1 CONSUMPTION OF
2 SALT.
3 The Panjab, cis-Indus
4 and Kashmir.
5 The Panjab trane-Indus.
6 ®
7 North-Western Provinces
8 and Oudh.
9 REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
10 however, they are collated carefully for a series of years the
11 result ought to be of some value :~—
12 (1) The Panjab cis-Indus, including feudatory Biates
13 and Kashmir.
14 1898-99, 1899-1900.
15 Supply of sali— Mds. Mds.
16 issued from the cis-Indus Mines geen vee 22,27,180 23,95,595
17 Ditto ditto Mandi Mines we §=21,26 716 1,26,939
18 Ditto ditto Sulténpur Salt Works .. eee pat 77,837 78,390
19 Imports from Thibet and Ladak (trade statistics) ... 1,809 1,883
20 Do. by railway and river (trade statistics) «. 3,11,417 2,83,267
21 Do. of Didwana salt by road eee «. 1,388,629 1,41,103
22 Saltpetre salt — vee oo 40 506
23 Total ve 28,883,577 — 30,27,183
24 Ezports—
25 Exports to country west of the Indus (trade statistics) 7,714 15,143
26 Exports by railway and river (trade statistics) ... 4,88,899 6,18,222
27 » by road eee ove san 4,443 4,550
28 Total o- =—- 01,056 5,387,915
29 Balance remaining for consumption «. 23,82,521 24,89,268
30 lbs. Ibs,
31 Average consumption per head of population, ... 7:59 7-93
32 25,840,575 souls.
33 Prices of food grains were high and there was scarcity
34 in some parts of the province during the past year. but the
35 trade in salt was active.
36 The Panjéb trans-Indus.
37 Supply of salt— 1898-99. 1899-1900.
38 = Mae, Mas.
39 Issued from the Koh&t mines 8% ws 4,62,375 3,70,738
40 Brports-—
41 Exported beyond the border (trate atatistics) ene 2,14,922 4,27,872
42 Balance remaining for consumption ae 2,47,453 ae
43 Tbs, lbs.
44 Average consumption per head of population, 18,33,504 1111 0:00
45 soals.
46 Assuming the trade statistics to be accurate, the figures
47 of the year under report illustrate the manner in which the
48 stocks of salt within an area may affect statistics of consump-
49 tion. The quantity of salt registered as having crossed the
50 border to the westward and northward exceeded the total
51 quantity of salt issued from the Kohat Mines by 57,134
52 * maunds,
53 Large stocks were accumulated in the ¢rans-Indus districts
54 in 1895-96 in anticipation of the enhancement of the Kohat
55 rate of duty ; and, even if we allow for some exaggeration in
56 the trade statistics of exports, these stocks would appear to
57 have been heavily drawn upon.
58 Some salt bearing the cés-Indus rate of duty was consumed
59 in this area, particularly in the Dera Ghazi Khan district.
60 The quantity is not accurately ascertainable, but it was not
61 large enough to materially affect the trade figures given above.
62 (3), North-Western Provinces and Oudh.
63 Supply of salt— 1898-99, 1899-1900.
64 Mda, Mds.
65 Imported from Lower Bengal (trade statistics) ... 3,76,509 4,54,277
66 Ditto Nepal and Thibet (ditto) 387 825 34,170
67 Ditto Bombay and Central Provinces (do.) §,65,791 6,47 ,706
68 Ditto the Sémbhar Lake ». 28,80,562 22,13,800
69 Ditto Pachhadra Salt Source’. 1,44,525 6,387,115
70 Ditto the Panjab by railway (sade atatistics) 3,49,748 3,738,280
71 Ditto — ditto by rosd tee 4,443 4,550
72 Ditto Behar (trade statistics) +0 8,319 20,109
73 Saltpetre salt ,,, s00 as wee 32,687 88,689
74 Total a. 44,00,359 43,18,696
75 ( 38 )