1 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
2 REVIEWBYSECTIONS- 15, The following statement shows the opening stock
3 PANJAB MINES. —alance, the quantity of salt excavated, and the balance of stock
4 Stock balances, produce = ; : :
5 tion, and sales of witat i8 hand at the Mayo mine during the past and three preceding
6 the Mayo miues. years :-—
7 Balance in
8 .| Excavation | Total of Balance in
9 Year. yaaa ae during the | columns oo d oe store at close
10 the year, year. 2 and 3. & the year. | of the year.
11 Mads Mds Mds Mads. Mds
12 1894-95 ,.. és 4,84,344 17,19,269 22,083,613 16,55,027 5,48,586
13 1895-96 aes 5,48,586 18,82,229 24,30,815 19,40,640 4,90,175
14 1896 97 ... ave 4,90,175 18,36,868 23,27,043 18,40,229 4,86,81 4
15 1897-98 ... ae 4,86,814 19,57,792 24,44,606 19,75,769 4,68,837
16 The quantity excavated is equivalent to 14,50,218 cubic
17 feet of rock salt mined during the year.
18 The balance at the close of the year was less than that of
19 1896-97 by maunds 17,977. The figures, however, do not in-
20 clude a quantity of maunds 52,415 lying at the Warthganj
21 depot, which had been sold, but not cleared, on the 31st of
22 March 1898, and another quantity of about 10,000 maunds
23 lying in the mine, which had been excavated but not paid for.
24 Including these two items, the balance of stock at Khewra at
25 the close of the year under review amounted to maunds
26 5,381,252. This quantity was sufficient to meet the demand for
27 three months, and was a sufficient reserve. The supply of
28 mining labour is ample, excavation can be rapidly effected as
29 we always have large workings available, and with our tram-
30 way system in its present efficient condition we could readily
31 meet any demand which might arise.
32 Pag Pome ee The next statement shows the cost of excavating salt at
33 the Mayo mine during the past four years :—
34 Year Quantity of salt Cost of Rate per 100
35 " excavated, excavation. maunds,
36 Mas. Rs, Bs. a. p,
37 1894-95 ane ae oes 17,19,269 60,919 3 8 832
38 1895-96 tee ow wn 18,82,229 . 76,248 4 0 978
39 1896-97 oes ove oe 18,36,868 74,410 4 0 978
40 1897-98 eos ee eee 19,57,792 79,306 4 0 978
41 As in previous years, the yield for every 100 cubic feet of
42 salt excavated was calculated‘at 135 maunds. The rate paid
43 during the year, 104 pies a cubic foot, or Rs. 4-0-9°78 for
44 every 100 maunds, was the same as during 1895-96 and
45 1896-97. The system of payment by cubic measurement has
46 been in force for the past 26 years, and the rate now paid is
47 sufficiently remunerative.
48 Sales and deliveries, 16. The two statements which follow show—(1) the sales
49 and deliveries of salt from the Panjab Mines Division ; and
50 (2) a classification of the same figures by depdts, and under
51 the different heads of through traffic, ordinary trade (salt
52 removed by the merchants themselves), and trade within the
53 protected area of the salt range :—
54 .
55 Increase or de-
56 Yoar. Sales. Deliveries. Stéags deer eaten:
57 Mds Mds. Mads.
58 1894-95 “ds awk wee 18,41,408 17,838,646 —57,762
59 1895-96 oe ove ‘a6 21,23,476 21,51,088 + 27,612
60 1896-97 een os Per 20,26,469 20,48,563 + 22,094,
61 1897-98 ve eae den 21,57,999 21,78,583 £20,534
62 { 12 )