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Letter and memorandum by George Henry Maxwell Batten, Commissioner of Inland Customs,concerning the abolition of the customs line between Rajputana [Rājasthān] and the Central Indian States. [7v] (14/16)
The record is made up of 1 file (8 folios). It was created in 30 Sep 1873-09 Jan 1874. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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the Sambbar manufactures be
carried out, negotiations be
entered into with the Native
States in whose limits salt is
or can be produced with the
following objects:—
(a), to allow us to put a cordon round
all works where salt is per
mitted to be produced to
any large extent, and to
excise such salt at a rate not
exceeding Ks. 3 per maund
before it is permitted to
pass out of the works;
(i), to suppress all other salt works,
or to restrict them to pur
poses of purely local con
sumption ;
(c), to determine the amount which each
Native State should receive
from the taxation thus
thrown on its subjects;
(d), to abolish transit duties and duties
on salt in each Native State
to an amount equivalent to
that which it will receive
from the salt tax.
7/A.—That the salt works at Noli, Sul-
tanpur and Sambhar be dealt
with in a similar way. It
may be even advisable to
shut up the works at Noh.
8th. —That, finally, the 1,450 miles of
Customs Line above referred
to be abolished.
Such is the scheme which I would ven
ture to submit for consideration. I may
mention that in the last cold season in
Rajputana I discussed these questions
with Colonel Brooke, Colonel Beynon,
and Major Walter then at Bhartpur.
These officers spoke favorably of the
feasibility of the scheme. In a short
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Letter from George Henry Maxwell Batten, Commissioner of Inland Customs, regarding Lewis Pelly's desire to abolish the customs line between Rajputana [Rājasthān] and the British Territory.
The letter encloses a confidential memo which Batten wrote at Lord Northbrook's request on the feasibility of such a proposal and goes on to detail the only way in which the customs line could be abolished. Batten's proposal is to levy excise duties on salt at their place of production however this subsequently raises the practical difficulties of how to ensure salt is only manufactured for trade at those places the excise duty is being levied.
The enclosed memo, dated 30 September 1873 is titled "Note on the feasibility of abolishing that part of the Inland Customs Line which is on the frontier of Rajputana (including Bhawalpur) and the Native States of Central India".
It outlines details of the customs line including costs, manpower requirements, its purpose and the amount of taxation produced by it and the difficulties that would be encountered in abolishing it. Batten goes on to outline the only way he can see to abolish the line by levying excise duties on salt production and gives considerable detail on the way in which he believes such a proposal could be implemented.
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