'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎275r] (133/150)

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, .nuof igog-^o- addition 30 J lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees were manufactured in 1910-1911 but stored and
the It to account after the close of the financial year, bringing the total stock up to si A lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
found impossible to open new pans in the existing area, and proposals are under con-
'f !*ation for laying out a new salt-work with a productive capacity of about 8 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of maunds.
rit cost price of Baragra salt including all charges remained the same as in the previous year,
T v 2 annas 6 pies per maund. Five hundred and forty pans worked during the year against
S’in igo 9 ^ 9 Ia ' f nd f he average yield per pan was 5,604 maunds against 5,820 maunds.
i ecre ase is due to a violent sand-storm in March which destroyed a large quantity of
St and caused a deterioration in quality. The total yield was 3 , 017,339 maunds against
* rn0 8ii maunds in the previous year. The daily average of storage was maunds
Gainst 61 ,>59 in the preceding year. The difficulty of obtaining labour, which is becoming
Serious problem, was lessened this year by the partial failure of the cotton crop in Kathiawar
and Gujarat. The 1,620 registered agnas received an average wage of Rs. 166 per head
for the working season.
Chap. V.
FIN AN Cl Al«
BEVIEW.
3 . A few of the sea salt-works are Government property and are leased to private Sea sa lt.
individuals for working ; the majority are owned as well as worked privately. The quantity
0 f sea salt manufactured during the year was 99 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of maunds, an increase of 3 ! lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees on
t he previous year. The removals amounted to 93! lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees against 92 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , and the closino-
balance was 7 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . At the Government salt-works at Dharosna the'quantity manufactured
fell from 4 I i - 0 3 Idkhs of maunds. The decrease is attributed to low tides, adverse winds
an( f the unexpectedly early rains of 1910 . The removals amounted to 3 ! lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of maunds
In the other salt-works, private and leased, the aggregate produce was 96 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of maunds
against 91 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in the previous year. The issues were 90 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees against 88| lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in 1909-1910
and the closing balance was 687,557 against 622,838 maunds. More than half of the increase
in removals is due to a rise of 93,164 maunds in the issues to Foreign Malabar, and is
probably due to a greater demand for salt for industrial and agricultural purposes in that
region. Calcutta shows an increase of 23,083 maunds, due partly to the swadeshi movement
.and partly to the production of a large quantity of refuse salt consumed in Bengal only.
There is a decrease of 43.593 maunds in the' removals to the Central Provinces, which is
partially counterbalanced by an increase of 25,359 maunds in the removals of Bdragra salt.
A decrease of 45,490 maunds in the issues 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. is the result of the
unusually large quantity^ exported in the preceding year. Loss and wastage amounted to
22,328 maunds at Dharasna against 26,804 maunds in the previous year, and to 5 ^ lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
against 6 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of maunds at the other salt-works. The percentage of loss and wastage fell
from 6 to 5 ‘ 3 . The average price per maund exhibits only trifling variations from that of
the previous year.
4 . The quantity of Goa salt imported during the year was 3 ! lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of maunds against Imported salt
4 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in the previous year, the decrease of half a lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees being due to the prevalence of plague
at Margao and other places in Goa in the beginning of 1911 .
5 . The total quantity of salt issued and imoorted for consumption in the Bombay Consumption and
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. amounted to 3 , 356,176 maunds. Taking the population at 20 , 974,649 according pricein the Bombay
to the census of 1901 the average per head is 13-17 lbs. against 12-17 lbs. in the previous yean ^ 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. -
e apparent increase is probably due, however, to some extent to the growth of population.
Ihe price of salt remained stationary in the Ahmedabad, Kaira and Panch Mahals Districts,
ihe change in prices in most of the other districts is insignificant, but in the Poona District
an increase of 6 annas 4 pies is attributed to the continuance of the monsoon for a longer
period than m the previous year.
6 . The revenue fell from Rs. 1 , 26 , 11,100 to Rs. 1 , 22 , 97 , 871 . There is a decrease of Revenueand
* venue amounting to Rs. 2 , 61,795 under the head Excise duty ” on account of the pay- ex P enditure *
Fvn 0 A dU ^ , in the P re . v i ous year on a large quantity of salt removed during 1910 - 1911 .
A 1 " 6 s ^ 0ws i ncr ease from Rs. 19 , 22,616 to Rs. 20 , 61 , 504 . The percentage of
b es 0 gross receipts was Rs. 16 - 12-3 against Rs. 15-4 in the preceding year.
num 6 er fish-curing yards was 31 against 30 in the previous year. The Fish-curing yards.
beino -^ 11 ^7 brought to be cured fell from 247,717 to 231,286 maunds, the decrease
fish cu UG 0 s ^ orm ^ weather in the early part of the season. The quantity of salt issued to
8 to 7 ^^ WaS ,^ 8,768 maunds. The cost price of this salt was reduced during the year from
7 a nnas. The yards show a net profit of Rs. 9,892 against Rs. 6,979 in the previous year.
of Smu tota ! number of cases detected was 135 against 170 in the previous year. Cases Offences.
conviri;7 0re % n sa T across the frontier numbered 34 against 38 . The percentage of
ns to persons sent up for trial was 98-37 against 97 - 8 .
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Deposits TTtv ! 3 ?. f - l SUp S ly , c ° ntinuet0 be l 1 ) the Maurypur Salt-works, ( 2 ) the Saran Sources of supply.
n t 3 ) the Dilyar Salt Deposits.
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^,298 mau e i 7 Penin - §: balance was 165,109 maunds. The amount made or excavated was Production and
gainst o 0 08 a § ams i ; 488,804 maunds in the previous year. Sales amounted to 392,949 stocks,
gainst 18 48^ 21 maun 6 s > an d 16,128 maunds were issued free of duty to the Mir of Khairpur
Guilds. 41 ° maun ds in 1909 - 1910 . Loss and wastage increased from 3,132 to 11,367
B e s fi 0cb in hand at the close of the year was 179,255 maunds.