'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎200r] (131/148)

OHtTM— SALT.
1909
the
,.1910.] 87
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>’*r r.s”' 2 ' K ? “
the^ J 706 chests compared with 840 in the previous year. P The stocks Wl/TiTl! ' n ^
S ‘ he State WCTe 97 ' 3 * * * * * 9 ° 3 lbs ' COm P ared " ith 250,736 pounds 1 ^ ^
7 The
City ana
Chap. V.
FINANCIAL
REVIEW.
Bombay Warehouse
accounts.
Opium transactions
of Baroda State,
. total Imperial Kevenne from opium was Rs. 75,50,484 eomnared with
Rc 2 10,42,440 in the previous year. Expenditure on account of the opium establishment in
5 LoVcitv and Ahmedabad Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. amounted to Rs. 40,349 against Rs. 35,245 last year.
9. Salt.
Imperial
realizations and
expenditure.
. dobtils see the Annual Reports on the Administration of the Salt Department in the Bombay President and in
F ° r Sind, and tables under Salt, printed in Part IV (b) of the Statistics of British India. y J
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 salt with which the Bombay 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. Salt Department has to deal may be GeneraWom-w,
classified under three heads (1) idaragra or Kunn Salt from brine-wells on the edge of the of supply.
j 0S3 er Runn of Cuteh, known as the Pritchard Salt-Works ; (2) sea salt made at works on the
coast owned by Government or privately j (3) imported salt from works in Portuguese
territory.
2. The quantity in stock at the beginning of the year was 2,133,190 maunds against Bdragra salt.
2 , 460,555 at the beginning of the previous year. The produce during the year was 2,621,727
maunds, bringing the total stock to 4,754,917 maunds. Removals during the year amounted
to 27,40,514 maunds against 27,24,480 maunds in 1908-1909, Removals to the Central
Provinces and Central India (including M41wa and Rajputana) show a marked increase due
apparently to the growing popularity of this kind of salt. .Issues to the United Provinces fell
off by 108,135 maunds, a decrease due partly to the fact that last year's removals were in excess
of the demand and for replenishment of stock and partly to the fact that removals were postponed
in March 1910 in hope of a further reduction in duty. There has been an increase in removals for
local consumption in all cases except the Pdlanpur Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and East Khandesh. The increase
is mainly to be attributed to the fact that merchants paid large amounts on account of excise
in March 1909, but did not remove till the April following in anticipation of a further
reduction in the duty. Removals to Baroda have again increased. The amount of salt written
off as loss and wastage was only 192,043 maunds against 270,986 maunds in the preceding year.
The salt written off on clearance of the open store amounted to 98,191 maunds against 1,19,829 in
the previous year. The percentage of loss and wastage amounts to 4’04 against 5*28 in the
year preceding. The total stock at the close of the year, including salt manufactured during
the year, but brought to account after the close of the year, was 4,941,445 maunds, an
amount considerably less than the average annual demand plus two years’ reserve. Twenty-
seven new pans were opened and it is proposed to lay out a new salt-work capable of pro
ducing about 6 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of maunds between Kharaghoda and Udn. The cost of Bdirigra salt
was raised from 2 annas 3 pies to 2 annas 6 pies per maund. Five hundred and thirty-six pans
worked during the year against 509 in 1908-1909 and the average yield per pan increased from
5,143 maunds to 5,820 maunds, a higher figure than any reached before. There was also an
improvement in the quality of the salt. The 1,608 registered agrias received an average
wage of Rs. 173 per man for the season against Rs. 153 last year.
3. The quantity of sea-salt manufactured during the year shows a decrease from Sea salt.
16,171,841 maunds to 9,534,971 maunds, due partly to prevalence of plague and cholera in
some t41ukas of the Thdaa and Uran Ranges, and partly to unfavourable winds and cloudy
weather in the cold season. Removals amounted to 9,190,486 against 9,208,168 mauads in
1908-1909. The closing balance was 719,882 maunds. At the Government salt-work at
Ohardsna the quantity manufactured was 423,103 maunds against 387,356 maunds in the
previous year, the increase being effected by the re-opening of 74 pans. Removals during the
year amounted to 358,253 maunds against 357,078 in the previous year. The balance at
e e ^ 0se of the year was 97,044 maunds against 58,998 in the year precedmg. In other
sa t-wcrks, leased and private, the aggregate produce was 9,111,888 mauuds against 9,784,435
a , ecr ease of 672,617 maunds. The issues were 8,832,233 maunds against 8,851,090 and the
cosing balance was 622,838 maunds against 947,237. Removals from Salt-works near
embay for consumption within and without the 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. exclusive of Foreign Malabar
ave increased, by 180,644 maunds. There has been a decrease of 197,834 in removals to
DarH^ ^ a ^ a bar. Removals to the Central Provinces show a decrease of 60,687 maunds
a b I eo ^ n terbalanced by the increased removals of Baragra salt and the commencement c
ther! ? W1 ^ ^h^sna. Removals to Central India have decreased by 9,537 maunds, but
IWin. , a LH een aa increase in removals to all other parts except the Nizams Territory an
tnanra iVLa J a ^ a1 *- Removals to the Madras 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. show a substantial increase or .LJ6,oU’
aw - aild .^e to Mysore are larger by 65,963 than in last year. The swadeshi move-
18 said to be responsible for the increase of 63,875 maunds sent to Calcut a.