1 GENERAL REVIEW.
2 Details hae issues Hs salt
3 free of duty and free 5 3
4 of both price and duty. free of duty and free of both price and duty, during the past
5 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
6 The decrease at the Mandi mines is small, and will be com-
7 mented upon in the paragraph dealing with those mines. At
8 the Kohat mines a large decrease occurred. During 1896-97
9 the duty on Kohat salt was enhanced from eight annas to
10 Rs. 2a Lahori maund, and large quantities of salt issued
11 at the lower rate of duty just prior to the enhancement. The
12 issues of the year under review were at the enhanced rate of
13 duty and sales were effected under more normal conditions.
14 Full particulars on the subject will be given further on, when
15 the trade of the Kohat mines is being dealt with.
16 5. The following table gives details of the issues of salt
17 two years :— :
18 Salt free of duty. Salt free of price and duty.
19 s ,
20 Amount Issues, Amount Issues.
21 Source from | State to which to which Source from | State to which |to which
22 which issued, issued, State is which issued. issued, State is
23 entitled.| 1896-97. | 1897-98. entitled. | 1896-97. | 1897-98.
24 Mads. Mads. Mds, Mds, Mds. Mds.
25 Didwana as 81,854 | 40,000 (| Alwar eee 1,000 1,000 1,000
26 Pachbadra .,. ; Jodbpur ... {2,25,000 | < 1,39,270 |1,70,000 Bhurtpur .. 1,000 1,000 1,000
27 Falodi eas 15,000 3,635 Dholepur ... 300} 300 300
28 Jeypore.., 7,000 7,000 sis
29 [— me —| Sambhar, 4} Kerowli ... 50 100
30 Total Jodhpur, eae 1,86,124 2,183,635 Kishengarh.., 50 |: 50 60
31 —_-—_——— | —-—_— Kotah a. 800} 600
32 Lawn ane 10 10 10
33 Sambhar ...| Rampur... 6,000 5,000 | 5,000 Ul Jodhpur... | 14,000 | 14,000 | 14,000
34 Pachbadra, Jodhpur... {| 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000
35 * 2} Udeypur w 1,000 | 2,000 | 1,000
36 GRAND Torat, vee
37 2,381,000 1,91,124 ‘ates are Total ee 84,710 84,460 27,960
38 The Jodhpur State in RAjputdna is entitled to receive
39 maunds 2,25,000 of salt annually on payment of the price,
40 but free of duty, and under the arrangements made by the
41 Darbar, the quantity of salt taken is in accordance with the
42 requirements of the people of the State. The year 1896-97
43 was one of scarcity, and maunds 38,876 lapsed. Agricultural
44 conditions were more favourable during the latter half of the
45 year under review and only maunds 11,365 lapsed. The
46 statement shows the issues from the three salt sources of
47 Didwana, Pachbadra, and Falodi. This year again the Ram-
48 pur State drew only maunds 5,000 out of maunds 6,000 of duty-
49 free salt which were due. I note with satisfaction that during
50 the past year no cases came td light of this duty-free salt
51 having been exported beyond the borders of the State to which
52 it was issued.
53 The several salt agreements authorize the issue of maunds
54 34,710 of salt free of both price and duty. A running account
55 is kept with the Darbars in connection with this salt. The
56 issues cf the past year were less than the authorized quantity
57 by maunds 6,750, and less than the issues of 1896-97 by
58 maunds 6,500. A reference to the statement will show that
59 these fluctuations have mainly resulted from the failure of the
60 Jeypur Darbar to take maunds 7,000, which were due to it
61 during the year under review.
62 As explained in previous reports, the issue of salt on pay-
63 ment of half duty has now ceased. Bikaner was the only State
64 which possessed the privilege of receiving such salt. Under
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