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2 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFPICIAL YEAR 1893-94,
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4 25. The receipts and charges and the net revenue of the REVIEW BY SECTIONS
5 Kohat Mines for the past four years are shown in the accom- KOHAT MINES.
6 : Receipts, charges and net
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8 Receipts. Charges.
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10 Year, Quay Collec eile or hoe = revenue.
11 2 on . tions.’ contin- maliks, Total.
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13 Mads. » Rs, Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.
14 1890-91... a6 5,68,430 2,22,922 31,832 26,690 ; 58,522 1,64,400
15 1891-92 ... ew. | * 7,51,060 2,94,559 47,430 27,409 74,839 2,19,720
16 1892-93... om 6,23, 981 2,44,705 47,676 29,070 76,746 1,67,959
17 1893-94 see ees 5,90,285 2,31,484 40,487 28,767 69,254 1,62,230
18 The quantity of salt sold is less than in 1892-93 by Figures revicwed.
19 maunds 33,696, and the realizations and charges are also less
20 by Rs. 13,221 and Rs. 7,492. The net revenue is less by
21 Rs. 5,729. Among the fixed charges is included the sum of
22 Rs. 390 paid as exchange compensation allowance.
23 The Deputy Commissioner of Kohat notes as regards the
24 smaller quantity of salt sold “that the decrease is due to the
25 Cabul trade being disorganized by the heavy import dues
26 levied by the Amir and the more stringent measures he has
27 adopted to realize these dues, as also to a large number of
28 Khattak carriers having been diverted to the grain trade, own-
29 ers of grain having been anxious to clear out their old stock as
30 s00on as possible so that the bumper harvest which is anticipated
31 may not come into competition with it.” The latter reason
32 seems to me more likely to be the correct one. The import
33 duty imposed by the Amir is, I believe, a very light one—
34 Rs. 1-8-0 per camel load, or about five annas per maund. This,
35 with the price at the mine and the British duty, would make the
36 cost only 12 annas per maund. I do not believe that under
37 these circumstincés so low an import duty would check con-
38 sumption across the frontier to any extent, especially as there is
39 no other source for salt supply to the independent tribes on our
40 border and to Eastern Afghanistan.
41 The decrease in the charges for fixed establishment and
42 contingencies occurs almost entirely under petty construction
43 and repairs of buildings and roads. Under this head the outlay
44 in 1892-93 was Rs. 11,934 and in 1893-94 Rs. 5,642.
45 26. The next statement.exhibits the total realizations MANDI MINES,
46 from Mandi salt, the cost of the establishment maintained at the. —_Receipts and charges,
47 two mines (Guma and Drang) by the British Government, and —
48 the contingent expenditure and the net revenue derived by the
49 British Government and the Raja of Mandi during the year |
50 under report and the three preceding years :— _
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68 ; Rs. 3. Rs. | Bs. | Ks. | Re. Bs.
69 1890-91... 1,85,159 87,524 97,635 5,845 | 735 6,580 80,944
70 1891-92 4, 1,57,176 43,660 | 1,183,516 6,341 864, 7,205 86,455
71 1892-93. 1,40,058 88,905 } 1,01,153 5,903 | 730 6,633 82,272 .
72 1893-94 ... 1,50,779 41,883 | 1,08,896 6,945 854 7,799 84,084
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