1 ‘SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1896-97,
2 decrease of Rs. 5,981. The expenditure on account of excavation REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
3 of salt will be separately dealt with. Under other contingen-
4 cics a decrease of Rs. 10,998 is apparent, which has occurred as
5 follows :—There was an increase, (1) of Rs. 983 in the cost
6 of the maintenance of the Khewra Glen water-supply ; (2) of
7 Rs. 98 on account of rewards paid to subordinates for seizures
8 of illicit salt effected ; (3) of Rs. 956 in travelling allowances,
9 repairs to tents and tour charges, and (4) of Rs. 1,855 in petty
10 and miscellaneous items. On the other hand, there was a
11 ‘decrease, (1) of Rs. 8,917 in expenditure on account of the
12 wagon tramway and of mine improvement; (2) of Rs. 638 in
13 ‘connection with through traffic charges owing to a smaller
14 quantity of salt having been cleared, and (3) of Rs. 5,335 under
15 the head of petty construction and repairs of buildings owing
16 to an endeavour to reduce expenditure’during the year.
17 13. In the Mayo Mines at Khewra, the measures which
18 have been adopted for many years past for opening out the
19 salt seams, in view to having stores of salt ready for excava-
20 tion as required, were continued, and 914 lineal feet of drift
21 work were driven for passages and airways and to test the
22 thickness of certain marl seams. An additional length of 54
23 feet of the new tram tunnel was lined with masonry and all
24 dangerous parts of the mine were carefully. fenced. The
25 surface drainage of the mine hill was efficiently maintained,
26 and 700 lineal feet of draining was done ata cost of Rs. 1,275.
27 14. There was no fatal accident in the Mayo Mines during
28 the past year; but four cases occurred resulting in fractures
29 of a leg, an arm, a finger andarib. Jn three instances the
30 accidents were occasioned by carriers slipping and falling
31 while carrying salt, their loads in falling causing the fractures.
32 In the fourth case, a miner’s pick slipped out of his hand
33 while being used, and struck another miner who was working
34 close by, breaking his rib.
35 15. The following statement shows the opening stock
36 balance, the quantity of salt excavated, the quantity of salt
37 sold, and the balance of stock in hand at the Mayo mines during
38 the past and three preceding years :—
39 erence
40 Balance in ; .
41 Excavation Total of : Balance in
42 Year. store at com" | duiing the | columns 2 hued during] store at close
43 mencement year. and 3. the year. | of the year.
44 of the year.
45 Mds Mds Mds, Mas. Mds
46 1893-94 4. sis 5,58,386 | 18,19,288 | 28,77,619 18,938,275 4,84,344
47 1894-95 .., as 4,84,344 | 17,19,269 22,083,613 16,55,027 5,48,586
48 1895-96 ... ‘i 5,48,586 | 18,82,229 |] 24,80,815 | —19,40,640 4,90,175
49 1896-97 .., ane 4,90,175 18,36,868 23,27,048 18,40,229 4,86,814
50 ———e
51 The year opened with a stock balance of maunds 4,90,175,
52 maunds 13,36,868 were excavated, maunds 18,40,229 were
53 issued, and there was a balance of maunds 4,86,314 in hand
54 when the year closed. This last item does not include a
55 quantity of maunds 72,534 lying at the Warthganj Depdt,
56 which had been sold, but not cleared, on the 31st March 18973
57 and another quantity of about 20,000 maunds lying in the mine,
58 which had not been paid for. Including these two items, the
59 balance of stock of salt in hand at Khewra at the close of the
60 year amounted to 5,79,000 maunds.
61 G22y)
62 PUNJAB MINES.
63 Additions and improve-
64 ments in tke Mayo
65 Mines.
66 Accidents in the Mayo
67 Mines,
68 Stock balances, produc-
69 tion and sales of salt
70 at the Mayo Mines,