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2 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1898-99.
3 past year, revenue was received at 18 railway stations on the
4 following accounts :—
5 : Rs,
6 Sambhar salt Nia ass seo oe ww» —:1,87,830
7 Pachbadra salt aa mentee - _ aes 91,655
8 Total . ee 229,485
9 The arrangements worked smoothly during the year, and
10 must be a convenience to the tradg in the parts of Central India
11 through which the line runs, where no treasuries or authorized
12 post offices are available. It is not, however, known what
13 effect the system has in attracting traffic to the line.
14 THROUGH TRAFFIC
15 TRADE.
16 Post o ices.—Salt revenue was paid into 17 post offices Payments of revenue
17 during the year: 3 in Rajputana, 2 in Central India, 1 in the
18 Central Provinces, 7in the Nor th- Western Provinces and Oudh,
19 and 4 in the Panjéb. The revenue received was for the
20 following descriptions of salt :—
21 Rs,
22 Cis-Indus mines rock galt “a wee on aoe 12,749
23 Sémbhar salt oes ase 98 ate oe 97,288
24 Pachbadra salt fee see om as és 88,703
25 Total we =: 48,740
26 Realizations by Provinces were as follows :—
27 Rs.
28 * Rijputins * eye aay we cde ue 56,155
29 Central India ae one vee . eee 7,185
30 Central Provinces ... sei oes tee 13,501
31 North-Western Provinces and Oudh tes oe oT 54,200
32 The Panjab bee See see vu toe 12,749
33 Total ve —-1,48,740
34 The system of payment of salt revenue into post offices was
35 introduced in 1890-91. Down to the 1st of October 1892,
36 revenue was received free of charge, but since that date a fee
37 at the rate of eight annas for each hundred rupees has been
38 levied on all payments made through postal agency. The
39 following particulars will show how the system has worked
40 ‘since its introduction down to the close of the year under
41 report :—
42 Number of post Amount of
43 offices which ac- revenue.
44 Year. tually received Ks.
45 revenue,
46 1890-91 ... eee os toe 284 74,91,518
47 1891-92 ... eae eve tee 286 84,99,787
48 1892-93 ,.. ons ove eee 286 §0,02,411-
49 1893-94 ... ose tee vee 64 2,21,267
50 1894-96 .., one eee see, 45 2,438,788
51 1895-96 ..., si as aes 35 2,25,532
52 1896-97 ... aes oe ese 30 1,41,753
53 1897-98 . tos vee re 28 1,657,693
54 1898-99 . ase 17 1,43,740
55 During the first-half of 1899-98, Rs. 43,66,346 were paid into
56 263 post offices ; while during the six months commencing with
57 the ist October 1892, the payments fell, in consequence of the
58 imposition of the eight annas per cent. charge, to Rs. 6,36,065
59 and were made at 101 offices only. Since 1892-93, the use
60 made of the system has steadily decreased.
61 The number of post offices which are at present authorized
62 to receive revente, and the number into which money was
63 actually paid in each province, appear below :—
64 . \ Nawbér of post Number of post
65 into
66 offices author- Bis cperaatl
67 ized to receive
68 was paid during
69 revenue, 1898-99.
70 North-Western Provinces and Oudh es 85 7
71 The Panjab ie se a 39 4
72 Réjputéna tie Ae ove 23 3
73 Central India se ee axe 10 2
74 Central Provinces des sce 2 1,
75 Total ove 159 YW
76 through the age
77 the Post Office sa