1 . REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
2 REVIEW BY SECTIONS: of the Lake, and the balance, maunds 1,36,742, was removed by
3 SAMBHAR.
4 Comparison of prices of
5 salt at Cawvpore,
6 . Banjara carriers, who traded with the country in Rajputdna
7 and Central India lying to the southward of Sambhar and as
8 yet untapped by railways. Of the total quantity, maunds
9 1,28,714 were booked to the Bundi State, but probably a good
10 deal of this salt found its way further to the southward into
11 Central India. There was a falling off of 35,634 maunds in
12 this trade, sales to banjaras amounting to only maunds
13 1,36,742, compared with maunds 1,72,376 during 1896-97.
14 ‘The decrease is, however, more apparent than real, as instead
15 of travelling to the Lake, banjaras resorted to convenient
16 railway stations and obtained supplies of salt there which
17 were sent out to them by traders at Sambhar.
18 42, The table below gives for the past two years the
19 monthly prices of Sambhar, Sultanpuri, and Rock salts at
20 Cawnpore, the principal salt mart of Upper India. These three
21 descriptions entirely occupied the market named, no other
22 varieties having gained a footing in it :—
23 Sambhar salt. | Sultenpuri salt, * — Boekr salt. ">
24 Per maund. | Per maund. Per maund.
25 1996-97, | 1897-98, | 1896-97. | 1897-98. | 1896-97. | 1897.98,
26 Rs. a. p. { Rs. a p. | Rs. a p.| Bs. a p.| Re a. p | Re. a. p
27 April. w} 8 49) & & 6] 3 FO} 16) 3 20/83 6G
28 May . | 8 56 OF & 4 6] 8 2 O| 8 8 Oj 8 5 O}| 8B 6 OD
29 June wn » | 8 5 6/ 8 4 6| 8 8 O| 8 8 0] 8 6 6] 8 5 &
30 July wo | 8 & 6] 8 49] 38 8 O} 8 2 Of} 8 5 6] 8 6 o
31 August ees 835 6] 8 8 0} 3 3 0} 8 26] 3 5 6] 8650
32 September eae 8 5 6{ 8 5 0}; 8 8 OC} 8 8 O} 8 5 6G] 8 6 O
33 October ... eas 35 6} 3 4 6] 8 8 0} 8 8 0} 8 56 6] 850
34 November . | 8 6 6} 8 46; 8 8 Of 8 8B O| 8 6 6] 8 5 O
35 December | 3 4 6/] 8 8 6) 8 8 Oj 8 8 8| 3 5 4] 8 5 8
36 January v0 | 8 5 6] & 4 6) 8 8 OF; & 8B S| 8 56 4) 38 5 O
37 February... we} 8 5 8] 8 & O} 8 8 OF 8 38 8] 860} 8 6 O
38 March | 8 & 8] 8 5 Oo} 8 8 G0] 3&8 BB] 38 6 O} 8 6 O
39 Average we. eee 35 8! 3 45! 3 29; & 210!) 3 5 3] 38 & &@
40 ee ee a a ee ee ae ee
41 - Sambhar is the principal salt imported into Cawnpore, more
42 than 34 lakhs of maunds having entered that market during
43 1897-98. Prices were steady throughout the year, and were
44 generally lower than during 1896-97, the average rate being
45 less by an anna a maund,
46 Sultanpuri salt holds a subordinate place, the imports
47 during the past year having been only a little more than half
48 a lakh of maunds. Sale prices were steady, aud were prac
49 tically the same as during 1896-97.
50 Only about 13,000 maunds of rock salt from the Panjib
51 Mines were consigned to Cawnpore during the year. The
52 trade in this salt also was therefore small. Prices were
53 practically stationary during the year.
54 Sambhar salt is generally consumed throughout the North-
55 Western Provinces and Oudh, and its cheapness in the princi-
56 pal mart of the united Provinces is a satisfactory feature of
57 the record of the past year. -
58 ( 42 }