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2 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1899-1900.
3 No hides weré cured in either year. Eighty-four thousand
4 and thirty-three skins, weighing 3,340} maunds, were cured
5 during the year ufder report; compared with 71,727 skins,
6 weighing maunds 2,659-24-5 in 1898-99. Though more work
7 was done, the average quantity of salt used for each skin was
8 much less, only ‘77 of a chittak against 2:34 chittaks in 1898-99.
9 Curing with sait was carried on at the beginning of the past
10 year ; but was discontinued later, as a demand arose in America
11 for arsenicated, in place of salted, skins.
12 The two factories were inspected from time to time during
13 the year and no irregularities were observed.
14 60. > Full details of the manner in which the salt issued
15 for consumption by the Department was distributed over areas
16 ‘of consumption will be found in Appendix V. The following
17 abstract shows the increase or decrease in consumption by
18 provinces during the year compared with 1898-99 :—
19 , 1898-99, 1899-1900, Difference,
20 Mas. Mads, Mds,
21 Panjab cts-Indus, including feuda- § 24,66,780 26,01,859 +1,35,079
22 tory States and Kashmir.
23 Panjab ¢rans-Indus .., ase 8,11,249 2,77,979 83,270
24 British Baluchistan “iat 1,880 1,301 —579
25 Afghanistin and independent terri- 1,51,126 92,759 58,867
26 tory west of the Indus.
27 North-Western Provinces and Oudh 83,64,089 81,238,201 —2,40,888
28 Province of Behar in Bengal ove 1,45,460 1,61,060 +5,600
29 Lower Bengal 3 ees 4,798 2,540 —2,258
30 Central Provinces a6 coe 1,20,888 1,086,800 , 13,588
31 Réjputéna ee ve «948,698 8,81,740 —66,958
32 Central India ss vee 4,19,557 5,70,957 +-1,51,400
33 Hyderabad (Deccan) ... eee _ 8 +3
34 Bombay ... iu a we 5 +5
35 Sindh eve aoe ese 11,445 14,366 +2,921
36 Total ws —79,45,470 78,24,570 —~1,20,900
37 61. The following figures show the wholesale prices of
38 salt during the past two years in the principal markets of
39 of
40 Northern India, the Central Provinces, and the Province
41 Behar in Bengal. Prices in the North-Western Provinces, Oudh
42 and Behar were ascertained by officers of the Department, and
43 those for the Central Provinces and Panjab have been obtained
44 from the Gazette of India :—
45 Wholesale rate per
46 : maund.
47 1898-99. | 1899-1900.
48 The Punjab. Rs. a p. |Ra. & pe
49 (lahore .., s00 ow! 314] 8 2 9
50 Rawal Pindi 3 ves $1 8/!] 801
51 Jhelum woe one 215 5 213 9
52 Shéhpur ‘si wil8 28] 83-93
53 Rock salt a Mooltan sve {| 8 4 8] 8 4 8B
54 o's Amritsar eee aoe 3.5 4 8 5 4
55 Jullusdur aan ove 3 1 38 31 3
56 Ludhiéna mae wf 8 56 4] 8 6B &
57 Loser ta oon wo! 8 8 2] 8 8 2
58 " Umballa oes wf 82 2) 8 2 2
59 Sambhar salt Delhi sae wee ae 8 5 4
60 North-Western Provinces and Oudh.
61 (Meerut one {| 8 60; 890
62 Agra ww. vee {| 8 2 6| 38 3 6
63 Cawnpore ate «| 8 8 8; 8 4 6
64 S&mbhar salt & Allahabad te . | 8 7 8] 31211
65 imbh 4 Benares ie {| 810 0] 3 7 6
66 Bareilly vee oor 8 5 0] 8 7 6
67 Lucknow ae wo | 8 7 0) 8 6 O
68 { Fyzabad oo wf 8 6 6] 3 6 6
69 ( 85 )
70 IN TERNAL BRANCH
71 SUPPLY OF SALT.
72 Distribution of salt
73 issued over areas of
74 consumption.
75 Prices of salt in North-
76 ern India, the Cen
77 tral Provinces and
78 Behar,