1 REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
2 PANJAB MINES.
3 KOHAT MINES.
4 Receipts, charges, and
5 net revenue.
6 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
7 Peshawar district—The exports were to Khairabad, just
8 opposite Attock, and to Naoshera and Jehangira. This is
9 quite a new trade on the right bank of the Indus.
10 Kohat district.—The bookings were to Khushalgarh on
11 the right bank of the Indus, opposite the railway terminus.
12 The increase in the trade shows that C%s-Indus salt pushed
13 itself well across the river at this point.
14 Bannu district.—The bookings were to marts on the left
15 bank of the Indus. The increase in the trade was large, and
16 it appears likely that some of the salt crossed the river and
17 passed into the country on the right bank.
18 Dera Ismail Khan district.—Here also the bookings were
19 to marts on the left bank of the Indus, with the exception of a
20 small trade with Dera Ismail Khanitself. The large increase
21 ‘goes to show that C%s-Indus salt held the country on the left
22 bank of the river very strongly, and probably: passed over to
23 the right bank to some extent. Bookings to Dera Ismail
24 Khan itself increased from 334 maunds in 1896-97 to 964
25 maunds during the past year.
26 Dera Ghazi Khan district.—The large increase in the
27 trade is a very satisfactory indication, and shows that Cis-
28 Indus salt crossed the river at this point in considerable quan-
29 tity. Besides this trade, 3,149 maunds of C%s-Indus salt were
30 consigned to the Ghazi Ghat terminus of the railway, in the
31 Muzafiargarh district, and just opposite the Dera Ghazi Khan
32 mart. This quantity probably also passed over the river for
33 consumption in the courtry on the right bank. My latest in-
34 formation shows that the southern portion of this district, com-
35 prised within the Rajanpur sub-division, has been completely
36 occupied by Cis-Indus salt, to the exclusion of the salt of the
37 Kohat mines, which was formerly in general consumption in
38 that direction.
39 Though these indications are favourable, yet there is still
40 a difference, ranging from 12 to 15 annasa maund, in the
41 prices of Kohat and Czs-Indus salt along the line of the Indus,
42 from Attock to the north down to Isakhel in the Dera Ismail
43 Khan district to the south. These differences constitute a
44 danger to the revenue, and it will be my duty to watch this
45 section of the river carefully, in order to detect any smuggling
46 which may at any time be resorted to.
47 23. The receipts and charges and the net revenue of the
48 Kohat salt mines for the past four years will be found in the
49 following table :—
50 Receipts. Charges.
51 ; Net
52 Year. Quantity Peete Percentage revenues
53 of salt (Collections. | ™°P’.27° | to maliks, Total.
54 sold. pontine &e.
55 i: gencies,
56 eee —————} TT,
57 Mds. Rs. Rs, Rs, Rs, Rs.
58 1894-95 5,91,497 | 2,32,008 37,841 23,144 60,985 | 1,71,018
59 1895-96 7,85,470 | 8,08,100 39,004 81,848 70,852 | 2,377,248
60 1896-97 4,96,170 | 1,95,461 55,336 37,929 93,265 | 1,02,196
61 1897-98 8,22,404 | 5,05,784 80,364 89,465 |; 1,19,829 3,85,955
62 The sales of the year under review were much below those
63 of the three preceding yearly periods. ‘The trade of 1894-95,
64 at the-eight anna rate of duty, was normal. During 1895-96
65 ( 20 ) 3