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4 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1902-1903.
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6 The credit balance is larger than that of 1g90I-o2 by
7 Rs. 20,€69, The balance of stock was also larger by maunds
8 14,08,248, worth Rs. 3,52,062 at the present selling price of
9 four annas a maund; and including this item the net profit
10 on the operations of the year amounted to Rs. 3,72,731.
11 » 34. The sales of this source were affected adversely,
12 partly by the unsatisfactory character of the monsoon rainfall
13 and partly by the rumours of a reduction of duty which pre-
14 vailed. Maunds 2,77,691 of salt which paid full duty were
15 sold compared with maunds 2,93,499 in igol-o2, the
16 decrease amounting to maunds 15,808. Issues were also less
17 by maunds 25,572, having amounted to maunds 2,71,555
18 compared with maunds 2,97,127 in the previous year. Salt is
19 indented for at this source as carriage for its removal becomes
20 available and clearances keep pace closely with sales. The
21 uncleared balance of salt at the close of the year amounted to
22 maunds 6,136 only. Sales and deliveries of duty free salt
23 to the Jodhpur Darbar amounted to maunds 23,690 compared
24 with maunds 25,011 inago1-oz. The decrease of maunds 1,321
25 was due partly to defictent rainfall in the portion of the Jodhpur
26 State supplied with salt from Didwana, and partly to a reduction
27 of the Raj duty of Rs. 2-6-6 a maund being anticipated when
28 the reduction in the British duty became known.
29 35. A decrease of maunds 22,050 occurred in the con-
30 signments of salt which paid full duty to the Makrana and
31 Kuchaman Road Railway Stations. This salt is booked
32 on reaching the railway to. marts in the Punjab and
33 United Provinces. The trade of the source by road was
34 better maintained. The exports to the Punjab were maunds
35 1,310,018 against maunds 1,11,271 in 1901-02; to Rajputana
36 maunds 45,001 against maunds 47,313, and maunds 43 were
37 booked to the Central Provinces during the year.
38 . 36. The rainfall of the year amounted to 10°53 inches
39 compared with 6°54 inches in 1901-02. The year opened with
40 a stock balance of maunds 2,40,065 of salts; additions to
41 stock were made of maunds 2,25,363 manufactured and
42 maunds 36,570 found in excess in heaps cleared, and there
43 was a stock balance of maunds 2,00,617 at the close of the
44 year. Manufacture at this source is restricted to the quantity
45 required to meet the demands of trade. The stock balance
46 wasiamply sufficient as manufacture was proceeding when the
47 year closed. The cost of manufacture and storage amounted
48 to 5°53 piesa maund compared with 4°29 pies in 1gc1-o2, Salt
49 is purchased from the manufacturers at rates which vary accord-
50 ing to quality, and tbe slight increase in cost is due partly to
51 salt of a better quality having been produced and partly to-
52 excesses found in heaps cleared having been added to stock
53 in one year and paid for in the year following.
54 37. There was a decrease of maunds 3,21,654 in the
55 sales of salt paying full duty at Pachbadra, maunds 6,09,868
56 having been sold compared with maunds 9,31,522 during
57 1g01-02. The falling off was due partly to the sale price
58 having been raised in January 1902 from one anna and three
59 pies to one anna and six pies a maund, and partly to the
60 quality of the salt produced at the source having been
61 affected by the continued drought. The increase in the price
62 -was intended to drive part of the trade back to the Sam-
63 bhar Lake, in order to relieve the strain on the resources of
64 Pachbadra, and it had the desired effect.
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66 (2)
67 DIDWANA.
68 Sales and issues of salt»
69 Appendices If and III.
70 Territorial distribution
71 of trade.
72 Appendix VI. -
73 Manufacture and stock
74 of salt,
75 Appendix V.
76 (3)
77 PACHBADRA.,
78 Sales and issues of salt.
79 Appendices I] and III.