1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1897-98.
2 year was abnormally large. During the past three years
3 there has been no special stimulus to the traffic, and sales have
4 been in accordance with ordinary conditions of trade.
5 The revenue of the past year fell below that of 1896-97 by
6 Rs. 2,038,029, and was less than that of 1895-96 by Rs. 65,521.
7 Sales comprise issues, (1) of duty-paid salt, and (2) of duty-
8 free salt (on which, however, the sale price is realized) to the
9 REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
10 PACHBADRA.
11 Jodhpur Darbar. The following figures show sales of the .
12 past two years in a comparative form :—
13 1896-97, 1897-98. Differonce.
14 Mds,
15 Mads. Mas,
16 Duty-paid salt... ove we 5,083,882 4,24,827 79,005
17 Duty-free salt ow. eae ee 1,39,270 1,70,000 + 30,730
18 Total ee 6,43,102 6,94,827 —48,275
19 It will be noticed that the decrease in the revenue of the
20 current year was due to a falling off in the sales of duty-paid
21 salt, and the reasons for the decline in the trade will be dealt
22 with in the paragraphs which follow.
23 The total expenditure of the Division amounted to Rs.
24 1,00,476, compared with Rs. 1,138,573 during 1896-97, or a
25 decrease of Rs. 13,097.
26 The figures under fixed charges call for no remark, as the
27 difference between, the charges of the past two years is very
28 smal].
29 Under contingencies a decrease of Rs. 13,002 is apparent,
30 and this was owing to a smaller quantity of salt having been
31 purchased during the year.
32 The net revenue of the Source decreased from Rs. 12,13,037
33 during 1896-97 to Rs. 10,23,105 during the year under report,
34 a difference of Rs. 1,89,932. This was due to a falling off in
35 the sales of duty-paid salt.
36 50. The following statement shows in a detailed form the
37 total quantities of salt which were cleared from the Pachbadra
38 Salt Source during the past four years :-—
39 Duty-paid. Duty-free,
40 Arail-borne, Issued on Grand
41 Year. TL ca brotat autel szaliats | greo of | ‘otat | total of
42 Through |Ordinary, 4c Ota eye) MOD OF | both duty-free} 18ues-
43 traffic. trade. Seite. | paid. ele Pee price and! salt.
44 duty. ty.
45 Mads, Mads. Mds, Mds. Mds. Mds. Mds. Mads,
46 1894-95 ... | 5,65,752 | 6,468 |1,68,900 | 7,41,110 /1,46,786 | 10,694 |1,57,480 | 8,98,590
47 1895-96 ... | 3,51,295 8,473 | 94,176 | 4,48,944 {1,385,107 | 10,306 |1,45,413 | 5,94,357
48 1896-97 .. | 4,11,375 1,360 | 94,467 5,07,202 1,60,551 | 12,000 |1,72,551 | 6,79,753
49 1897-98 ... | 3,49,474 210 | 76,323 | 4,26,007 j1,61,095 | 11,000 {1,72,095 | 5,98,102
50 As I have explained in the preceding paragraph, the trade
51 of 1894-95 in duty-paid salt wasabnormally stimulated by the
52 high price of Sambhar salt during the opening months of that
53 year. Compared with 1895-96 and 1896-97, the trade of the
54 year under review fell off by maunds 22,937 and maunds 81,195,
55 respectively. Compared with 1896-97, the trade of the year fell
56 off under all heads: maunds 61,901 under through traffic ;
57 maunds 1,150 ynder rail-borne ordinary trade; and maunds
58 18,144 under road traffic. Full particulars in regard to these
59 fluctuations of trade will be found in the succeeding paragraph.
60 ( 49 )
61 Decrease in fixed and in
62 contingent charges ex=
63 plained.
64 Detail of sales of salt,
65 duty-paid, duty-free,
66 and free of all charges.