1 REPORT
2 ON THE
3 ADMINISTRATION
4 OF THE
5 Aorthern Andina Salt Revenue Depart ment,
6 FOR
7 THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1897-98.
8 THE receipts and charges of the Northern India Salt GENERAL REVIEW.
9 Revenue Department, for the year under report, will be found Beceipts and charges.
10 fully detailed’and compared with those of 1896-97, in Appen-
11 dix I. The following statement is an abstract of the receipts
12 and charges of 1897-98, and of the three preceding years :-—
13 Gross receipts, Charges.
14 . Salt, Net Percent-
15 Year, —_ | Fees, Excava- | Contin- eipt age of
16 cesses, Total Estab- | tion and gent andi Total recelpts. charges.
17 Excise Sale fines, Sas lishment. manufac-| miscel« .
18 duty. price. e ture. | laneous.
19 Re Rs Rs Rs. Rs. Rs Bs, Rs. Rs. Rs,
20 1894-95 ee 1,79,16,716 12,88,967| 1,72,007| 1,93,77,690| 6,11,985) 3,81,867 2,638,026 12,56,878) 1,81,20,812 648,
21 1895-96 eee | 1,78,35,078/11,09,239) 1,68,690/ 1,86,18,007| 6,26,787| 3,338,977; pacar sede 6-50
22 1896-97 ee | 1,74,50,671/11,54,726] 1,55,663) 1,87,61,060) 6,19,677 apse coal pl: 1,75,70,459 6°35
23 1897-98 ase | 1,82,22,729]12,00,863) 1,58,822) 1,95,82,414 6,06,166, 2,86,682 2,51,653'10,94,501| 1,84,87,913 5:59
24 i aes eee lca
25 As usual, excise duty includes the duty on Kohat salt and
26 the share due to the British Government on the duty realized
27 on the salt sold at the mines in the Mandi State. Sale price
28 includes the price at which salt was sold, apart from the duty,
29 at the Panjab mines, and at Sambhar, Pachbadra, Didwana and
30 Falodi in Rajputina. Fees, cesses, fines, &c. comprise (1) all
31 license fees collected in the Internal Branch, (2) the hakimi
32 cess levied on salt sold at the Sultdnpur Salt Works, and (3)
33 all miscellaneous collections, including the charge made for
34 filling and clearing through traffic salt at Warthganj in the
35 Panjab Mines Division, and at Sambhar and Pachbadra in
36 Rajputana.
37 The gross receipts of the year amounted to Rs. 1,95,82,414, Figures reviewed.
38 These exceed the figures of 1896-97 by Rs. 8,21,354 ; of 1895-96
39 by Rs. 9,69,407 ; and of 1894-95 by Rs.2,04,724. The increase
40 in the revenue of the year under review, as compared with that
41 of 1896-97, is due to larger sales of salt having been effected
42 at the Panjab mines and at Sambhar, and to the enhancement
43 of the duty on the salt of the Kohat mines.
44 The charges of the year were less than those of 1896-97
45 by Rs. 96,100, and of those of 1895-96 by Rs. 1,15,918. These.
46 figures exclude treaty payments. Compared with 1896-97,
47 there was a decrease of Rs. 13,511 in the cost of establish-
48 ment, and of Rs. 82,589 on account of contingent and miscel-
49 laneous expenditure.