1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1897-98.
2 62. The following details show the working of refineries REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
3 during the past two years in the different provinces and at INTERNAL BRANCH.
4 Calcutta :—
5 1896-97. | 1897-98.
6 Panjab.
7 Refineries at work... oe te Ne. 43 40
8 Crude salipetre dissolved in refineries ‘ace see Mds. | 950,248 | 1,70,370
9 Outturn of refined saltpetre =... ee oes " 90,259 | 65,565
10 Sitta educed ” 63,383 42,705
11 Percentage of refi ned saltpetre produced on crude dissolved rs 36:06 | 38°48
12 Percentage of Sitta educed on crude dissolved sae 25°32 25°07
13 North-Western Provinces and Oudh.
14 Refineries working... aes tee eee No. 167 160
15 Crude saltpetre dissolved ane one be Mads. | 5,29,857 | 3,77,303
16 Refined saltpetre produced one ses or) ” 2,61,934 | 1,80 380
17 Salt educed oa ” 96,447 69,367
18 Percentage of refined saltpotre on crude dissolved 49 43 47°81
19 Percentage of Sitta on crude dissolved excluding crude “saltpetre in
20 Sitta refineries abe 18°29 18:38
21 Quantity of Sitta produced on “dissolving “crude salopete in Sitta
22 refineries. ive ie _ sa Mads. 18,138 8,462
23 Province of Behar,
24 Refineries working —... oe or) ove No. 428 409
25 Crude saltpetre dissolved ves aa4 des Mds. | 7,12,361 | 5,14,823
26 Refined saltpetre produced ee ese a ” 4,12,179 | 8,24,185
27 Salt educed soe » 21,969 231,155
28 Percentage of refined saltpetre on crude dissolved te es 57°86 62°97
29 Percentage of salt ditto ditto es saa 3°08 411
30 Bengal (Calcutta),
31 Refineries working ... ase vie No. 18 13
32 Crude and Kutia saltpetre purified _ ave Mads. {| 3,18,336 | 1,59,992
33 Refined saltpetre produced ooo oes oon ” 2,59,320 728,608
34 Salt, pure and impure educed a wee ave ” 31,908 18,297
35 Percentage of refined saltpetre obtained ace one tee 81546 80:38
36 Percentage of salt educed oes ooo ave toe 10°02 11°44
37 During the past year there was a general decline in
38 the industry for the reason whichI have already given, low
39 prices and slack demand.
40 63. The following statements contain information in
41 regard to the trade in saltpetre of the city of Calcutta dur-
42 ing the past four years :—
43 Imports.
44 cA 1894-95, | 1895-96. | 1896-97, | 1897-98.
45 Mds. Mds. Mds. Mas.
46 By East Indian Railway wa | 562,077 | 7,383,107 | 8,083,146 | 5,90,985
47 » Eastern Bengal State Railway, eee ow oes ave 7
48 ” Boat ere eee eee 670 632 eee
49 » Inland steamer .., ee ane 1,320 2,426 1,024 975
50 » Sea a oy 24 Say 1,741 313 Ne ae
51 Total oes 5,65,808 | 7,836,477 | 8,04,170 | 5,91,917
52 . Exports,
53 1894-95. | 1895-96, | 1896-97. | 1897-98.
54 Mads. Mads. Mds, Mads,
55 By East Indian Railway eos 7,965 4,897 8,641 10,908
56 » Eastern Bengal State Railway ove 2,034 1,764 2,595 1,047
57 » Boat pa ie a 4,084 1,184 2,534 926
58 x Inland steamer: ... aes see 814 661 695 937
59 » Sea a we ws. | 4,79,842 } 5,72,607 | 7,25,835 | 5,69,383
60 Total wa. | 4,94,789 | 5,821,113 | ‘7,40,300 |} 5,83,202
61 ( 63 )
62 Detail of working of
63 refineries by provinces.
64 Imports into and export
65 from Calcutta of refined
66 saltpetre,