1 KEPORT
2 ON
3 THE ADMINISTRATION
4 OF
5 The Wort bern Andia Salt Rebenue Department
6 FOR 7,
7 THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1898-99.
8 Tue receipts and charges of the Northern India Salt
9 Revenue Department for the year under report are shown in
10 full detail and compared with the figures of 1897-98 in Appen-
11 dix I; but an abstract of them in a convenient form is given
12 below:—~— dh -
13 Receipts and charges of
14 the Department,
15 ‘. ee:
16 Receipts. ; Charges, a.”
17 toe
18 ; ea
19 Year. Salt. Fees, Net revenue. | 5
20 cesses, Estab- | Contin- ©,
21 fines, Total. lishment. gencies. | Total. ty z 3
22 Exciae duty. | Sale price.{ &c. . of
23 Rs. Rs, Ra, Rs, Es. Rs, Rs. Rs, Rs.
24 1807-98 w+ | 3,82,22,729 | 12,00,863 }1,58,781 |1,95,82,973 |6,06,168 [4,76,899 | 10,83,067 | 1,84,99,306 | 5-53
25 ‘1898-99 ws | 1,90,84,618 | 12,20,676 |1,57,074 |2,04,62,368 |5,99,846 |5,46,755 | 11,46,601 | 1,98,15,767 | 5-60
26 Difference ... | +8,61,889 | +19,813 | —1,707 |+8,79,995 | —6,322 |+69,856} +63,584 | 48,316,461 | +07
27 ———_t_ ___—... :
28 Under excise duty are included the duty on Kohat salt and
29 the share of the British Government in the duty realized on
30 salt sold at the mines in the Mandi State, Sale price repre-
31 sents the price at which salt was ‘sold, apart from the duty, at
32 the czs-Indusand Kélab4gh Mines and at SAmbhar, Pachbadra,
33 Didwdna and Falodi in Rajputana. Fees, cesses, fines, &c.,
34 comprise (1) all license fees collected in the Internal Branch ;
35 (2) the Government proprietary céss levied on salt sold at
36 the Sultanpur Salt Works ; and (3) all miscellaneous collections,
37 inclusive ofthe charge made for filling and clearing through
38 traffic salt at the Khewra Depét in the cis-Indus and
39 Kélabégh Mines Division, and at S&mbhar and Pachbadra in
40 Rajputana.
41 No alteration was made in the rates of duty on salt dur-
42 ing the year, and the increase in the revenue was due to an
43 increase in the quantity of salt excised at the czs-Indus and
44 Kalabigh Mines and at Sambhar and Pachbadra in Rajputana.
45 Under charges there was a saving in the cost of establish-
46 ment, owing to the abolition of the Indus Preventive Line.
47 The increased expenditure on contingencies was the result
48 of larger payments for salt excavated at the czs-Indus Mines
49 and manufactured at Sambhar and Pachbadra in Rajputana;
50 and the increase of ‘07 in the incidence of charges on receipts
51 arose from this cause.
52 _ Treaty payments, in accordance with past practice, have
53 not been included ‘under charges. Payments for the rent of
54 salt sources, for the suppression of salt manufacture, and .for
55 Figures reviewed.
56 Incidence of charges an
57 receipts, inclading treaty
58 payments.