1 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
2 GENERAL REVIEW. 5. The following table gives details of the issues of salt
3 Details of issues of salt free of duty, and free of both price and duty, during the past
4 free of duty and free Pear
5 of both price and duty. two years .
6 Salt free of duty. Salt free of price and duty.
7 Amount Issues. Amount Issues,
8 Source from | State to which jto which |__| «Stree from | State to which |to which
9 which issued, issued. State is : which issued. issued. State is |
10 entitled. | 1895-96. | aah entitled, |1895-96, pees
11 |
12 ST eee |
13 Mads. Mds. Mds, ‘ . Mds. Mds, Mds.
14 Didwana... 43,874 | 31,854 {| Alwar .. | 1,000 oe 1,000
15 Pachbadra .,. roar wee 12,25,000 jst 139,270 Ghartpur ... 1,000 1,000 1,000
16 Falodi te 10,591 ; 15,000 | Dholepur ... 800 600 300
17 | Jaipur eee 7,000 7,000 7,000
18 —} Sambhar, Kerowli ... 50 is 100
19 Total Jodhpur, por sa 1,98,139 ,1,86,124 Kishengarh... 50 50 50
20 —— Kotah _ 300 600 see
21 Lawa cs 10 10 10
22 Sambhar ... | Rampur... 6,000 ene 5,000 {| Jodhpur .,, | 14,000] 14000} 14,000
23 Jodhpur ... | 10,000 } 10,000 | 10,000
24 Pachbadra}) teypur . | 1000} 1000} 1/000
25 GRaNnD TOTAL, ass 2,381,000 | 1,98,189 | 01,124 Bi Total .., | 384,710 | 34,260 | 34,460
26 \
27 The Jodhpur State in Rdjputdna is entitled to receive
28 maunds 2,25,000 of salt annually on payment of the price, but
29 free of duty. During 1896-97 maunds 38,876 lapsed, only
30 maunds 1,86.124 having been issued. During 1895-96 maunds
31 1,98,139 were issued and maunds 26,861 lapsed. Under the
32 arrangements made by the Durbar the quantity of salt taken is
33 in accordance with the requirements of the people of the State,
34 and as the year under report was one of scarcity, a lesser issue
35 occurred. The statement shows that the salt was taken from
36 the three salt sources of Didwana, Pachbadra and Falodi. The
37 Rampur State drew only maunds 5,000 out of maunds 6,000
38 which were due. It is satisfactory to note here that during the
39 past: year no cases came to light of this duty free salt having
40 been exported beyond the borders of the State to which it was
41 issued.
42 The several salt agreements authorise the issue of maunds
43 34,710 of salt free of both price and duty. <A running account
44 is kept with the Durbars in connection with this salt. During
45 1896-97 the issues amounted to maunds 34,460 as compared with
46 maunds 34,260 during the previous year, an increase of 200
47 maunds.
48 As explained in previous reports, the issue of salt on pay-
49 nent of half duty hes now ceased. Bikanir was the only State
50 which possessed the privilege of receiving such salt. Under
51 present arrangements salt sold for consumption in the Bikanir
52 State up toa limit of 20,000 maunds, is charged with the full
53 duty at the salt sources, and one-half of this duty is subse.
54 quently paid to the Durbar by the Department. During the
55 , past year maunds 9,277 were booked for consumption in the
56 Bikanir State. The full duty on this quantity amounted to
57 Rs. 23,192, and of this sum one-half, Rs. 11,596, was due to
58 the Durbar. Rs. 7,502 were paid to the State during the year,
59 and the balance, Rs. 4,094, is now under adjustment with the
60 Comptroller of India Treasuries. During 1895.96 the issues
61 of salt under this arrangement amounted to maunds 16,580, so
62 that there was a decrease of maunds 7,303 during the past year,
63 due apparently to the scarcity resulting from the failure of the
64 monsoon rains in the State.
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