1 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
2 REVIEW BYSECTIONS. The salt taxed by this Department was imported from the
3 INTERNAL BRANCH. North-Western Provincesand Oudh, and from the Panjab and
4 Rajputéna. Only 622 maunds of such salt were imported
5 into Calcutta and Lower Bengal, and this small quantity was
6 probably intended for the consumption of residents of Northern
7 India temporarily domiciled in Bengal. Maunds 1,57,403
8 were imported into the Province of Behar ; the greater proportion
9 being rock salt from the Panjab mines.
10 Exports from Bengal to The next statement shows the exports from Bengal to
11 other provinces :==
12 other provinces,
13 From From From
14 Calcutta. | Bengal, Behar. Total.
15 Maunds, | Maunds, | Maunds. { Maunds.
16 1894-95 ... { 38,18 655 : 4,948 | 8,23,603
17 Into North-Western Provinces )1895-96 ... | 4,583,641 sie 8,861 | 4,62,502
18 and Oudh, 1896-97... 4,16,451 w «CS 5,288 | 4,21,734
19 1897-98 ... | 3,22,009 ai 5,193 | 3,27,209
20 1894-95 .., 50 60
21 “s 1895-96... 93 93
22 Into Panjab oe 41996.97 65 65
23 1897 98 ... 110 110
24 189495 ... vee ose
25 Into Réjpnténa ond Central )1895-96 ,., sis oo
26 india. 1896-97... wee oon
27 1897-98 ,., wee 672
28 1894-95... 1,122 2,260
29 * 1895-96... as 289
30 Into Central Provinces ~~ 41806.97 -" 216 424
31 1897-98 4. 7438 1,447
32 4 1894-95 ... 1 1
33 1895-96... see oa
34 Into Bombay ace eee } oer a hs see
35 1897-98 eee uee eee
36 1894-95 .,, eee: woe
37 ry eee 1895.96 eee ove abe
38 Into Madras waa 1896-97“. a 2
39 1897-98 eee tee 14
40 1894-95... en eee
41 ' 1895-96 ene eee eee
42 Into Assam ous ove {asses an os Gee
43 1897-98 ... ves 453
44 1894-95 .. ) 3,19,228 3,25,914
45 Total 1895-96 ww | 4,53,734 4,682,884
46 : * 1896-97... 4,16,732 4,22,225
47 1897-98 ,, 3,22,862 $,29,898
48 The large quantity of salt exported to the North-Western
49 Provinces and Oudh was for consumption in the eastern dis-
50 tricts of that area. Imports into the Panjab were petty,
51 probably table salt. The quantity sent into the RAjputdna
52 and Central India area was probably consigned to the south-
53 eastern part of Central India.
54 Imports of galt into Bo- Taking the Province of Behar alone, the following table
55 a shows the quantities of salt imported into it from Calcutta dur-
56 ing the past four years :—
57 1894.95. | 1895-96. | 1896-97. | 1897-98,
58 ee
59 Maunds. | Maunds. | Maunds, | Manunda
60 Patna Division ei ces ew | 17,15 661 | 17,11,995 | 17,21,688 | 16,560,711
61 Bhagalpur Division... a oe | 10,42,632 | 9,56,350 | 10,76,380 | 10,78,023
62 Total oe | 27,58,293 | 26,68,345 | 27,98,018 | 27,28,788