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2 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1895-96.
3 works took thus 2,478 maunds against maunds 1,202 inthe pre- REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
4 ceding year. ‘The Moradabad district received in the three mar- SULTANPUR SALT
5 kets of Moradabad, Ramnagar and Kashipur maunds 2,333 in WORKS.
6 1894-95, and maunds 6,244 in 1895-96; and Najibabad in Bij-
7 nor received maunds 1,609 against only maunds 217 in 1,894-
8 95. No Sultanpuri salt went by road to Pilibhit in 1894-95,
9 but in 1895-96 maunds 1,529 were so conveyed; and this was
10 also the case in the Shahjabénpur, Dehra Din and Meerut
11 districts to the extent of maunds 341,377 and 97 respectively. —_ Selling price at the works:
12 29. Prices were more favourable for purchasers at the
13 works than they were in 1894-95, as the following abstract
14 shows :—
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24 Mads. | Mas. Mds. | Mds. { Mds. Mds, Mads.
25 1894-95 4, sa 688 6,377 | 40,092 } 17,172 i 27,710 2,575 94,614
26 1895-96 ... wae 8,373 | 30,668 | 70,469 2,212 1,411 eae 1,08,133°
27 Whereas in the preceding year only 49°84 per cent. of
28 the salt disposed of was sold for prices below five annas a maund,
29 this year 96°65 per cent. went for these comparatively low
30 prices. Eighteen per cent. of the salt in 1894-95 sold at the works
31 for five to under six annas a maund, and 82 per cent. for six and
32 up to eight annas a maund and over; but in 1895-96 only 3°35
33 per cent. of the salt disposed of at the works went for five
34 annas and over five annas. a maund. This, coincident as it is
35 with the reduction of the Hakimi cess to three pies per maund,
36 shows the effort that the Sult4npur salt makers and. their
37 bankers are making to. regain the markets they have so nearly
38 been driven out of In the markets within the areas of con-
39 sumption of Sultanpuri salt there was of course:a similar, or an
40 even greater, dropin prices. Thus in Cawnpore in April 1895
41 Rs. 3-5-4, and in March 1896 Rs. 3-3-0 per maund; Hardoi
42 in April 1895, Rs. 3-10-9, and in March’ 1896 Rs. 3-8-0 per
43 maund ; Sitapur in April 1895 Rs. 3-12-0, and in March 1896
44 Rs. 3-8-3 per-maund; Sultdnpur in April 1895 Rs. 3-12-11,
45 and in March 1896 Rs. 3-8-11 per maund ; Rae Bareli in April
46 1895, Rs. 3-8-11, and in March 1896 Rs. 3-7-8 per maund.
47 These falls in the market rates are of course much larger than
48 the difference between the former rate of Hakimi cess and that
49 now charged, so that that concession does not alone account for
50 the drop in prices.
51 30. The following statement shows the gross realizations, _ SAMBHAR. .
52 the fixed and contingent charges and the net revenue of the Révoipts, charges and net’
53 Sambhar Division, for the past and three preceding years :-—
54 Gross realizations. Charges.
55 Year, Excise a Misco = C Net revenue.
56 xcise duty 4 net iscel- ee ontin-
57 oneal: Sale price, lnnéoua; Total, Fixed. gent. Total.
58 Rs. Rs, Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs,- Rs,
59 1892-93 we | 1,27,61,504 852,991 | 47,597 } 1,86,62,092 | 1,11,584 96,680 | 2,08,264 | 1,34,53,828
60 €
61 1893 $4 ae 69,75,353 9,53,395 | 24,174) 79,52,922 | 1,18,462 | 1,66,485 | 2,84,897 | 76,68,025
62 1894-95 se | 1,00,54,045 10,907,448 | 32,773 | 1,11,84,266 | 1,238,556 | 2,565,232 | 3,78,788 | 1,08,05,478
63 1895-96 we | 92,89,435 9,28,943 | 14,981'| 1,02 33,809 | 1,830,909 | 2;20,850 | 38,51,759 | 98,81,550-
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