1 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
2 REVIEW BYSECTIONS- For the period of fifteen years the average cost of the salt
3 RAJPUTANA SALT produced at the Sambhar Lake, after allowing for all charges,
4 SOURCES. amounted to 3 annas 1°74 pies amaund; it was sold at an
5 average price of four annas 1:54 pies a maund, and.a profit was
6 gained of 11:80 piesa maund. At the other salt sources com-
7 bined, the average cost of the salt produced was 3.annas *01
8 of a pie a maund, the average rate of sale amounted to one anna
9 9°69 pies a maund, anda loss occurred of 1 anna 2°32 pies a
10 maund. Taking all of the salt sources together, maunds
11 7,82,31,371 of salt were produced during the fifteen years ata
12 cost of.3 aunas 1°38 pies a maund, maunds 7,16,37,444 were
13 sold at 3 annas 7°67 pies a maund, and a net profit of 6:29
14 pies a maund-was realized. This profit for the entire period .
15 amounts to Rs. 10,61,170 or an average of Rs. 70,744 per
16 annum. :
17 Expenditure to b . : : .
18 "i fou giles-and’ the 58. Finally, the next statement shows, for all of the Raj-
19 total price realized. putana Salt Sources, the total expenditure which must be re-
20 couped from selling price, and the total realizations on account
21 of sale price, from 1870-71 {the year in which the Sambhar Lake
22 was leased) to the clese of 1896-97. The treaty and royalty
23 payments included in the total charges shown in the third
24 column of the statement, have been calculated in the manner
25 indicated by the notes at the foot of the table in the preceding
26 paragraph,
27 Value of
28 stock at
29 ‘ Stock at the averaze, Exceas of
30 Year, Opening | Total | Total real- Slee ¢ {selling rate realizations Profit or
31 . stock. charges, | izations. ‘lie He from 1st | over char- loss.
32 years | april 1870] ges.
33 to close of
34 the year,
35 1 2 3 4 5 6 q 8
36 Cd oe eccr ee | ~
37 ‘ . Mads, Bs. Rs, Mds, Rs. Rs. Rs.
38 1870-71 ...| 19,78,044{ . 5,92,287} 7,78,682| 31,70,867/ 19,81,479'+ 1,86,895| +21,67,874
39 1871-72 ...; 31,70,367} 11,80,747| 14,87,788! 32,05,272| 19,40,358' 4 2,56,991) +21,97,349
40 1872-73 ...| 82,05,272| 17,71,801| 23,20,122] 34,88,935| 21 94,576:-+ 5,48,321| +-27,42,897
41 1873-74 ..| 34,883,935] 23,72,631| 30,883,191} 42,82,742| 27,27,348' + 7,10,560| +34,37,908
42 YS74-75 ...| 42,82,742| 29,89,790] 37,84,376! 50,57,097| 32,38,386/-+ 7,94,586} +40,32,972
43 1875-76 ...| 50,57,097| 35,91,405| 47,13,995| 68,52,887] 35,538,664) -+11,22,590) +46,76,254
44 1876-7 ...; 56,62,887| 42,10,7U8| 53,86,651| 38,84,187| 23,43,055' +-13,75,943| +37, 18,998
45 1877-78 ...| 8,84,187| 51,80,222] 69,57,295} 72,38,211) 41,87,173/-+17,77,073| +-5%64,246
46 1878-79 ...! 72,838,211} 62,92,871/ 82,78,191) 88,82,408] 48,89,433, +19,85,820] +68,75,253
47 1879-80 ...| 88,82,308} 73,31,252| 495,15,317| 66,51,885| 28,02,303] + 21,84,065|+49,86,455
48 1880-82 ...| 56,51,885] 83,99,820| 1,07,43,389} 56,65,779| 26,39,309, + 23,483,569) +49,82,878
49 1881-82 ...] 56,65,779| 97,81,906] 1,21,38,603] 46,43 714} 20,31,383! +23,56,647| +43,88,080
50 1882-83 ,,,| 46,43,714| 1,10,65,262] 1,35,48,737| 56,22,995| 23,57,558| +24,88,475| +48,41,033
51 1883-84 ...| 56,22,998| 1,24,36,516] 1,49,33,277| 88,11.927| 35,78,927:-+24,96,761| +60, 75,688
52 1884-85 ...| 88,11,927] 1,35,74 147] 1,59,58,268| 36,74,276] 18,98,719, +23,84.121| +37 64,840
53 1885-86 .,.| 36,70,276) 1,44,82,167| 1,65,43,996| 29.54,661) 10,90,147/ +20,61,825| +31,51,976
54 1886-87 ...| 29,54,661) 1,57,99,028] 1,77,52,805} 56,55,901] 20,19,628]-+19,53,277) +39.72,905
55 1587-88 ..,| 56,55,901/ 1,70,30.233] 1,87,99,469! 59,18,395| 20,43,388 +-17,69,236] +38, 12,624
56 1888-89 ...| 59.18,395} 1,83,23,291) 1,98.86,690| 87,52,226| 29,43 392] 4+-15,68,399| 4+-45,06,791
57 1889-90 ...| 87,52,226] 1,95,42,392| 2,09,80,918) 67,84.343| 22,23,992| +14,38,556] +36,62,548
58 1890-91 .. | 67,84,843| 2,03,53,097| 2,20,75,111| 88,55,161| 26,65,383}-+17,22,014)+-43 87,397
59 1891-92 .,,| 83,55,161| 2,11,37,365| 2,29,61,788] 78,89,554| 29,84,219) +18,24,423|+.41,08,642
60 1892-93 ...| 73,89,554] 2,17,73,047] 2,39,37,504| 13,97,453| 4,17,562)-+21,64,4571 +25,82,019
61 1893-94 ...| 13,97,453| 2,25,35,798| 2,50,74,837| 20,86,813| 6,18,254|+.25,32,039] + 31,57,293
62 1894 95 ,..| 20,86,313] 2,34,14,356) 2,63,18,324| 53,74,828 15,73,535/+ 29,03,968| +.44,77,503
63 1895-96 ...| 63.74,823!, 2,42,23,827| 2,78,48 268] 71,46,637| 20,66,569|+31,24,441|4-51,91,010
64 1896-97 ... 7lya6,687| 290,15 2 2,84,33,158| 65,983,927] 18,85,108! +34,17,867) +-53,02,975
65 The receipts for the entire period of twenty-seven years
66 amount to Rs. 2,84,33,158, the expenditure to Rs. 2,50,15,291,
67 leaving a profit of Rs. 34,17,867. Adding to this last men-
68 tioned sum the money value, Rs. 18,85,108, of maunds 65,938,927
69 of salt in stock at the close of the past year at the average séll-
70 ing price of the past twenty-seven years, the gain in money and
71 stock amounts to Rs. 53,02,975. But if the lease of the
72 ( 56 )