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3 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR frgo2- Ego 3-
4 18, The salt tracts and closed salt works of the Gwalior, Deputation ‘Of officers
5 Jaipur, Mewar and Shahpura States were inspected during the —_ #2 inspect salt tracts
6 first three months of the year by officers of the Department in Native States.
7 specially deputed: for the purpose. Treaty obligations were
8 found to be adequately observed in the State of Shahpura.
9 Some irregularities of minor importance were discovered in
10 the Gwalior State and have doubtless been rectified by the
11 Darbar. In Jaipur the manufacture of earth salt was found
12 to be prevalent to a considerable extent. In Méwar also,
13 though the time at. the disposal of.the officer who visited the
14 State was not sufficient to permit of his inspecting closely the.
15 whole of the extensive salt lands which exist in the State, ,
16 abundant evidence of the existence of manufacture on a
17 somewhat extensive scale was discovered. Thirty two salt
18 factories were reported to have. been found upon salt Jands,
19 sixteen upon lands-which are the property of the State’ and
20 sixteen in the agirs of Banera, Bednor and Amli, and ina large
21 number of instances earth salt manufactured within the State
22 was found in the possession of persons for purposes of con-
23 sumptions These instances of the failure on the part of the Dar-
24 bars of Jaipur and Mewar to fulfil their treaty obligation “to
25 suppress and absolutely prohibit and prevent the manufacture
26 of salt” within their borders, were brought to the notice of the,
27 Residents at Jaipur and Udaipur. Since the year closed a
28 communication has been received from the Mewar Darbar,
29 through the Resident of Udaipur, commenting upon the report
30 of the officer who visited that State, and the matter will be
31 noticed in the Report of 1903-04.
32 Arrangements were made towards the close of the year
33 under report to depute officers to again visit the States of
34 Jaipur and Mewar, and also the States of Bharatpur, Karauli,
35 Kotah and Bundi.
36 19. His Excellency the Viceroy paid a visit tothe Sam- Visits of His Excellency
37 bhar Lake on the 27th November 1902. His Excellency the Viceroy to the
38 visited the Kyars near the town of Sambhar, saw how the His Honour the Lied=
39 stored salt is weighed and issued, and witnessed the processes poaantnovavade
40 A e Punjab to the Salt
41 of extraction and storage of salt from the pans and the man- _ Range.
42 ner in which the labourers employed in the work of extraction
43 are paid. His Honour Sir Charles Rivaz, Lieutenant-Govern-
44 or of the Punjab, also visited the Salt Range during the
45 winter on tour and inspected the Mayo Salt Mine at Khew-
46 rah, which was illuminated for the occasion on the 16th of
47 February 1902. °
48 20. The trade of the Sambhar Lake improved during the | RAJPUTANA
49 year. Maunds 34,99,447 of salt paying full duty were sold S4'? $QURCES:
50 compared with maunds 31,52,207 disposed of during 1901-02, SAMBHAR.
51 the increase amounting to maunds 347,240. The quantity Sales and issues of salt
52 of salt issued was also larger by maunds 4,06,245, the clear- appendices Il and III.
53 ances amounting to maunds 36,64,278 against maunds
54 32,58,033 in the previous year. In addition to these quanti-
55 ties, maunds 10,000 were sold to the. Rampur State free of
56 duty, maunds 5,000 of which were issued during the year.
57 The sales and issues on the same account in 19¢1-02 amount-
58 ed to maunds 5,000. There was no improvement in the
59 quality of the salt made, and the improvement in the trade
60 may be attributed partly to the price of Pachbadra salt having
61 been raised from one anna and three pies to one anna and six
62 pies a maund in January !go2, and partly to a deterioration in.
63 _,cbe quality of that salt caused by the prolonged drought.
64 at. As already noted in paragraph 2, maunds 8,000 cf Supply of salt to the
65 salt were supplied from the Lake to the Sind Salt Department. Si al
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