1 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
2 REVIEW BY SECTIONS. and Nepal, and British Territory along the fronfier of the
3 INTERNAL BRANCH. North-Western Provinces and Oudh :—
4 PRICES OF SALT.
5 Prices of sait in the prin-
6 cipal markets to which
7 the operations of this
8 Department extend,
9 1895-96. 1896-97,
10 Imports. } Exports. _ Imports. | Exports.
11 Mes. Mads, Mds. Mds.
12 Almorah ... = a) ms 14,714 2,798 17,586 4,313
13 Garhwél iy - ; 13,347! 0, 14,803 ss
14 Nilang Pass vid Debra Din . i 3,319 si 886 ie
15 Pilibbit ... sa sie ee bes 5,105 sei 4,794
16 Kheri «ss isi Ses As ‘es 6,492 aes 5,918
17 Bahraich ... sai a aes ie 9,081 as 14,563
18 Gonda ,,. sou wee Se id 5,554 os 5.035
19 Basti... ie vai ahs és 13,146 sas 14,897
20 Gorakhpur See des ee ie 9,956. Pes 1u,839
21 Total we | 81,880} 52,232 | 33,275 | 60,359
22 Compared with 1895-96 there was an increase of maunds
23 1,895 in imports and of maunds 8,227 in the quantity exported
24 during the year. The exports exceeded the imports by
25 maunds 27,084 representing a money value on account of
26 excise duty of Rs. 67,710.
27 68. The following figures show the prices of salt during
28 the past two years in the principal markets of Northern
29 India :—
30 Wholesale rate per
31 meund,
32 1896 1897.
33 Punjab. Rs, a. p. | Re, a. p
34 ( Lahore we isk “| 3 2 2] 8 0 8
35 Amritsar see on . 35 4 3.5 4
36 Ludhiana sis ven “") 3 181 8 2 2
37 Multan tie toe wl 84 38] 8 4 3
38 Rawalpindi. oe 1 215 0
39 ock salt... rm west f 2 214 7
40 Roc 1 Umbslis oe 132213 4 9
41 Ferozepore ie oe “1 3 43/3 8 2
42 | Jullundhur ves | 8 22/ 81 8
43 ; Jhelum xe eee one 213 8) 218 &
44 L Shabpur ss “| 3 13/8 1 3
45 7 North-Western Provinces and Oudh.
46 ‘
47 if Agra eee ose one 3 $3 6 3 3 0
48 Cawnpur eas a “1 8 3 0] 3 8 0
49 Allahabad ‘; ese 89 0} 3 9 0
50 Sambhar salt a 4 Benares Sve <0 “138 7 01 8 8 0
51 ; Lucknow va ve ane 85413 5 4
52 | Fyzabad vee “1 3 7 81 38 7 7
53 | Bareilly tes 86 8| 3 7 0
54 \ Meerut es 8 6 0! 837 0
55 Rekar. a
56 Patna si “is 3 6 0| 3 8 O
57 Saran (Chapra) 311 6) 4 2 0
58 P Muozafferpur ... 8 69] 3 8 3
59 Liverpool salt “ } Champaran (Motihari) 38 0| 3 8 0
60 ‘ | Buxar eas ied | 3 7 0) 3 9 6
61 { Durbbunga ia {| 3 5 0] 3 97 0
62 Central Provinces.
63 { Jabbalpur a ww | 42 6| 40 0
64 | Nagpur ata vee . 409/40 0
65 Bombay ealt a. 4 Saugor oes ' 4 6 2 | 311 11
66 | Nimar ry, aan w | 8 8 3) 8 8 8
67 \ Hoshangabad see 43 4! 40 0
68 Punjab.—The rates for this province have been taken.
69 from the Gazette of India. There waslittle difference in prices
70 during the past two years.
71 ( 68 )