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Revenue ani
expenditure.
Fisli-curing yai’ds.
Offences.
Sources of supply.
Production, etc.
Consumption.
Revenue and
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Offences.
Changes during
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5. The total quantity of salt issued for consumption m ^ Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. amount .
8,104,046 maunds, giving an average per head of population m 1901 0 f 12-18 lbs. opj-
12‘58 lbs. in the preceding year. A comparison ot the Prices for the year 1906-1907
the duty was Rs. 1-8-0 per maund, with the prices for 1908-1909, when the duty W as P ^
shows that in 15 out of the 19 districts^ the reduction m price ha S yearly equalled orV’
exceeded the reduction of duty, indicating that the benefit of the latter has reached the
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customers.
6. The revenue amounted to Rs. 1,22,02,025 and the expenditure to Rs. ig
showing an increase of Rs. 2,24,698 and Rs. 14,360 respectively. ; ^
7. The number of fish-curing yards decreased by 1 to 30.. The quantity of fish brouoi i
to be cured increased by 35 per cent., and the quantity of salt issued by 32 per cent. The net
profit was Rs. 10,040 against Rs. 5,778 in the previous year.
8. The number of offences detected was 2b 1 against 323 in the previous year and 53p
in 1906-1907. The reduction of duty on salt has rendered smuggling less profitable.
2. Sind.
1. The sources of supply continue to be (1) the Maurypur Salt-works, (2) the Saran
and (3) the Dilyar Salt Deposits. '
2. The opening balance was 46,953 maunds. The quantity made or excavated was
434,862 maunds against 400,785 during the preceding year and sales amounted to 373,892
maunds against 38/,537. Issues to the Mir of Kbairpur accounted for f5,792 maunds, Lcr-s
and wastage fell from 56,949 to 5,910 maunds and the stock in hand at the close of the year
increased to 84,674 maunds.
3. The total consumption was 395,059 maunds, the average rate per head beino-
10-12 lbs, against 10-23 lbs. during the previous year. The average price per maund fell from
Rs. 1-15-5 to Rs. 1-14-6.
4. The gross receipts fell from Rs, 4,86,592 to Rs. 4,79,031 and the expenditure ro~e
from Rs. 1,43,820 to Rs. 1,72,859.
5. The number of offences was 53 against 71 during the preceding year.
3. Aden.
The quantity of salt issued from the Arab Salt-works decreased from 89,940 to 83,251
maunds, of which 67,831 maunds were exported to the interior of Arabia. The net revenue
collected was Rs. 14,667 against Rs. 16,028 in the previous year. The quantity of salt
exported by the Italian Salt Company increased from 87,079 to 99,891 tons and the royalty
realized by the Aden Settlement was Rs. 49,945 against Rs. 43,539 in the year 1907-1908.
10. Excise.
For details see the Animal Report on the Administration of the Excise Department for the year 1908*1909
and tables under Excise, printed in Part IV {b) of the Statistics of British India.
1. Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. Proper,
1* The following material changes were introduced '.—(1) A bonded warehouse for
intoxicating drugs was opened at Ahmedabad and 14 bonded warehouses for country liquor were
opened in the Ahmedabad, Kaira, Broach, Surat, Kfinara, Dharwfir, Belgaum, Bijdpur and
Sholdpur districts. (2) The rates of still-head duty on country spirit per gallon were raised by
amounts varying from 1 anna 6 pies to 8 annas in the case of 25° U. P. and from 9 pies to
2 annas 11 pies in the case of d0 u U. P. and 60° U. P. spirit in Bombay Town and Island, and
in the districts of Thana (excluding the Kalyan t^iuka), Kolaba (Pen tdluka), Ratndgiri and
Kdnara. (3) In the Deesa cantonment duty was levied at the rate of Re. 1 per gallon of 25°
XL P. spirit imported. t4) The fee payable for a license to sell methylated spirit was reduced
from Rs. 50 in Bombay City and Rs. 25 in the mofussil to Be. 1 per annum. (5) The tree-tax
on trees tapped for toddy by the Kaliparaj in Pulsar East and Pardi talukas was raised from Re* 1
to Rs. 1-4 and in Bulsar West from Re. 1 to Rs. 1-8-0. (6) The district monopoly svstem was
replaced by the contract distillery and single-fehop auction system in the districts of Ahmedabad,
Kaira, Panch Mahfils, Broach, Surat, Sholapur, Bijapur, Dhfirwar and Kanara (above-ghats).
(7) The latter system replaced the contract distillery and single-shop minimum guarantee systein
in the districts of Nasik and E^st andTVkst Khandesh. (k) Country spirit licensesm the mofussi
and country spirit, foreign liquor and toddy licenses m Bombay City were modified in accordance
with the recommendations of the Excise Committee so far as approved by the Government or
India. (9) Government Notification No. 12405, dated 14th December 1907, prohibited from the
1st April 1908 within certain specified areis the sale of medicated articles containing from ^
to 42 per cent, of proof spirit except by special licensees and by licensed foreign liquor dealers,
and the sale oi medicated articles containing more than 42 per cent, of proof spirit except E
licensed foreign liquor dealers.