1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1896-97,
2 Durbar at a reduced price of one and a half annas a maund, all REVIEW BY SECTIONS,
3 salt sold to be debited against the quantity of duty free salt FALODI.
4 deliverable under Article XII of the Salt Agreement with the
5 Jodhpur State, and the cost of guarding and disposing of the
6 salt to be met by the Durbar in consideration of the reduction
7 in the price. Ihave now received the sanction of the Govern-
8 ment of India to these suggestions, and I will arrange to carry
9 them out.
10 56. Article XI of the Salt Agreement with the Marwar RAJPUTANA SALT
11 Durbar provides that in the event of the total realizations from SOURCES.
12 the sale of salt atthe salt sources of Didwana, Pachbadra and Summary of result for
13 Falodi exceeding in any year the total charges properly debit- —_Rajputana Salt Sour-
14 able against them, one-half of the excess shall be paid to the ¢#.
15 Durbar. It is therefore necessary to place the following sum-
16 mary on record, which shows the financial results of the lease
17 of the Sources named during the year under report :—
18 : Receipts. Rr,
19 By sale of 2,77,2835 maunds of salt ut Didwana ,., ae as 17,327
20 sn 8 6,43, LOZ ” s» Pachbadra ... sé ae 6i,291L
21 or 15,000 * FS »» Falodi wae 2 8 pa 2,812
22 9,35,337 ‘ 80,430
23 Char ges.
24 Didwana ae ass 44,033
25 To fixed and contingent charges ex- f Pachbadra ... tac .. 1,183,578
26 cluding treaty payments. Falodi as vee ie 1,980
27 Liabilities under Article VI of the agreement _ ies w. — 8,76,000
28 ” ” x ” ” oo oes we 1,25,000
29 Total —6,60,586
30 . Net debit balance ». 5,80,156
31 The expenditure debitable to the sources exceeded the total
32 realizations by Rs. 5,80,156.
33 57. The following is the usual statement showing for all “oi of reetoring selling
34 of the salt sources in Rajputéna, the expenditure reckoned
35 against selling price, on the system laid down in Resolution
36 No. 326 dated the 17th of January 1882 of the Department of
37 * Finance and Commerce, and the tota{ realizations from the istof
38 April 1882 to the 31st March 1897 :—
39 1 2] 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 u
40 i Despatching Quantity of Average Total
41 Manufac-| pont of charges salt pro- { cost per price rea-
42 Names of {FS &t0" |ources and) OF through duced less | maund of | Total |iireginelna-| 4¥&€° | Profit or loss
43 rage und traffie and Total. tascertained} saleable ]) quantity |. : price real-
44 sources, : » | royalty on ing miacel- : per maund.
45 supervi- salae agencysalt and wastage aud] stock as sold. iaieous ized,
46 sion, * Jeommission to free issues | per column eb a ‘
47 salt agents. to Durbars. 6. ae
48 Rs, Rs. Rs. Rs. Mds. |Rs a. p. Mads. Rs. ({Rs.a. p. |Rs. a p.
49 Sambhar ++ {80,839,107} 87,18,433, 4,4.0,780) 1,21,98,320) 6,20,51,796/0 3 1-74) 5,65,27,158) 1,45,86,90350 4 154/40 0 118
50 Didwana eo} 1,785,752} —8,79,801 toe 10,55,553) 64,10,687)) 2 761] 5796,026 6,10,4190 1 8 22—0 0 11°39
51 Pachbadra _...| 6,382,229] 11,71,460 94,456) 18,982,145! 93,65,913/0 3 2°91] 90,01,621) 10,52,6830 1 10°45) 0 1 4-46
52 Falodi on] 22,497 46,870 ne 69,367; 4,01,330j0 2 . 9°18] 8,10,994 44.1590 2 326;-0 0 592
53 Luni tee 12,000 on 12,000 1,645)7 4 8°60 1,645 3590 3 690-7 1 270
54 Total, Marwar...| 8,830,478) 21,10,181 94,456] 30,35,065| 1,61,79,575}0 3 0:01/1,51 10,286] 17,07,6200 1 9691-0 1 2-52
55 Total ...{88,69,585] 1,08,28,564 5,35.236| 1,52,88,885| 7,82,31,371/0 38 1°38] 7,16,87,444 cea 3 767/+0 0 629
56 Note—The figures in column three represent :—
57 (1) In the case of Sambhar, the total treaty payments for the first eight years at the rate of Rs. 5,50,000 per annum plus the amount
58 of royalty actually paid, and the amount for each of the remaining seven years of the rateable share calculated on Sales of the fixed
59 sum of Rs. 5,00,0UU now chargeable against the selling price for the whole of the R&ajputdna sources under the orders of Govern-
60 ment conveyed in letter No. 544) dated 22nd November 1890.
61 (2) Inthe case of Didwana and Pachhadra, the rateable share for the first eight years calculated on sales of the sum of Rs. 1,70,000
62 chargeable against selling price under the orders of Government conveyed in letter No. 2051 dated 9th July 1884, and rateable
63 shares for the remaining seven years of the fixed sum of Rs. 5,0,000 above referred to.
64 &3) In the case of Falodi and the Luni, the rents, Rs. 6,000. fixed by the Jodhpur Salt Agreement for the first eight years, and in the
65 case of Falodi, for the remaining seven years, the rateable share of the sum of Rs, 5,00,000. No sales are now made from the Luni,
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