1 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
2 NG IT NN ITE EOS
3 Wholesale rate per
4 maund,
5 1898-99. }1899-1900.
6 Behar. Rs. a, p. JR. 8, p
7 (ie (Ch ) see rey 3 A 6 3 2 4
8 : fran (Chapra ss o | 310 6] 32
9 Liverpool salt... se, 4 Mozeffarpor a . 812 0 eos
10 \Champéran (Motihéri) of 812 Of 311 0
11 ‘Central Provinces.
12 P
13 { Jubbulpore one ow fo4 8 47 40 0
14 } Nagpur see w= | 400; 400
15 Bombay salt =a. oe 3 Saugor ove » | 312 9] 310 2
16 Nimér ses ine $1010] 3 811
17 \ Hoshungabad ne wef 4 010) 314 5&
18 — ei =
19 : There were no fluctuations of importance.
20 Import of salt into Ben- 62. The statement below, which is inserted at the request
21 galfromallother prov. of the Local Government, shows the quantities of salt imported
22 ee into Bengal from all other provinces during the past two
23 years :-—
24 Into Into Into
25 Calcutta.} Bengal. | Behar. |}, Total.
26 From North-Western Provinces { 1898-99
27 and Oudh sas ws - U 1899-1900
28 From the Panjab ... Pre Pea
29 From Réjputéna and Central i 1898-99
30 India im ws U1899-1900
31 . ee: 1898-99 |
32 From Central Provinces ek 1899-1900
33 fomfoniey fas |S
34 1898-99 a 4,058,065 Ss 4,05,065
35 From Madras... 41899-1900 i 5,49,268 oe 5,49,268
36 mat 1898-99 406 | 4,16,412 | 1,365,515 | 5,52,333
37 we 1899-1900 2,341 peel 1,839,697 | 6,95,955
38 During the year maunds 1,43,116 of salt taxed by the Depart-
39 ment entered Bengal from the North-Western Provinces and
40 Oudh, the Panj4b and Rajputdna, compared with maunds
41 1,36,910 in 1898-99 ; an increase of maunds 6,206. The greater
42 part of the imports were of rock salt from the czs-Indus Mines
43 in the Panjab, supplied for consumption in the province of
44 Behar.
45 Reporte from Baigil-te The next table shows the exports of salt from Bengal
46 other provinces. during the past two years :—
47 From From From
48 Calcutta,| Bengal. Behar. ave
49 Mds. Mds, Mds. Mads.
50 Into the North-Western Provinces 1898-99 |3,68,190 see 8,819 | 3,76,509
51 and Oudh. ss a 1899-1900 4,34,168 ms 20,109 | 454,277
52 - 1898- 101 pr 199 300
53 Into the Panjab ... Sus 1899-1900 55 im 144 199
54 Into Rajputéna snd Central 1898-99 16 ‘ 328 328
55 India at s { 1899-1900 ~ a 669 669
56 P 1898-99 356 8,985 10 4,351
57 Into Central Provinces ove { 1899-1900 1,616 1,818 os 8,434
58 1898-99 sat 6 che 6
59 Into Madras a+e 14899-1900 st! as37, 8,368
60 ¢ 1898-99 |5,25,984| 78,361 * 6,083,695
61 Into Assay =a 41899-1900 |5,06,929| 58949] °” 5,64,878
62 walt 1898-99 |8,93,981 | 82,352 8,856 | 9,85,189
63 oe 1899-1900 [9,41,799 69,104 20,922 }| 10,31,826
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