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3 o@ SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR TRE C¥FIOIAL YEAR 1893-94.
4 17. The following comparative statements show sales and ggvrew BY SECTIONS.
5 clearances, for each of the four depéts of the divisioh for the | PUNJAB MINES.
6 past two years:— ° Sales and clearances for
7 ; each of the four depéts.
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9 1892-93. 1893-94.
10 ing Varodi trace,
11 Total,
12 ing | arodi trade,
13 eee a on ee
14 Through-traffic trade.
15 Ordinary trade, exclud-
16 Farodi trade,
17 Farodi trade.
18 Ordinary trade, exelud-
19 Totul.
20 Through-trafiec trode,
21 Warthganj .... [18,21,713] 1,24,514)" ... 19,46,227| 18,20,776| 72,499! .,. [18,938,275
22 Nurpar ae eee 4,432} .., 4,432 ste 4,808 ss 4,808
23 Warcha es = 1,10,967} ... 1,10,967 ess 1,07,271 1,07,271
24 Kalubagh tee ae 44,815}... | 44,815 ag 67,266 67,266 -
25 Total ... {18,21,713 2,84,728 ai 21,06,141] 18,20,776} 2,51,844) ... |20,72,620
26 Clearances,
27 Warthganj ... 18,05,555) 1,16,523) 6,591) 19,28,669] 18,10,486} 65,882) 6,790/18,83,158
28 Nurpur se Ae ies 4,432 4,432) wie 4,614 4,614
29 Warcha eee ~ 1,02,346} 5,180} 1,07,526) sae 1,04,482! 6.272] 1,09,754
30 Kalabagh wd tae 40,409] 2,650 43,059 pa 68,132} 2,563) 70,695
31 Total s+. 118,05,555) 2,59,278] 18,853] 20,838,686] 18,10,486] 2,388,496} 19,239 |20,68,221
32 Reviewing these statements, the Assistant Commissioner raning off explained.
33 says:—“Compared with 1892-93, the sales of the division fell off
34 to the extent of 33,821 maunds. This is not a large falling off
35 costared with a year which is the best one on record, and the
36 sales are yet better than the average of the past four years by
37 maunds 48,160, proving that the development of sales which
38 we are accustomed to look forward to from year to-year con-
39 tinued uninterrupted.
40 “Tam, however, not the less disappointed that a year which
41 in its earlier months was one of great promise should have
42 closed with a falling off, however small. Almost throughout
43 ‘the latter half of the year the sales showed an increase com-
44 pared with those of 1892-93, in so much that even at the close
45 of February 1894 there was an increase of maunds 53,871; and
46 as the trade in the month of March has hitherto almost in-
47 variably been brisk, it was not too much to expect that the
48 sales of 1893-94 would be little, if anything, below 22 lakhs of
49 maunds, and that the year would beat the record. March 1894,
50 however, contrary to what usually happens, was a dull month
51 for the salt trade, and during its course the sales dropped by
52 maunds 87,692 as compared with March 1893, thus converting
53 the comparative increase of maunds 53,871 at the close of
54 February into a décrease of maunds 33,821 in one month.
55 Traders everywhere attribute the depression during March to
56 ‘overstocked markets, and that appears to be the real cause, for
57 on the 31st of March maunds 64,308 of through-traffic salt lay
58 in the Warthganj depot uncleared, awaiting the arrival of
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