1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1895-96.
2 46, The gross realizations, the fixed and contingent charges, REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
3 and the net revenue of the Pachbadra Division, including the
4 Luni Salt Tract, are shown in the following statement for the
5 past and three preceding years :—
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16 1892-93 tes 8,238,158] 44,931 8,046] 8,71,135) 48,847} 27,109} 75,456} 7,95,679
17 1893-94 ee 26,48,170} 1,12,900| 13,455127,74,525| 48,182] 77,916} 1,26,098/26,48,427
18 1894-95 17,483,295] 78,'738 8,381]18,30,409| 47,286] 1,17,125) 1,64,411/16,65,998
19 1895-96 11,27,354, 53,980 5,768111,89,102} 45,605) 66,542) 1,12,147|10,76,955
20 The quantity of salt that was issued at this salt source,
21 including salt free of duty, and free both of duty and price,
22 amounted to maunds 6,98,114, being less than in the previous
23 year by maunds 2,42,704. The gross realizations were less by
24 Rs. 6,41,307, the falling off in excise duty being Rs. 6,15,941;
25 in sale price Rs. 22,753, and in miscellaneous Rs. 2,613. The
26 falling off in all these items is owing to Sambhar having been
27 sold throughout the year at the uniform rate of four annas a
28 maund, whereas for 24 months in 1894-95 the price charged
29 was eight annas a maund, during which period very little
30 Sambhar salt was sold, and the demand for Pachbadra to take
31 its place was abnormally large. The net revenue is less than
32 that of 1894-95 by Rs. 5,89,043. In 1894-95 the amount paid
33 for the extraction of salt from the pits with which to supply
34 the increased demand was nearly double the amount paid under
35 this head last year.
36 The fixed and contingent charges combined are less than in
37 1894-95 by Rs. 52,264, being Rs. 1,64,411 in that year, and
38 Rs. 1,12,147 in the year just ended. Fixed charges are less
39 by Rs. 1,681. The following remarks describe the amount,
40 and the causes of the increase, or decrease, in each item :—
41 Inereases :—(1) English and vernacular clerks, Rs. 29, due to
42 short leave vacancies being kept unfilled longer in 1894-95; (2)
43 servants and guards, Rs. 759, owing to fewer men going on
44 leave without pay during the year; (8) pay of medical estab-
45 lishment, Rs. 102.
46 Decreases:—(1) pay of Superintendents and Assistant
47 Superintendents, Rs. 2,167: in 1894-95 an extra officer was
48 posted at the source to assist in weighing and clearing
49 salt at the through-traffic scales; (2) pay of Inspectors,
50 Kotgashts and Jamaddrs, Rs. 252, for the same reason as
51 in the case of Superintendents and ‘Assistant Superintendents ;.
52 (3) exchange compensation allowance Rs. 152. One officer
53 entitled to draw this allowance was transferred out of the Divi-
54 sion during the year.
55 Contingencies are less than in 1894-95 by Rs. 50,588 and
56 the decrease is explained as follows :—
57 Increases :—(1) Travelling allowance, Rs. 947, owing to
58 transfers of establishment who had completed their term of
59 service at this unpopular salt source; (2) conveyance of tents
60 and records, Rs. 94, owing to the deputation of a Superinten-
61 dent during the year to inspect saline localities in Native States ;
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63 PACHBADRA.
64 Receipts, charges and net
65 revenue.
66 Decrease in receipts exe
67 plained.
68 Decrease in fixed!
69 and contingent charges
70 explained.