'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎223v] (30/150)

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agricultural purposes, and in the case of Bengal to the influence of the swadeshi
movernent and the production of a large quant.ty of refuse, salt which is
consumed in that province only. The market pnce o saltremamed stationary
or exhibited only slight fluctuations m all districts of e residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. except
Poona, where a rise of 6 annas 4 pies is attributed to the late continuance of the
monsoon. The estimated total consumption of salt within 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. was
3 3 i lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of maunds, giving an average according to the census gures of , 90I
it* pounds per head of population. Compared with the previous year
there was an increase in the average consumption amounting to 8 per cent.
The total consumption of salt in the province increased by 3-8 per cent,
p-iving an average of g'S. lbs. per head of population according to the census
Lures of iqi 1. There was a decrease of 11 per cent, in the total quantity made
of excavated, but a larger balance remained in stock at the close of the year.
The average selling price shows a very slight increase.
Issues from the salt works at Sheikh Othman were somewhat smaller than
in iqoq iqio A considerable increase in the quantity sent into British territory
was counterbalanced by a falling off in the exports to Arabia which absorb
cent . 0 f the total output. Manufactures at the Italian Salt Works amounted
to nearly 69,000 tons, showing an increase of 14 per cent. A large proportion
of this salt is sent to Calcutta and Burma.
The Excise revenue of 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. proper amounted to Rs. 169 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ,
showing an expansion of 12 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees or T9 per cent, compared with the previous year.
Receipts from still-head duty on country spirit account for 10 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of the total
increase Sales of this liquor exceeded 2 J million gallons and increased by 10 per
cent in spite of a reduction of 57 or 2*5 per cent, in the number of licensed retail
shops The rate of consumption was as usual highest in Bombay, where itamounted
to 2V5 drams per head of population, but the most noticeable rise in consumption,
amounting to no less than 50 per cent., occurred in the Bijapur District. Sub
stantially increased sales were also recorded in East and West Khandesh and Kaira
and there were only three districts in which the sales were actually smaller than in
the preceding year. The most important administrative changes were the raising
of the still-head duty in four districts besides the Town and Island of Bombay, and
the modification in AEmedabad, Nbsik and Dharwar of the system of granting retail
licenses on fees calculated from the previous year’s salts whereby they were
offered first to the licensee in possession or to his immediate predecessor and
disposed of by lot as in the previous year only if these men were unsatisfactory or
refused the offer. The marked increase which appeared in the sales of toddy in
1909-1910 was not sustained in the year under review. The percentage of increase
fell from 12 to 2, and arise in toddy consumption was accompanied in almost all
districts in which it occurred by a greater proportionate rise in the consumption
of country spirit. The figures seem, therefore, to indicate not an advance
towards the substitution of toddy for the more harmful spirits which are m
common use, but rather a general increase in the amount of drinking in t e
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. due to higher wages and the increased prosperity which are mar e
features of the year. An enhancement of the duty on foreign liquors was followe
by a decrease in imports by sea under all heads except fermented liquors,
sales, however, exceeded those of the preceding year, especially in Bombay city
and in the case of fermented liquors the reported increase amounted to 51 per
but the figures in this case include certain wholesale transactions of large ^
as well as considerable sales within barrack limits under the reorganized an e
Tenant System, neither of which were formerly incorporated in the accou