1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1899-1900.
2 over the cost of delivery of the salt at railway stations at
3 Agra, Cawnpore, Allahabad, Jaunpur, Gorakhpur, Hardoi and
4 Moradabad in the North-Western Provinces and Qudh was
5 2 annus 1 pie a maund only. The Internal Branch establish-
6 ment in the Panjéb is so small that wholesale prices in that
7 Province have not hitherto been departmentally recorded.
8 50. The realizations from duty, sale price and the through
9 traffic charge during the year onaccount of the 40,62,454 maunds
10 of salt sold under the system amounted to Rs. 1,16.82,463, and
11 particulars are given of the treasuries, railway stations, and
12 post offices at which this money was paid.
13 Treasuries.—Rupces 1,12,21,125 were paid into 74 trea-
14 suries as follows :—
15 — Rs.
16 os 1 Pepartmental treasuries 19,19,954
17 Bijpaténs ‘ f 1 Other (Ajmer) 238,80 &
18 Central India 4, is 3,25,990
19 The Panjab vee 27 ‘i 55,60,617
20 North-Western Prov- rt
21 inces and Ouch ,,, 34 ae . 27,96,466
22 Bengal (Behar) 3 2 2,27,161
23 Central Provinces .., 3 i 1,47,428
24 Sindh ses 1 ” ave 4,705
25 Total ae8 "4 Total vee 1,22,21,125
26 —— ee
27 Of the Rs. 1,12,21,125, Rs. 61,56,114 were paid on account of
28 cis-Indus Mines rock salt; Rs. 26,87,171 on account of Sambhar ;
29 and Rs. 23,77,840 on account of Pachbadra salt.
30 Railway stattons.—Realizations at 26 stations of the Indian
31 Midland Railway (the only line authorized to receive salt
32 revenue) amounted to Rs. 3,67,829 ; and of this sum Rs. 2,32,824
33 ie paid in for Sdmbhar salt, and Rs. 1,35,005 for Pachbadra
34 salt.
35 Post offices.—Eighteen post offices received a sum of
36 Rs. 93,509: Rs. 10,815 for rock salt of the cis-Indus Mines,
37 Rs. 58,313 for Sambhar salt, and Rs. 24,381 for Pachbadra
38 salt. Further particulars are given below in regard to these
39 payments :—
40 Number of post Number of
41 Provi offices author- —_ post offices into reap on
42 Pounce ized to receive which salt reve- oor seven
43 salt revenue. nue was paid. ae
44 North-Western Provin- 86 q 34,321
45 ces and Oudh.
46 The Panjab * wee 89 5 10.815
47 Réjputéna we 23 3 24,804
48 Central India tee il 2 9,473
49 Central Provinces wn 3 1 14,006
50 Total 162 18 93,509
51 — _~ en
52 It was remarked in the report of 1898-99 that the charge
53 of eight annas per cent. which is made on revenue deposited in
54 post offices is prohibitive, and the figures of the past three
55 years show clearly that this is the case ;-—~ .
56 Realizations by Ae offices.
57 Be
58 1897-98 ... oe one tee one we 1,57,693
59 1898-99 ... one tee a oo sea 1,438,740
60 . 93,509
61 1899,.1900 oe oes one
62 The question whether the Postal Department can undertake
63 to reseive salt revenue at a lower rate of remuneration is now
64 under the consideration of the Director-General of Post
65 Offices. ‘The figures in the preceding paragraph seem t) show
66 that there is not much need for the assistance of the Postal
67 Department in places where trade is brisk and traders enter-
68 prising, but in backward and sparsely populated tracts where
69 ( 29 )
70 o
71 THROUGH TRAFFIC
72 SYSTEM OF TRADE.
73 Revenue derived from
74 through tratlic salt.
75 ‘
76 Transactions with trea-
77 suries.
78 Revenue realized by the
79 Indian Midland Rail-
80 way.
81 Payments into post office.