1 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
2 REVIEW BYSECTIONS. (Contingent expenditure increased from Rs. 66,548 in 1895-
3 PACHBADRA. —9 to Rs, 68,685 during the past year, a difference of Rs. 2,137.
4 This is explainable as follows:—There was an increase (1) of
5 Rs. 34 under postal charges due to the despatch of through
6 traffic railway receipts service paid; (2) of Rs. 484 on account
7 of manufacture in consequence of a larger quantity of salt
8 having been produced ; (3) of Rs. 943 under through traffic
9 charges owing to a larger quantity of through traffic salt
10 having been cleared;(4) of Rs. 1,732 under miscellaneous:
11 expenditure due to the purchase of railway trucks and iron
12 tanks for the supply of water, and to the purchase of a larger
13 quantity of medicines for the hospital, and (5) of Rs. 161 on
14 account of refunds of half excise duty, owing toa slightly larger
15 quantity of salt having been issued for consumption in the
16 Bikanir State. These excesses were counterbalanced in part
17 by a decrease (1) of Rs. 858 under travelling allowance owing”
18 to fewer transfers of establishment having occurred during the
19 year, (2) of Rs. 215 on account of smaller expenditure on.
20 storage tanks for water, and (3) of anaggregate sum of Rs. 144
21 less expended during the past year under minor heads.
22 Peta of sales of alt daty 48. ‘The following statement shows in a detailed form the
23 ef ali charcis total quantities of salt which were issued from the Pachbadra
24 Salt Source during the past four years :—
25 Duty paid salt. Duty free,
26 Issued Grand
27 _ Rail-borne.
28 Year... | I A ees - | free of }; Total | total of
29 Road | Total duty} tion of | both {duty free} issues.
30 veeuer ier ngs traffic. | paid salt. fprice but price and} salt.
31 free of
32 \ duty. duty. i ie
33 Mds. | Mds. | Meds. Mas. | Meds, | Mas. | Mas: Mds.
34 1,45,000
35 1,42,500
36 1,46,174
37 1,389,270
38 61,564 |1,67,636 | 10,59,268
39 1,68,758 | 6,97,318
40 94,012 | 4,50,940
41 94,699 | 5,083,832
42 | 11,000 [2,56,000 | 12,15,268-
43 1893-94 ...f 8.30,068
44 . 11,00u ]1,53,500 | 8,50,818
45 1894-95 5,22 292 | 6.268
46 1895-96 ..} 8,583,455 | 3,478
47 1896-97 ..f 4,07,773 | 1,360
48 11,00v {1,57,174 | 608,114"
49 | 11,000 41,50,270 | 6,54,102
50 As regards duty ‘paid salt, I have already explained in
51 the preceding paragraph, that the trade of the first two years
52 entered in the statement was abnormally stimulated by the
53 price of Sambhar salt having been temporarily raised to eight
54 annas a maund duriag those years. Obviously it is unneces-
55 sary to compare the figures of the past year with those of 1894-
56 95 and 1893-94 under such circumstances. Turning to the
57 last two years, it will be observed that the total issue of duty
58 paid salt during the past year amounted to maunds 5,03,832'
59 eompared with maunds 4,50,940 in 1895-96, or an improvement
60 of maunds 52,892 during the year under report. Through
61 traffic sales increased by maunds 54,318, ordinary rail-borne
62 trade declined by maunds 2,113, and there was a slight increase
63 of maunds 687 in the quantity of salt sold for removal by road.
64 The inerease in the sales may therefore be ascribed to an
65 expansion of the through traffic trade. Particulars in regard.
66 to these fluctuations will be found in the succeeding paragraph.
67 The following figures show the territorial distribution of
68 Tereitarial areas, the trade in duty paid salt during the past two years :—
69 1895-96. | 1896-97, | Difference.
70 Ferritovial areas, Mads. Mads. .
71 Réjputéna... we us we we | 1,42,098 | 1,67,u85 | +-25,192
72 Central India ves - wee we | 1,61,671 | 1,91,903 | +30,232
73 Do. Provinces... oon ie oes 1,836,474 | 1,384,574 —1,900
74 North-Western . rovinces see one sce 10,702 10,070 = 632
75 Total we | 450,940 | 5,038,832 | 452,892
76 ( 46°)