1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1896-97,
2 During the past four years 105 heaps, estimated to contain REVIEW BYsecTions.
3 maunds 40,22,792 of salt, were cleared with the result that. SAMBHAR.
4 only 1:93 per cent. was discovered in excess in them. This is
5 satisfactory. The differences during the past two years are
6 large in comparison with 1894-95 and 1893-94. The reason for
7 this is that the rainfall of 1895 and 1896 was deficient, and
8 large excesses appeared in heaps of pan salt of fine grain, which
9 were under-estimated to meet waste from heavy rainfall to
10 which they happened not to be exposed owing to the failure of the
11 monsoon.
12 4 * iH Price of Sambhar salt at
13 36. The following’ statement shows the prices at which ae
14 Sambhar salt has beensold at the Lake from 1870-71 down ginning of tease.
15 to the close of the year under report :—-
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19 Year. 24 4 Es 3 g £ _ 2 8 2 z q
20 fo) S a8 a a a -. aQ o 2 be
21 ea ee Piece pow em |B eee ae ie 3
22 a4 ee as aa a¢ #3 2g a 3 a3 ; 8
23 ef ice) 22 | sf | of | “a 1°88 | 381 28 | fe] S 5
24 fa g2 Ba Ba Be na Be ta Ra ae = EI
25 ° a BR & ia) na n <3 a & =] 4
26 ee jee de ns S| = eeereet .
27 Mas, | Mads. Mads. Mds, Mds. Mads. Mds, Mds, Mads, Mads. Mds, | Annas.
28 1870-71]. ay ae 10 bss ica en ww. -{12,45,902! .. = 112,45,892} 10°00
29 1871-72 vee vee one aie 8,011} 38,853} 3,57,869) 1,538,002] 4,48,057/ 1,33,690)11,28,982 O34
30 1872-78 ves ces ve 4,682; 1,886] 76,199} 1,77,214| 4,63,545} 5,89,883:'13,13,409) 10°75
31 1873-74 vas os 1,283 &. 80) vee 5,263} 99,183] 6,10,401} 4,36,660)11,52,870} 10°59
32 1874-7¢ wie ae 699 9468 aes 7 4,316} 1,27,102) 4,19,503) 5,12,905 10,605,471, 10°53
33 1875-70) ase iss ase Pn 28,819 3,33,739] 6,39,979} 2,06,702) 3,82,425,16,91,064 9°85
34 1876-77 wae aes an one 53,51]] 686,565) 6,95,472] 58,292) 71,985: 2,01,669/1'7,62,404 TOL
35 1877-78) ae ase 2,22,0UE| 2,76,472/13,02,057| 8,37,798) 1,69,992) 3,20,844 26,24,171. 8:21
36 1878-7¢ aa 5,67,552 1,538,505} 20,257] 9,338,875} 1,381,228) 2,77,996} 91,249! 48,964) 4:46,327:26,70,958 673
37 1879-80 it 24,74,616 1,20,808} 71,919} 142,478} 88,555] 1,27,953) 10,143] 1,75,090, 1,88,352 33,49,916 474
38 1880-81] 43,247 12,68,180 90,281} 8,94,033} 4,063,024} 1,97,734, 1,783,043) 1,87,284) 1,35, 193} 1,11,869:30,64,188 5°33
39 1881-8: 2,65817,62,238 28,719} 8,76,064| 6,138,076} 1,22,707| 94,868} 73,686 75,284) 72,236:37,20,536, 4:82
40 1882-85} 37,25217,84,866 62,885! 4,69,602| 3,73,541! 1,82.677| 4,165,844) 1,10,124} 1,380,444! 54,92436,21,659 5°03
41 1883-84}... 6,06,803 1,00,906]27,01,056} 5,11,82:) 5,42,085| 1,899,170! 17,877, 1441) ... '36,81,160| 501
42 188-4-85|30,98,708] 28,610 5,622} 7,02,143| 1,80,728) 152,562) 1,08,408} 23,882/ 9,155) 4,023/42,99,141; 3:29
43 1885-8¢112,48,101;) 2. | ou. a wo wae 4,81,305| va we ((27,29,406 = 408
44 1886-87)... 2,78,932 30,56,777| ... is oa 4,49,807) oa see ve (87,85,516] 4°44
45 1887-88]... 5,10,300 26,79,328 605] 8,388,574) 21,823)... so sn ... —_ |85,45,930], 4:09
46 1838-85, .., | 7,560 25,385,865] 6,79,190| 8,64,811] 9,048 67} ans wes we (85,968,049) 4°29
47 1889-90 as 36.68,1038] 1,46,02({ 2,167 513, sei we: (88,34,805] 4:08
48 1890-91} 7,422 12,97,091 29,74,650| 3,073}... sai ae ia a tie 2,82,236] 3°64
49 1891-9: 1,78,600 43,89,312 ie sas ae ea a ae sis 5,607,912] 2°72
50 1892-93} 4,54,055 46,55,546, .,, ee es Mee ie o ais vw. — (62,09,601| 2°67
51 1893-94} ... {11,17,519 xi 4,95,98} ... {11,81,642} ... be vee: {27,.08,141] 546
52 1894-95) es vw» 186,738,637), ‘ze on 3,57,981} oe we 40,812,618; 4-36
53 1895-96 ss we (37,15,774 ae is as we. —{87515,7741 4-00
54 1896-97] 37,9201 |. ". {3s93 sao], i a a is wl }39,32,210] 8°99
55 The price of salt at the Lake was the same as that realized
56 during 1895-96, namely, four annas a maund, except in connec-
57 tion with one store heap of maunds 37,320, which was disposed
58 of at two and a half.annasa maund. The heap in question was
59 manufactured during the year 1893-94, and as it was of inferior
60 quality, it had to be sold at a lower rate than the rest of the salt,
61 The reason for its inferiority in quality was that there was
62 almost an entire failure of manufacture in 1892-93, and great
63 efforts had to be made in the year following, 1893-94, to replenish ;
64 stocks, In this. way salt wasto some extent accepted for storage
65 which would not nave been taken under more favourable circum-
66 stances. Different qualities of salt for sale at varying prices are
67 not now produced. The arrangements which obtain at the Lake
68 tend to the production of salt of uniform market value :—
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