1 GENERAL REVIEW.
2 Financial result of all salt
3 agreements,
4 No deputations of officers
5 to inspect salt-produc-
6 ing tracts in various
7 Native States owing to
8 general soarcity pre-
9 vailing.
10 Collection of salt revenue
11 through the agency of
12 Post Office.
13 ‘
14 Punjab mines Rock salt.
15 Year. | Number
16 of post | Maunds
17 offices | of salt.
18 utilized.
19 Mas.
20 1898-94: 18 19,336
21 1894-95 18 15,349
22 1895 96 8 19,962
23 1896-97 8 8,554
24 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
25 7. The abstract below gives the usual account of the finan-
26 cial results for the past year of the Sambhar Lake treaties, and
27 of the salt agreements concluded with the Durbars when the
28 other salt sources in Rajputana were leased and the customs
29 line was abolished :—
30 Credits—
31 Rs.
32 Price of 7,07,199 maunds of Sambhar salt at an average of 3-99
33 annas per maund “ae 1,76,358
34 Duty on 7,07,199 maunds at Rs. "9. 8 per maund AT 17,67,997
35 Price of 56,903 maunds of Didwana salt at 1 anna per maund 3,556
36 Duty on 18,812 maunds at Ks. 2-8 per maund “aa ec 47,030
37 Duty on 6,237 maunds at Re. 1-4 per maund 7,796
38 Price of 8,17,333 maunds of Pachbadra sult at 14 annas per maund 29,750
39 Duty on 1,74,453 maunde »t Rs. 2-8 per maund ee 436,132
40 Duty on 3,610 maunds at Re. 1-4 per maund Sia 4,513
41 Price of 15,000 maunds of Falodi salt at 3 annas per maund 2,812
42 Average cost for the three years ending 31st March ae of the
43 abolished customs line ,,. ies ‘ ... 8,830,506
44 Total 33,06,450
45 Debits— _——
46 Treaty liabilities in 1896-97 to Native States under salt agreements, 20,85,057
47 Share of Sambhar Lake treaty payments for 1396-97 calculated on
48 the qu .utity of salt sold from Sambhar fur cousumption in
49 Native States ae ie Se w. —:1,61,738
50 Shares similarly calculated of--
51 (1, Sambhar Lake fixed and contingent charges a3 cae 57,869
52 (2) Fixed and contingent charges of the Didwane salt source cee 4,282
53 (8) Ditto ditto Pachbadra salt source tee 54,158
54 (4) Ditto ditto Falodi salt source es 1,980
55 Total 23,68,084
56 Credit balance en» —- 938,366
57 The sales of salt for which credit has been taken are those
58 declared at the salt sources, at the time of issue or clearance,
59 to be for places in Native territory. The credit balance of the
60 year amounts to Rs. 9,38,366, and even if the average eost of
61 the abolished. customs line be omitted from the account, there
62 still remains a balance at credit of Rs, 1,07,860.
63 8. _ Owing to the scarcity and distress which prevailed so
64 widely in consequence of the failure of the monsoon rains it
65 was considered inadvisable to ‘send officers on deputation into
66 Native States during the past year to report upon the due
67 observance of the salt agreements. The salt marshes of
68 Kuchamun, Sargdt and Kuchér Rewasa in the neighbourhood
69 of the Sambhar Lake were inspected by officers. sent from
70 Sambhar, and were found to be quite safe, salt not having
71 formed owing to the deficiency in the rainfall.
72 9. The following statement gives information in regard to
73 the working of the system for the collection of the revenue of
74 this Department through the agency of Post Office during
75 the past four years :-—
76 Sambhar salt. Pachbadra salt. Total.
77 Number WNuwber ; Namber |
78 Realiza-| of post | Maunds | Realiza- | of post | Maunds | Reali-} of post {| Maunds | Realiza-
79 tions. { offices | of salt tions. offices | of salt. |zations| offices of salt, | tions.
80 utilized. utilized. utilized.
81 Re Mds, Rs Mads. Rs Mds. Rs.
82 50,198 34 52,2411 1,50,272 12 7,970) 20,797 64 79,547 | 2,21,267
83 39,577 27 66,028! 1,84,791 5 7,442] 19,420 45 88,819} 2,43,788
84 51,994 24 55,532} 1,53,583 3 7,490'19,955 35 82,984) 2,25,532
85 22,053 19 35,993; 99,542 8 7,725 20,1 58 80 52,272] 1,41,753
86 os Ueneeeni area