1 REVIEW BYSECTIONS-
2 PACHBADRA. |
3 Territorial ar as,
4 Distribution of rail-borne
5 through traffic,
6 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
7 The following figures show the territorial distribution of
8 the trade in duty-paid salt during the past two years :—
9 1896-97, 1897-98. | Difference.
10 —
11 Mds, Mds. Mds,
12 Rajputana ne ae ase 1,837,556 3,14,570 —22,986
13 Central India ee eos ar 2,28,730 1,77,681 —51,099
14 Central Provinces oss we oe 1,836,846 1,20,851 — 9,995
15 North-Western Provinces and Oudh .. 36 10,070 12,955 + 2,885
16 Total Py 5,07,202 4,26,007 --81,195
17 The principal areas of consumption are, Rajputana, Central
18 India, and the Central Provinces. The trade of the year fell
19 off in all of these. There was‘an increase in bookings to the
20 North-Western Provinces and Oudh. Pachbadra salt is con-
21 sumed in Bundelkhand, and during the year, there was some
22 . trade with marts to the eastward.
23 The salt issued on realization of price, but free of duty, was
24 all delivered to the Jodhpur Darbar for consumption in the
25 Marwar State. There was but little difference between the
26 clearances of the past year. The Department realizes a sum
27 of Rs. 2-8-0 a maund on this salt, one and-a-half annas on
28 account of the departmental sale price, and Rs. 2-6-6 Raj duty.
29 All collections on this latter account are paid to the Darbar
30 monthly. Under existing arrangements made by the Darbar,
31 issues of this salt are in accordance with demand in the State,
32 regulated by consumption, and there are no accumulations of
33 stocks.
34 Of the quantity of 11,000 maunds of salt issued free of all
35 charges, 10,000 maunds were delivered to the Marwar Darbar
36 and 1,000 maunds to the Meywar Darbar. These deliveries
37 were in accordance with the provisions of the salt agreements
38 with the two States.
39 51. The course of the rail-borne through traffic trade of
40 the Pachbadra Salt Source will be found, classified by railways,
41 in the table below :—
42 Lines of Railway. 3894-95. | 1895-96. | 1896-97. | 1897-98.
43 Mds. Mads. Mds. Mads,
44 Jodhpur- Bikaner Railway see 6 1,890 3,243 3,610 3,828
45 Bombay, Baroda, end Central India Railway, | 2,26,650 | 1,63,625 | 2,26,570 1,87,092
46 including R4jputéua-Malwa Railway.
47 Indian Midland Railway ve | 1,55,3850 | 1,70,440 | 1,69,165 | 1,42,939
48 Great Indian Peninsula Railway tee 9,450 18,085 11,840 10,450
49 Bengal and North-Western Railway ss 787 370 eet 4,545
50 East Indian Railway ee eo { 1,00,800 532 aoe 620
51 North-Western Railway ios Ver 9,608 eis 396 aie
52 Rohilkhand and Kumaun Railway ose 21,775 toe
53 Qudh and Rohilkhand Railway ov 89,442 wi
54 Total oe | 5,865,752 | 3,51,295,
55 411,875 | 849,474
56 As Ihave already mentioned, the trade of the year 1894-95
57 was abnormally large, and it therefore need not be passed in
58 review.
59 Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway.—The trade of this line for the
60 three years prior to 1897-98 was with the city of Bikaner
61 exclusively. During the past year the bookings to Bikaner,
62 maunds 3,610, were the same as in 1896-97. The increase
63 resulted from a despatch of 218 maunds consigned to Samdari,
64 ( 50 )