1 REPORT
2 ON
3 : THE ADMINISTRATION
4 OF
5 The Aorthern India Salt Revenue Department
6 FOR
7 THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1899-1900.
8 Tue following abstract shows the receipts and charges of
9 the Department for the year under report compared with those
10 of 1898-99. Full details'for both years will be found in
11 Appendix I:—
12 Receipts and charges of
13 the Department.
14 A os
15 - Receipts. Charges. oo
16 a at ec nc a a rr pn a arse noma rpermeta bo m
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18 Year. Salt. Fees, Net revenue. |= 20
19 é cesses, Estab- | Contin- © gee
20 fines, Total. |iishments| gencies.| Total. 2.8 3
21 Excise duty. |Sale price.| &c. oF
22 Qs
23 Rs. Rs. Rs, Rs, Rs, Rs, Rs, Rs. Rs,
24 1898-99 ae] 1,90,84,618] 12,20,676) 1,567,038 2,04,62,332| 5,99,851| 5,07,280 11,07,131| 1,93,55,201) 5-41
25 1899-1900 ee] 1,81,04,182] 10,15,140) 1,65,442} 1,92,84,714) 584,114) 4,46,166) 10,830,280} 1,82,54,434) 6:34
26 Difference nee —9,80,486] —2,05,536] +-8,404/—11,77,618 —~15,787, —61,114| —76,851! —11,00,767) —0°07
27 Note.—Excise duty includes the duty on Koh&t salt and the share of the British
28 Government in the duty realized on salt sold at the mines in the Mandi State. Sale price
29 represents the price at which salt was sold, apart from the duty, at the cts-Indus and
30 Kélabégh mines in the Panjéb, and at Sdmbhar, Pachbadra, Didwina and Falodi in
31 Rajputéna, Fees, cesses, fines, &c., cémprise—
32 (1) all license fees collected in the Internal Branch ;
33 (2) the Goverument proprietary cess levied on salt sold at the Sultdopur Salt
34 Works; and
35 (3) all miscellaneous collections, inclusive of the charge made for filling and clearing
36 through traffic salt at the Khewra Depét in the cis-Indus and Kalabigh Mines
37 Division and at Sémbhar and Pachbadra.
38 There was no change during the year in the rates of duty
39 Figures reviewed,
40 on salt, and the decrease in the revenue was due to a decrease -
41 in the quantities of salt excised at the Sambhar Salt Lake,
42 the Kohat Salt Mines, the Sult4npur Salt Works, and from
43 saltpetre refineries. ~
44 The saving effected in the cost of establishment was the
45 result of tentative reductions made in the strength of the
46 subordinate grades, particulars in regard to which will be
47 submitted shortly in a report to Government. Under contin-
48 gencies the decrease in expenditure was due to a comparatively
49 small quantity of salt having been manufactured at the SAm-
50 bhar Lake in consequence of the failure of the monsoon rains
51 of 1899.
52 Treaty payments have not been included under charges.
53 As noted, however, in the Report of 1898-99, it appears pro-
54 per that they should be taken into account as a charge against
55 Incidence of charges on
56 receipts, including
57 treaty payments,