1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1897-98,
2 and dry, others are raw, while they differ greatly in size, and REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
3 the quantity of salt required for each description differs, INTERNAL BRANC E.
4 _ The factory was frequently visited during the year by
5 Departmental officers. Owing to an infringement of one of its
6 conditions, I was compelled to withdraw the concessio for a
7 short period, until the Company was prepared to conformstrictly
8 to the rules to which they had agreed when the concession
9 was granted.
10 The Company availed itself during the year of the conces-
11 sion granted to its hide factory at Dinapur. The following
12 table shows the quantity of salt used for curing hides :—
13 | Salt consumed in salting skin and hides. Refund of duty.
14 a a
15 Year, | Opening | Quantity Total Quantity | Closing Quantity | Amount
16 balance of | of salt | stock of | of stock | balance of
17 salt. { received. salt. utilized. salt, of salt. | of duty.
18 Mds. s. c. }Mds, s. c. {Mds. 5. c. [Mds. s. c. (Mds, 9. c. {Mds. sc. | Rs. & p.
19 1897-98 ...} 67 26 04} 9412 0 |16L 388 0 [158 20 0] 818 0115820 0 1306 4 0
20 4
21 No skins were cured inthis factory. Hides were salted
22 during the monsoon, and -particulars of the work done are
23 given below :—
24 . Namber eee wee ee 5,587
25 Hides cured see {Ww eight = i Mas. 917°
26 Salt-uged in curing hides wes ave ove Mads. 158-20
27 Chittaks,
28 Avetage quantity of salt used in curing each hide: on ww. =—18-15
29 —_—_——
30 66. The following statement, which ‘is inserted at the Importsof alt into
31 request of the Governnent of Bengal, shows the imports of — Penget from all other
32 salt into Bengal from all other provinces during the past four
33 years —
34 Into Into Into
35 Calcutta. Bengal, | Behar. Total.
36 Mds. Mds, Mds. Mas,
37 1894-95 150 416 2,114 2,680
38 1895-96 | 2,198 "3 3,487 5,758
39 From WNorth-Wéstern Provizces and ) 1896-97 48 3 2,585 2,636
40 Ondh, 1897-98 3890 28 6,391 6,809
41 1894-95 387 1 68,483 | 68,820
42 a 1895-96 496 Ps 73,574 | 79,070
43 From Panjab “ “+ 41896-97 6i6| 1,03,960 | 1,04,676
44 1897-98 232 Ke 1,37,0LL | 1,87,243
45 1994-95 i “8 157 157
46 aevinctes ; 1895-96 a a ies ee
47 From: Réjputiua and Central India,,, 1896-97 ci i 6,064 6,064
48 1897-98 ‘a ai 14,001 | 14,001
49 1894-95 ae 8,002 ss 8,002
50 : : 1895-96 een 8 ik 3,156
51 From Central Provindes: ++ 3 1896-97 me 6,320 337 6,657
52 1897-98 ee 8,426 bes - 8,426
53 1894-95 “ii ‘ei sie dei
54 1895-96 ie ta 1,426 1,426
55 From Bombay a as ee oe = 8 8
56 1897-98 eee bee one eee
57 1894-95 ae Re ay be habe
58 1895-96 jai es se ‘ie
59 From Madras eee “4 1896.97 ea 2,61,082 oe 2,61,082
60 1897-98 ie 3,68,137 3 3,68,187
61 wares penx qiveats| uae cen
62 1894.95 537 5,418 | 70,704 | 76,659
63 Total 1895-96 ] 2,689 3,229} 83,487 | 89,405
64 oe 4 1896.97 6641 2,67,405 | 1,12,954 | 3,81,028
65 1897-98 622 | 3,76,591 | 1,57,403 | 5,84,616
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