1 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
2 PRICES OF SALT. 68. The following figures show the prices of salt during the
3 a eere markets tecuen Past two years in the principal markets of Northern India :—
4 the operations of this
5 Department extend.
6 Wholesale rate por
7 man,
8 1897, 1898,
9 Rs, a. p |Rs. a p,
10 Lahore
11 Amritsar
12 Ludhiana ‘ ia oe
13 Multan ‘
14 Rawalpindi
15 Umballa
16 Ferozepur
17 Jullundar ise ee
18 Jhelum 36
19 \ Shahpur wee
20 North-Western Provinces and Oudb, a
21 ( Agra sé
22 Cawnpore , ‘ See
23 Allahabad
24 eee soe
25 i
26 Sambhar bee Le | Renares
27 i
28 |
29 woe
30 Rock satt
31 PERNA
32 pre oa att ee en,
33 :
34 3
35 Ors owwwnwawwcn
36 WOwwowon bw
37 wOmonwwwawen
38 bet _
39 m= Co mH CODD He
40 CRONMIONEO
41 J
42 Hoe Ow
43 ah
44 Lucknow a ae
45 Fyzabad
46 Bareilly aie
47 \ Meerut nie es a
48 Behar,
49 3
50 ewe ew ope wD
51 ATW Ton 0H
52 con foooo
53 woweow on
54 SOCOMOOR
55 ran
56 HAADISA
57 ( Patna . es
58 | Saran (Chupra)
59 Liverpool salt oJ Muzafferpur ... nee
60 |
61 1
62 ow
63 I
64 x
65 Peoo
66 Chawiatca (Motihari)
67 Buxar
68 \ Darbhanga
69 see
70 °
71 H
72 amwwc hw
73 TODOMNP
74 OMOWSOOSD
75 w
76 _
77 eo
78 Central Province
79 ( Jubbulpore ..
80 Nagpur ees tee
81 Bombay salt .,, ow | ee
82 ons eee
83 Nimar
84 Hoshangabad
85 Rw > >
86 =
87 le een
88 =
89 owroo
90 Panjdb.—The rates for this province have been taken from
91 the Gazette of India. Practically, prices were the same
92 during the two years.
93 North-Western Provinces and Oudh.—Prices have been
94 obtained from Departmental returns. Fluctuations have not
95 been important, and rates have been fairly well maintained at
96 a satisfactorily low level,
97 Behar. — Here also rates have been obtained from Depart-
98 mental returns. Prices have fluctuated slightly in accordance
99 with the tone of the Calcutta salt market.
100 Central Provinces.—Rates have been taken from the
101 Gazette of India.—Prices have been fairly steady.
102 PENAL action or _. 69. Appendix 1V of this reports will show in full detail, by
103 THE DEPARTMENT. divisions, the number of persons arrested for offences against
104 Arrests, for breaches of the salt law, the number discharged by the Department after
105 enquiry, the number prosecuted and the result of the prosecu-
106 tions. An abstract is given below of the figures of the appendix
107 for the past two years :—
108 Number Released by
109 Sent up ; : Percent-
110 Year. arrestea, [te Depart-| p90 tial. Acquitted. | Convicted. age of
111 ment. convictions
112 1896-97 one ene 1, 507 91:35
113 1897-98 ..,
114 Compared with 1896-97, there was an increase during the
115 past year of 17 in the number of persons arrested, and of 59 in
116 ( 7 )