1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1896-97.
2 The quantity deliverable from Didwana annually amounts to REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
3 maunds 60,000; but for the past seven consecutive years the DIDWANA.
4 issues have been less than this quantity. The Durbar takes
5 only as much salt as may be required for actual consumption,
6 regulated by trade demand. This is a satisfactory arrangement,
7 and under it there is no accumulation of stocks. On all salt so
8 delivered, the Department realizes one anna a maund on account
9 of sale price, and Rs. 2-6-6 a maund Raj duty, the salt being
10 removed only after the payment of an aggregate sum of Rs. 2-7-6 .
11 amaund. The collections on account of Raj duty are paid to
12 the Durbar monthly. The sales of the year under report
13 amounted to maunds 31,854 against maunds 41,374 in 1895-96,
14 or a decrease of maunds 9,520. This falling off was due to
15 the drought and scarcity which occurred in the State in conse-
16 quence of the failure of the monsoon of 1896, and particularly
17 over that part of it in which Didwana salt was consumed.
18 Distribution of fully taxed
19 45, I will now give particulars in regard to the course of ine
20 the trade of the Didwana Division during the past two years :—
21 The bookings of full duty paid salt are shown below:—
22 1895-96, 1896-97. Difference,
23 Mads, Mads, Mds.
24 To the railway at Nawa at the
25 Sambhar Lake we 106,178 76,981 — 29,192
26 To the Punjab— —_—_—
27 Bhiwani dG ee 1,75,814 1,40,614 35,197
28 Hissar ste eh 2,642 1,484 — 1,208
29 Balsamand eve ee oS 135 + 135
30 Sirsa ae ba 1,760 1,099 — 661
31 Hansi tes is 171 se — V1
32 Patiala State ove one 36 69 + 388
33 Total, Punjab we —-1,80,420 1,438,351 —37,069
34 To Ajmere one wae 54 eee — 54
35 To Rajputana—
36 Jaipur State oe a 21,383 16,806 — 4,527
37 Kishengarh State .,. esi oon 33 + BS
38 Kotah State an sis 1,986 1,973 — 18
39 Bikanir State ee we - 18,888 6,287 — 7,101
40 Total, Rajputana we 36,657 26,049 —11,608
41 GRranD ToTaL wo» «=: 3,28,804 2,45,381 —77,923
42 anes mee ma ————
43 The figyres show a falling off in the trade in every direction.
44 Bhiwani in the Hissar district, is the great mart for Didwana
45 salt, and the decrease which occurred there was large. Again,
46 the Jaipur State in Rdéjputana shows a considerable falling off.
47 The salt sent into the Bikanir State was much smaller in quan-
48 tity than during 1895-96. It may be mentioned here that half
49 of the duty realized on this salt was refunded to the Bikanir
50 Durbar. The falling off observable in the trade of this source
51 with all parts of the country served by it was due to the drought
52 and scarcity which prevailed during the year, causing slackness
53 in the demand of areas of consumption and a difficulty in obtain-
54 ing carriage.
55 Maunds 31,854 of salt free of duty were delivered to the Distribution of duty free
56 Jodhpur Durbar during the year, and the sale price realized on = lt.
57 this quantity amounted to Rs, 1,991. Comparative bookings of
58 this salt were as follows :—
59 eee 1896-97. Difference,
60 d
61 : Ss, Mds, Mds.
62 Jo Didwana one as =: 18,081 18,000 — 81
63 »» Nagor 13,161 7,872 — 5,289
64 » Merta i 6,430 2,838 — 3,592
65 py Parbatsar «is 3,106 2,310 — 796
66 aro 158 310 + 157
67 », Kuchaman 443 524 OBL
68 Total wo §=41,874 31,854 — 9,520
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