hakimi cess has decreased by Rs. 522 owing to the reduction
20 of this cess on the 7th of January 1896 toone uniform rate of
21 three pies a maund, and the miscellaneous collections have
22 fallen from Rs. 589 to Rs. 58 owing to the sale in 1894-95 of
23 unserviceable Government property, and the credit of their
24 proceeds in the accounts of that year. The total charges
25 amounted to Rs. 18,028 in 1894-95, and to Rs. 18,059 in 1895-96,
26 a difference of only Rs. 31. Fixed charges are less by Rs. 596,
27 and contingent charges more by Rs. 627. Refunds of over-
28 payments on account of Hakimi cess account for nearly the
29 whole of the increase in contingencies, and changes among the
30 officers for the decrease in fixed charges.
31 27. The next form shows statistics of stock, manufacture, stock, manufactura and
32 and sales at the Sultanpur Salt Works, for the past four years:— =e.
33 Stock at 7
34 . Manufactured : Stock in hand
35 Year. RieOE ths during the pen ae at the close
36 year. 3 SAEs of the year.
37 year. ees aaah jane
38 Mads. Mas. Mas. Md
39 1892-98 ... she = 42,483 | 92,647 | (a) 1,382,708 2,427
40 1893-94, ae a 2,427 65,082 (3) 66,972 587
41 1894-95 .., eee te 537 1,00,485 94,614 | 6,408
42 1895-96 ... tee ove 6,408 1,19,392 1,08,183 17,667
43 (a) Includes wastage maunds 8,527.
44 (3) Ditto ditty 504,
45 The great event of the year in the history of these salt peguetion of the Hakimt
46 works was the reduction of the Hakimi cess to the uniform ess, Its full influence
47 rate of 8 pies per maund, but it was not effected until the — °**eltduring theyear
48 7th of January 1896, and did not therefore greatly affect pro-
49 duction and sales in 1895-96. Its full influence shold be
50 experienced in 1896-97, At the beginning of the year the stock
51 in hand stood at maunds 6,408. The year’s manufacture of
52 new stock amounted to maunds 1,19,392, and the sales to
53 maunds 1,08,133, leaving a closing balance of maunds 17,667 of
54 salt. Manufacture has always at these sources kept pace with
55 sales, that is, with the demand there was for the salt in the
56 markets, and the trade having improved, the manufacture has
57 also increased : thus there were manufactured and sold, in
58 1893-94 maunds 65,082, and maunds 66,972 ;in 1894-95 maunds
59 1,00,485, and maunds 94,614, and in 1895-96 maunds 1,19,392, and
60 maunds 1,08,133. The increase in manufacture occurred at the
61 Mubarikpur, Zahidpur, Sulténpur, Mehmudpur and Saidpur fac-
62 tories, there being a decrease only at Sadrana. The manufacturing
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