1 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1899-1900.
2 Exports— 1898-99,
3 Mads.
4 To Nepal and Thibet (trade statistics) ase 85,351
5 » Lower Bengal (ditto) wee ae 6,939
6 x, Central Provinces (ditto) de 1,503
7 : Rajputéna and Central India (trade ‘statistics) . - 40,958
8 x» the Panjab (ditto) an 2,875
9 ss Behar (ditto) ove 6,049
10 » Bombay (ditto) gee 1
11 Total «1,438,176
12 Balance remaining for consumption +. ie 42,57,183
13 Ibs.
14 Rate of consumption per head of population, 734
15 47,697,576 souls.
16 The agricultural condition of these provinces was prosper-
17 ous during the year, and it is improbable that there was any
18 real decrease in the rate of consumption. As stated in para-
19 graph 16, stocks appear to have been kept low owing to capital
20 being empolyed i in vther directions.
21 (4) erontnte of Behar in Bengal.
22 &upply of ene eae
23 Imported from Calcutta (irado statistics) ee 27,17,054
24 Ditto Other Provinces (trade statistics) ... 1,88,997
25 Saltpetre salt ie ae ‘ae oe 14,415
26 Total vee ©28,70,466
27 Exporis~-
28 To other provinces (trade statistics) —... _ 25,766
29 »» The State of Nepal (trade statistics) «- 2,46,808
30 Total we 272,574
31 Balance remaining for consumption ... 25,97,892
32 Ibs.
33 Average consumption per head of population, 876
34 24,393,504 souls.
35 There is some unregistered trade beween this province
36 and the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, and some of the
37 salt entering Behar may have passed on into those provinces.
38 (5) Central prauanees and Berar.
39 Salt surply— 1898-99,
40 : ‘Mads.
41 From the Bombay Presidency (trade statistics) 17,07,342
42 From the Madras Presidency (estimate preparod by = 2,75,000
43 the Madras Sal€ Department).
44 From the North-Western Provinces, Oudh and 5,498
45 Bengal (Salt Department),
46 From the Sambhar Lako by railway... se 16,457
47 From the Pachbadra Salt Source, by road and railway 1,038,931
48 t
49 Total w. 21,08,228
50 Baports—
51 To Réjputina and Central India (trade seine) 11,877
52 To British territory (trade statistics) 10,106
53 Total ” 21,983
54 Balance remaining for consumption .. vw =: 20,86,245
55 ‘Tbs.
56 Rate of consumption per head of population, 15,842,296 10°84
57 souls,
58 The decrease in the rate of consumption during the year
59 may have been due to the famine, or possibly existing stocks
60 may have been drawn upon.
61 Separate fiyures have been given this year for Réjputéna
62 and Central India. The trade statistics, received from the
63 Governments of Bengal, the North-Western, Provinces and
64 Oudh, the Panjab and ‘the Central Provinces, do not distinguish
65 between the exports and imports of Réjputéna and Central
66 India, but the quantities of salt exported to Réjputana and
67 Central India from these Provinces are small, and do not
68 ( 89 )
69 1899-1900.
70 Mads,
71 82,040
72 7,678
73 1,248
74 25,028
75 5,298
76 6,093
77 1,27,375
78 41,91,321
79 Ibs.
80 7:23
81 1899-1900.
82 Mds.
83 27,756,185
84 1,42,596
85 13,380
86 29,381,161
87 ee
88 81,332
89 2,64,242
90 2,95,574
91 26,835,587
92 Ibs.
93 8-89
94 1899-1900.
95 Mas.
96 15 48,681
97 3,25,000
98 11,398
99 17,200
100 89,602
101 19,91,879
102 12,563
103 4115
104 16,678
105 19,75,201
106 Ibs.
107 10°26
108 CONSUMPTION OF
109 SALT.
110 Behar in Bengal,
111 Central
112 Berar.
113 Provinces and