1 REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
2 SULTANPUR SALT
3 WORKS.
4 Distribution of trade by
5 rail and road,
6 REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA.
7 31. The statement below shows the distribution of the
8 trade of the Sultanpur Salt Works during the past year and
9 the three preceding it :—
10 Distribution of exports. 1894 95. } 1895-96. | 1896-97. | 1897-98.
11 Railway Trafie. Mads. Mads. Mds. Mads.
12 To Delhi ... see os vee 1,840 100 197 eee
13 Nortk-Western Railway ove nee 6,881 7,174 6,AGL 6,315
14 Kast Indian Railway... ee “ 69,889 78,188 81,463 7 52,814
15 Rohilkhand and Kumaun Railway ae 11,586 9,871 12,199 14.041
16 Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway... ais 1,200 270 715 793
17 Lucknow-Rae Bareli-Benares Railway ies oa 1,530 oo
18 Rewari-Ferozepur Branch, Rajputéna-Malw aes 15
19 Railway.
20 es ko ae
21 Total »» | 91,896] 97,148] 101,038} 73,998
22 Road Traffic.
23 To Panjéb on oe oe 1,172 1,456 2,644 1,395
24 n North-Western Provinces sie eae 2,530 9,525 7,694 3,504
25 Total ane 8,722 10,981 10,338 4,899
26 GrRanp ToTaL Te 95,118 } 1,08,129 |] 1,211,376 78,892
27 There were no bovkings to Delhi during the year. Former
28 consignments were not for local consumption, but were re-book-
29 ed onwards as the exigencies of the market demanded, The
30 trade has now steadied, and salt is sent direct to areas of con-
31 sumption.
32 North-Western Railway—There was a slight falling
33 off in the trade of this line, due to ordinary fluctuations of
34 traffic; 425 maunds were sent to Meerut, for use in the manu-
35 facture of soap by the North-West Soap Company, and 5,920
36 maunds were censigned to Saharanpur. The whole of this
37 latter quantity was sent to Dehra Din for consumption in that
38 district and on the hills north of Dehra. This trade is very
39 steady, and appears to be likely to continue so.
40 East Indian Railway.—The salt carried over this line
41 was all consigned to Cawnpore. The figures show-a decrease
42 of 28,649 in the trade of the past year, as compared with 1896-97.
43 Sultanpuri salt is not consumed at Cawnpore or in any part
44 of the country west of the river Ganges. It is first booked
45 to Cawnpore in order that a specially favourable railway
46 rate to that mart may be taken advantage of, and is thence dis-
47 tributed to areas of consumption in Oudh. The decrease which
48 occurred in the trade was partly owing to the scarcity in parts
49 of the country where the salt is consumed, and also to the
50 causes explained in the paragraph immediately preceding which
51 affected the trade generally.
52 Rohilkhand-Kumaun Railway.—The traffic on this line
53 shows a satisfactory increase. Salt was booked to five stations.
54 The principal trade was with Pilibhit, whence the salt is
55 exported to the Tarai country and to the foothills of the Hima-
56 layas. The trade with this line promises to continue steady.
57 Lucknow-Rae Bareli-Benares-Railway.—There have been
58 no direct bookings over this line during the past two years.
59 With a view to taking advantage of special railway rates, the
60 traders find it more profitable to book first to Cawnpore and
61 then to re-book to Rae Bareli.
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