1 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
2 THE PANJABSALT " 31. The particulars of the receipts and charges of the
3 BOUSTES cis-Indus and Kilabagh Division, which are given in Appendix
4 Cis-Inpus any Kitaszich I, are summarized below :—
5 Mrings :
6 Receipts and charges. . 2898-99, 1899-1900. Difference,
7 Receipts—~
8 Rs. Rs. Rs.
9 Duty on salt .. oe ww 55,58,882 59,78,096 + 4,19,214
10 Price of salt.., ave ve =: 104,229 1,12,090 + 7,861
11 c Miscellaneous rerenue ... ise 64,894, 66,888 + 1,994
12 Total w» 57,28,008 _ 61,57,074 + 4,29,069
13 Charges—
14 Establishment oak: .. £89,043 1,21,376 — 17,667
15 Contingencies. oi ww» =: 1,74,448 2,85,752 + 11,304
16 Total we —« 88, 491 "8,07 3128 — 6,363,
17 Net revenue ws 414,514 58,49,946 + 4,385,432
18 Flectuations in ‘revenue. Compared with 1898-99, there was an improvement in the
19 ind trade of the division anda corresponding increase under all
20 heads of revenue. Maunds 23,91,239 of salt were sold during
21 the year against maunds 22,23,553 during 1898-99, an increase
22 of 1,67,686 maunds.
23 The decrease in ‘fixed charges has resulted from a reduc-
24 tion in the strength of the preventive establishment which
25 it has been found possible to effect. The reductions were
26 made tentatively and a report on the subject is being separate-
27 ly submitted. The increase of expenditure under contingen-
28 cies was caused partly by a larger quantity of salt having
29 been excavated, and partly by the operations undertaken to
30 clear certain chambers of the Mayo Mine of water.
31 Work in the Mines, 32. The following work was done in the Mayo Mine :—.
32 The Mayo Mine,
33 Excavation— Cubic feet.
34 Forward work aaa aT ow tes es 221,506
35 Roof work eee sve vos we we =1,65,816
36 Bloor work tes eee ove. tee eos 13,34,274
37 Total ve 17,21,596
38 New tunnels were driven during the year‘ to a length of
39 533°7 feet ; 365°5 through marl and 168°2 feet through salt,
40 One tunnel was driven 122°5 feet in length from the old tram-
41 way line in working block No. 10, through the Sujiwal-Phar-
42 wala marl stratum into the Pharwala salt seam below it, in
43 order to open up new work and to provide a direct passage for
44 the conveyance of salt tothe tramway. This salt had been
45 tapped some years ago, 280 feet further to the eastward, by
46 a tunnel, also from the old tramway, which éntered the salt
47 below the marl and passed through it to an extreme length of
48 776 feet from the tramway. ‘This tunnel was opened out
49 during the year. Itruns almost horizontally; and along its
50 length from the tramway and in a southerly direction, three
51 seams Of excellent salt have been met with, 75 feet, 132 feet
52 and 185 feet in thickness respectively. The end of the tunnel
53 is in salt of very good appearance, but the thickness of the seam
54 : has not yet been proved. The two other tunnels referred to
55 in last year’s report, which were driven from working blocks
56 Nos. 12 and 22 to test the strata underlying the Sujiwal-Phar-
57 wala marl stratum, were pushed forward during the year.
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