1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1897-98.
2 The trade of the past year was good, though there was REVIEW BY SECTIONS.
3 a slight falling off as compared with 1896-97. INTERNAL BRANCH.
4 Imports into Behar from other markets were as shown
5 below :—
6 1894-95. | 1895-96, | 1896-97. | 1897-98,
7 Maunds. | Maunds. | Maunds.| Maunds.
8 Erom North-Western Provinces and Oudh ,.. 2,114 8,487 2,585 6,391 :
9 yw = Panjéb iw aes iss 68,433 78,574 | 1,03.960 |] 1,87,011
10 » Bengal ne e: ane 6,623 1,317 5,310 2,098
11 », Rajputéna and Central India ev 157 ees 6,064 14,001
12 » Central Provinces Pes ste se8 v3 337 see
13 ~»» Bombay ase ove ove aD 1,426 8 en
14 Total ove 76,327 84,804 | 1,18,264 | 1,59,501
15 There was an increase in the imports during the year of ©
16 salt,taxed by this Department, the larger proportion of the
17 trade being in rock salt from the Panjab Mines Division.
18 Finally, the exports from Behar were as follows :—
19 1894595. | 1895-96. | 1896-97. | 1897-98.
20 ———__ }_—__-
21 Maands. | Maunds. | Maunds. | Maunds.
22 Fnto North-Western Provinces and Ondh from 4,948 8,861 5,288 5,198
23 the Behar block of the East Indian Railway.
24 fnto Panjib from the Behar block of the East bee vee aes eee
25 Indian Railway. ;
26 Into Bengal from the Behar block of the East 6,043 44,210 11,443 16,043
27 Indian Rajlway.
28 Anto Réjputdna and Central India from the my) we eee 672
29 Behar block of the East Indian Railway.
30 Into Central Provinces from the Behar block ee 9 7 26
31 of the Eust Indian Railway.
32 Tanto Nepal from districts on the northern | 1,49,837 | 1,74,571 | 2,238,296 | 2,90,556
33 frontier of the Behar Provinces.
34 mm i | ar nf a ne pe
35 Total oe | 160,828 | 2,27,651 | 2,40,029 | 38,12,490
36 ' The trade with Nepal shows a steady progressive increase.
37 67. The following statement gives particulars for the past juports and exports of
38 two years of the imports and exports of salt between Thibet ae tareen Nivea
39 and Nepal and British territory along the frontier of the — Western Provinces and
40 North-Western Provinces and Oudh :— Oudb.
41 nema tesmesemmer Sp SS
42 1896-97, | 1897-98.
43 Imports. , Exports. | Imports, | Exports.
44 |
45 Maunds., | Maunds, | Matnds. | Maunds,
46 Almora ee ea one 17,586 4,313 16,855 8,523
47 ‘Garhwal one sis one 14,803 aus 14,292 ae
48 Nilang Pass sia Dehra Din pas ave 886 wae 2,898 ose
49 Pilibhit aes ees ov oer 4,794 a 5,089
50 Kheri sie ene sas ae vou 6,918 ane 6,214
51 Bahraich one ove tee one 14,563 see 11,103
52 Gonda_,, see ven ae ave 6,085 aae 8,635
53 Basti ace wos ese ies ane 14,897 te 28,383
54 ‘Gorakhpur oy we eee vee 10,839 tee 13.828
55 Total | 88,275 | 60,359 | 33,545 | 71,775
56 I
57 There was but little difference in the imports of the two
58 years, but there was an increase of 11,416 maunds in the exports
59 of the past year. Deducting imports from exports, the “balance
60 _ of trade for the year under review in favour of British terri-
61 tory amounted to 38,230 maunds, representing a money value
62 of Rupees 95,575 on account of excise duty.
63 ( 69 )