1 Import of salt into Ben-
2 gal from all other proy-
3 inces.
4 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
5 Wholesale rate per
6 maund.
7 1897-98, | 1898-99,
8 North-Western Provinces and Oudh, | Rs. a, p. | Rs. a. B
9 (Agra eee the eee 3.2 6 8 26
10 Cawnpore 0 ve w | 3 5 0! 3 8 8
11 Allababad su ose a 4 g : 37 8
12 " 5 Benares vee ace one 310 0
13 Sambhar salt... “9 Lucknow 4 sed | 37 0] 3 7 0
14 Fyzabad a. i » | 310 0| 366
15 : Bareilly sis » | 8 6 04 350
16 (Meerut ove -_ ww] 38 60) 8 6 0
17 Behar.
18 Patna ww sss on] 8.9 0] 3 8 6
19 ‘ Séran (Chapra) ae eee 0} 310 6
20 Liverpool salt a. ~ jer oe - oC » | 312 0] 813 0
21 - (Champaran (Motihari) ... « | 310 0} 312 0
22 Central Provinces.
23 e
24 (Jubbulpur eee oes ooo 400 43 4
25 | Négpur ooo oe | 400 40 0
26 Bombay salt ae ose 4 Saugor te ove | 31LA1]} 312 9
27 } Nimar ” ue «» | 311 2] 31010
28 (Hoshangabad ooo wi 409) 4 0210
29 For the Panjab and the Central Provinces the rates have
30 been obtained from the Gazette of Iadia. For the North-West-
31 ern Provinces and Oudh and Behar prices were ascertained by
32 officers of the Department. The fluctuations have been very
33 slight and call for no remark.
34 51. The following statement, which is inserted at the
35 request of the Local Government, shows the imports of salt
36 into Bengal from all other provinces during the past two
37 years :—
38 * Into Into Into
39 Calcutta.) Bengal, Behér. Total,
40 Mads, Mds. Mads, Mads,
41 From North-Western Provinces and § 1897-98 890 28 6,391 6,809
42 Oudh .., Sac vee (1898-99 399 491 6,049 6,939
43 e 1897-98 232 wb 1,87,011 | 1,837,248
44 From the Panjab see vos 1898-99 9 811 1,27,468 1,27:786
45 . . 9 oon wo 2)
46 From Réjputéna and Central India, bes ye 187 es re
47 From Central Provinces a lee a soa7e a 10078
48 1897-98 3 se ar as
49 From Bombay tee ’ 1898-99 a 282 sce 982
50 ¢ 1897-98 os 3,68,187 ea “8,68,187
51 From Madras vee “© 31898-99 is 4,08,065 ae 4,05,065
52 Total 1897-98 622 | 98,76,591 | 1,567,403 | 6,834,616
53 ase 1898-99 406 | 416,412 | 1,835,515 | 5,52,333
54 The salt taxed by this Department was that which was
55 imported from the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, from
56 the Panjéb, and from Raéjputdna. During the year under
57 report, 1,36,910 maunds of such salt entered Bengal, compared
58 with 1,58,053 maunds in 1897-98, or a decrease of 21,148
59 maunds. Rock salt from the cés-Indus Mines, for consumption
60 in Behar, comprised the greater proportion. of the trade.
61 ( 88 )