Report on the Administration of the Northern India Salt Revenue Department, 1893 -94; Punjab, North-Western Provinces, Oudh, Central Provinces, Berar, Rajputana, Central India, Behar and Calcutta to 1903 (bounded together)

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2REPORT ON THE ADMINFSTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA

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4REVIEW BY SECTIONS, The reccipts were very large in 1892-93, but the hich price

5Sena charged for Sambhar salt in the year just ended has diminished

6them by about half. The expeniiture also hag fallen of from

7Rs. 25,176 to Rs. 15,780. The clostne credit balance which is

8brought forward annually has increased from Rs. 72,183 to

9Rs. 80,349 (reduced to Rs. 70,198 after deducting the debit on

10Pachbadra_ through-traffic transactions.) Difficulties stood in

11the way of erecting during the ycar just ended a commoiious

12iron shed out of this balance for storing through-traffic bags

13in to protect them from the weather; but the plans and esti-

14mates are ready, and it is hoped that the shed will be built and

15in use before the end of the current year.

16ee ae 41. Details are furnished in the next statement showing

17the lease. the prices at which Sambhar salt has soli at the lake since

181870-71; all prices obtained at ten annas and upwards being

19placed in one column, as these were not ordinary selling’ rates,

20but were rates obtained for the highest qualities of selected

21salt or for very superior salt put up to auction. During the year

22under report three rates prevailed, v7z,—22 annas a maund,

23from the 1st April to the Gth July ; 54 annas from the 7th July

24to the Gth September ; and 8 annas from the 7th September to the

25end of the year. The quantities sold in these three periods and

26at those ratesare maunds 11,17,519, maunds 4,95,980, and maunds

2711,81,642: total maunds 27,95,141. The average price realized

28for the whole year was 5-46 annas per maund against 2°67

29annas in 1892-93. All the salt sold was of good quality. There

30: were no auction sales held on the lake edge during the

31year :—

321 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

33rs : i as SS eee Ty as ie | ey ee, se [pag eh ee Averige

34a One |Twoand) puree ! Four Five Six Seven | Eight { Nine Ten ME

35anna to | a half fonnastolannas to anvas Jannasto| ans |annis to! annas to] annas rn

363 “a ! 7 s € > « k a \ 5 « we « Total

37two and annas to] four five to six seven | toe zht nine ten and

39annas, aunas.

40As.

411870-71 oo oe ose on ose tes see 12,45,602 see 12,4502 Wiwod

421871-72 ae er 3S ens 3,011} 33,353] 3,57 89! 1.453.002 fasnga| 1.33,Q09 11,2592 08h

431872-73 sss es ots 4,082! 1086) 76169) 1,77, 21-4) $63,545) 5.54585 18,10 800 1075

441873-74 = des 1,283} a 80- .. 5,263! 99058) 610401 40,500 iLoLs70 1039

45HS74-75 on on Gud 946) we af 4816, 127,102] 4,19,503) 612,005 LOBo47L) 1053

461875-76 ae ws ase oon an 28,819) 3.33,759, 6,380,979] 2,060,702) 3,92,425 15.01, 604 9°35

471876-77 “ae oes tae one 53,511} 6,486,565) 605,472) 53,202) 71,045 2,01, 660 17,602,494 TOL

481877-78 a nae tea eat 2,222,008) 2,76,472113,02,057] 8,387,798) 1,69.902] 3,280,944 26,29 171 821

491878-79 aes §,67,552} 1,53,505} 20.257, 9,33.875 134,228) 2,77.006) GL240) 48,004) 446,827 26, 70,093 73

501879-80 oes 24,74,616] 1,20,808) 71,010) 142,478) 38,500 127,055! 10,143) 1,75,090) 1,88,352 88,40,016 474

511880-81 | 43,247)12,68,)80] 90,251) 3,94,08%, 4,603,024) 1,07,734) 1,783,013 LA7,28 4 1,854083) 117,86) 80,61158 533

5218S1-82 2,658 17,62,238] 28,719) 8,75,064 613,076, 122,707] 94,568) 78,686] 75,286 72,280 87,2980 eb

531882-83 37,252.17,84,360} 62,855] 464,002 3,73,04i! 1,982,577) 415.548 110,224) 1,80444) 54,924 36 21,650 5:03

541883-84. ee 6,060,803] 1,00,406 17,01,055 5,11.622 5ykt,08) 190,170) 17,877 Lifl] oo... 8681160, FOL

551884-85 |30,93,708} 23,610] 5,622) 7,02,143! 150,728, 1,52,562| Lo3dns! 23.ssel 9,455] 4,028 420,041) B28

561885-86 12,48,101] _.. oe as & a. | A805]. na 17248, 4-08

571836-87 te 2.78, 932/30,56,777| ; one 4,401,507 BT wo1G at

581887-88 von §,10,600/26,79,328 605) 3,533,574) 21,823 vee tee 30,1 5008O 4iny

591888-89 |... 7,560]25,35,808) 679,100) 3,64,316, GOS G7 wee cae. ase 35,118,049 29

601889-90 ‘any ae 36,683,103 ae 1,460,020] 2,107 515 see ses ee BABE SOS £08

611890 91 7,422 12,97,091129,74,650 3,073 wea see ace tes oe eas 42,852,250 Buk

621891-92 | 1,78,600 43,89,312 tee ane oe tee tes 45,072 272

631892-93 | 4,54,055 46,55.546) a4 Bi oe see oe s we IGLOOGOL 267

641893-94 | 4, |11,17,519}., | 405,080) |, 81,082 . PAWL Bs

65Rainfall, 42. The next statement shows the rainfall at Sambhar

66for the past ten years; and it will be seen that though the

67quantity registered was 13 inches less than the unprecedent-

68ed rainfall of 1892-93, it was nevertheless above the

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