1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFBICIAL Year 1893-94,
2 8 3
3 30. As regards sales, the subjoined abstract shows that
4 there was, with one exception, a decrease in all directions, namcly,
5 to Dell from maunds 10 ,683 to maunds 5,067; to North-West-
6 ern Railway stations from m@unds 5,744 to maunds 4,544; to
7 East Indian Railway stations, which includes Cawnpore, from
8 maunds 95,287 to maunds 49,685; to Oudh and Rohilkhand Rail-
9 way stations from maunds 7, 180 to maunds 1,232; and by
10 road carriage to the Kur nal, Gurgaon, Rohtak and Hissar
11 districts from maunds 4,041 to maunds 3,225. The one excep-
12 tion was to places on or near the Pilibhit and Bareilly R.il-
13 way. There the sales increased from maunds 1,096 to mauads
14 2,715, a trivial compensation for decreases elsewhere aggregat-
15 ing 59,332 maunds :—
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17 "4892-93. | 1893:94.
18 Distribution of exports. 1890-91, | 1891-92.
19 Mas. Mads. Ads. Mas,
20 To Delhi re 86,076 15,960 10,683 | © 5,067
21 To places on and near the North- Western 8,943 9,119 5,744 4,544
22 Railway.
23 To places on and near the Oudh aud Robhil- 8,200 8,881 7,180 1,232
24 khand Railway.
25 Ry the East Indian Railway 33 1,80,465 } 1,80,180 95,287 49,685
26 To places on and near the Pilibbit and Bareilly 144 2,259 1,096 2,715
27 Railway. :
28 By the Tajootana’ Malwa Railway ace 513 |. 135 eas .
29 ‘Do. Rewari-Ferozepur Railway ues 190 328 ee “
30 Do. Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Fe wae wee 150 v
31 By road to places in the Delhi, Karnal, 5,964 6,683 4,041 8,225
32 Gurgaon, Rohtak and Hissar districts.
33 Total oe | 2,835,495 | 3,78,545 | 1,24,181 66,468
34 31. The selling price of .Sultanpuri salt in Cawnpore, to
35 which market 74 per cent. of all the Sultanpur salt sold is
36 consigned, was Rs. 3-5-4 per maund in April 1893 and Rs. 3-9-11
37 per maund in March 1894. Sambhar salt sold in the first
38 month ,of the year in the same market at Rs. 3-2-2 per maund,
39 and in the closing month at Rs. 3-8-4. Sultanpuri sold through.
40 out the year dearer than Sambhar ; and even when the price of
41 Sambhar was twice raised ‘in the’ year, the price of Sultanpuri
42 was persistently raised higher owing to the extravagant ex-
43 pectations of the manufacturers. On the other hand, the price of
44 rock salt only varied 2 pies a maund in price comparing April
45 1893 (Rs. 3-6-6) and March 1894 (Rs. 3-6-8). Similarly Pach-
46 badra and Baragara had variations of 6 pies and 5 pies per maund
47 between the opening and closing rates of the year, thus :—
48 : Rs. a p.
49 Pachhadra, April 1893 seo eee rs 38 6 6
50 Do. March 1894 se . 3 7 0
51 Baragara, April 1893 we en ten 37 8
52 Do. March 1894 see ive vee 88 1
53 It is little wonder, then, that Sultanpuri trade declined, while
54 the sales of rock salt, Pachbadra and Baragara increas-
55 ed. The following abstract shows the prices at the works
56 during the past two years. In the year just ended as much as
57 12 annas per maund was asked and obtained at the works for
58 Sulténpuri salt. In 1892-93 only 4 per cent. of the salt was sold
59 at the works for 5 annas a maund and upwards. In 1893-94
60 those prices were obtained for 43 per cent. of the salt sold :—
61 One anna | Three to , Six to
62 Four to Five to Above
63 Year. to und der de: . Total.
64 ear : navi foie, under five. | under six Selit eight. .
65 ,
66 Mds, |° Meds. |° = Mas. Mas. Mads. Mas. Mis.
67 1892.93 .,,| 38,966] 80,574] 54,627 2,728 2,291 ay 124,181
68 1893-94... 2,181 11,118 24,412 6,160 9,657 12,940 66,408
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70 REVIEW BY SECTIONS:
71 SULTANPUR SALT
72 WORKS.
73 Distribution of trade _by
74 road and rail.
75 Selling price at Cawnpore
76 and at the works,