1 SAMBHAR,
2 Financial result ‘of the
3 lease of the Sambhar
4 Lake.
5 (2)
6 DIDWANA.
7 Sales and issues,
8 Appendix IL.
9 eage.
10 ° REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTHERN INDIA
11 sand, if the monsoon of 1902 proves to be a favourable one,
12 and the geological view of the resources of the lake is
13 correct, there will be no difficulty in meeting the demand
14 during the year now current.
15 Seventy-four heaps of salt were cleared during the year.
16 The contents of these as estimated amounted to maunds
17 26,0g,566, while the actual outturn was maunds 28,08,931,
18 an excess of maunds 1,99,365, or 7°64 per cent. A great deal
19 of newly manufactured salt was disposed of, and in this there
20 was no loss by exposure to rainfall and very little from dry-
21 Even in the case of heaps which had been exposed to
22 rain, the loss was comparatively small owing to the deficiency
23 in the monsoon of tgol!.
24 22. The following is a summary of the financial result
25 of the lease of the Sambhar Lake to the close of the year :— *
26 Stock account.
27 Salt produced (including excesses found in stock)—~
28 Maunds.
29 Down to close of 1go0-01 ses -70;50,01,849
30 During 1gol-02 eee eoe oot 63,83,738
31 Total 11,13,85,587
32 Salt cleared from account (including sales, free
33 deliveries, wastage and dryage)—
34 Down to close of 1900-01 ses vee 30,44,48,107
35 During 1901-02 ses woe vos 31,883,741
36 Total ees 10,76,36,848
37 Balance of stock at close of 1901-02 37,48:739
38 Revenue account,
39 Realisations from sales of salt produced—
40 Rs.
41 Down to close of 1900-01 2,98,44,190
42 During 1901-02 eee oon 7:99)780
43 eR CRT STENT
44 Total ae 306,411,970
45 Expenditure incurred, including treaty and royale
46 ty payments—
47 Down to close of 1900-01 cee =: 2,67,86,516
48 During 1go1-02 nee eee ue 9,39,307
49 Total we -2,77,16,823
50 Net credit balance at the close of xgo1-02 29,25,147
51 The credit balance is less than that of 1900-01, by
52 Rs. 1,32,527; but, on the other hand, the stock balance of
53 salt was larger by maunds 31,94,997, worth Rs. 7,98,749 at
54 the present selling price of 4 annas a maund. According to
55 this estimate there was a net profit of Rs. 6,66,222 on the,
56 operations of the past year.
57 23. There was an increase of maunds 76,612 in the sales
58 of salt which paid full duty at Didwana, maunds 2,93,499
59 having been sold as compared with maunds 2,16,387 im
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