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WYNNE : GEOLOGY OF THE SALT EANGE IN THE PUNJAB. 



price of a camel-load was Rs. 6 to 8, and before it reached Umballa, 

 paying- hire, duty, &c., it cost from 8 to 20 rupees.* 



The best idea that can be given of the quantity of salt produced 

 by the Salt Range mines will, perhaps, be obtained from the value 

 according to the subjoined abstract of the receipts for four years (taken 

 from the report on the administration of the Inland Customs Depart- 

 ment for the official year 1870-71, page 14). The rate at which the 

 salt is sold at the mines is Rs. 3-1 per maundf :— 



Receipts from the Salt Range Mines. 



Tears. 



Names of Min-bs. 



Totals. 



Mayo. 



Sardi. 



Vurcha. 



KaabSgh. 





Rs. 



Rs. 



Rs. 



Rs. 



Es. 



1867-68 



28,97,530 



1,91,819 



2,83,783 



2,16,189 



35,89,321 



1868-69 



29,10,338 



2,50,506 



4,16,292 



2,03,445 



37,80,581 



1869-70 



35,03,171 



4,26,485 



3,99,856 



1,61,946 



44,91,458 



1870-71 



27,99,092 



2,20,686 



4,45,040 



1,99,584 

 Total ... 



36,64,402 





1,55,25,762 



This total is equal to £1,552,576, or an annual average amounting to 

 the large sum of £388,144.| It appears from the same report, page 15, 

 that the average amount of salt cleared from the depots during the 

 above years was 12,91,1 48 maunds. 



With regard to the continuity of the salt-beds, the indications, so 

 far as can be judged at present, point to the occurrence of several 

 sets of beds, rather than the extension of any one group, and the quantity 

 of salt, as now known or exposed, probably bears only a small proportion 



* Dr. Jameson's Report quoted; see list of previous publications. 



t Rs. 3-l=six shillings and one and a half pence. A maund is equal to 82 fibs. 



J This is the average taken from the above figures ; that given by Mr. Wright, the 

 former local head of the Salt Department, is smaller by nearly £5,500, but he may have 

 deducted some working expenses of the Department, 



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