1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1896-97.
2 There* were no exports to Rajputana and Central India REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
3 during the past three years, and the quantities sent into the INTERNAL BRANCH.
4 Punjab were petty. The trade with the North-Western Pro-
5 vinces and Oudh was important, and amounted to maunds 4,21,734
6 during the year under report compared with maunds 4,62,502
7 during 1895-96, The figures of these two years are consider-
8 ably in excess of those of 1894-95 and 1893-94 This was
9 owing to prices of salt at Calcutta having been very low
10 towards the end of 1895-96 and in the beginning of 1896-97.
11 Taking the province of Bebar alone, the following table ‘Tpports of salt into
12 shows the quantities of salt imported into it from Calcutta
13 during the past four years :—
14 1893-94, | 1894-95. 1895-96, 1896-97.
15 Mds. Mas, Mds. Mds.
16 Patna Division peo es 16,22,578 17,15,661 17,11,995 | 17,21,688
17 Bhagalpur Division "53 sé 10,47,800 10,42,632 | 9,56,350 10,76,330
18 Soe a
19 Total - | 26,70,378 | 27,58,293 | 26,68,345 | 27,98,018
20 Trade was apparently brisk during the year under report
21 as the figures are the highest of the four yearly periods.
22 Imports into Behar from (other markets were) as shown
23 below :—
24 1893-94. | 1894-95, 1895-96. | 1896-97.
25 Mds. Mds, Mds, Mds,
26 ¥rom North Western Provinces and Oudh ... 8,383 2,114 8,487 2,585
27 » Punjab a ose one 97,296 68,433 78,574 | 1,038,960
28 » Bengal was _ we 2,588 5,623 1,317 5,310
29 », Réjputéna and Central India oe oe 157 sts 6,064
30 », Central Provinces or ove 10 toe ” 337
31 » Bombay ae was one 8 tos 1,426 8
32 Total ace 1,038,235 76,827 84,804, 118,264
33 The imports from the Punjab were of Rock salt, and there
34 was an increase during the past year compared with the pre-
35 vious three years.
36 Finally, the exports from Behar were as follows :—
37 1893-94, | 1804-95. | 1895-96, | 1896-97.
38 Mds, Mds.
39 Mds. Mds.
40 Into North-Western Provinces and Oudh from 5,706 4,948 8,861 5,283
41 the Behar block of the East Indian Railway.
42 Into Punjab ditto ditto 348 oss - bees
43 Into Bengal blocks ditto ditto 44,210 11,443
44 17,272 6,043
45 Into Réjputine and Central India ditto ees 755 ee ae oe
46 Into Central Provinces ditto ditto oa a aie 9 q
47 Into Nepal from districts on the northern | 1,50,965 | 1,49,887 | 1,74,571 | 2,283,296
48 rontier of the Behar Province,
49 ee
50 Total «| 1,75,046 | 1,60,828 | 2,27,651 | 2,40,029
51 There was a considerable increase in the exports of salt into
52 Nepal,
53 : * : Imports and exports of
54 67. The following statement gives particulars for the past a eeres Nepar aud
55 two years of the imports and exports of salt between Thibet: rnibet and the North-
56 Western Provinces and
57 ( 67 ) Oudh,