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that the value placed upon the product, $3,698,798, represents a 

 smaller average than the amount $3,011,932 returned for 191 5, the 

 value a barrel being 26 cents last year, against 27 cents in 191 5. In 

 spite of this the actual selling prices of marketed salt showed a con- 

 siderable increase, as will be observed from the figures given in the 

 accompanying tables. The explanation of the apparent anomaly 

 lies in the proportionately larger output of salt in brine used for 

 chemical manufacture without evaporation, on which a merely nom- 

 inal value is placed and which in consequence of the size of the 

 product has a very appreciable influence upon the average figure. 

 The grades of evaporated salt, which naturally command the highest 

 prices in the market, account for only about 25 per cent of the total 

 product of the State. The prices for such grades ranged last 

 year between 44 and 71 cents a barrel, as compared with an average 

 of 16 cents for the combined output of rock salt and salt in brine. 



Production of salt by grades in 1915 



GRADE 



BARRELS 



VALUE 



VALUE A 

 BARREL 



Common fine a . 

 Common coarse. 

 Table and dairy- 

 Solar 



Packers 



Other grades b. . 



Total 



460 379 

 126 193 



274 743 

 267 886 



165 179 

 800 921 



to8 193 



59 077 



829 581 



93 760 



83 890 



I 347 431 



IL 095 301 



$3 on 932 



i.40 

 .46 

 •65 

 •35 

 •50 

 •17 



$.27 



Production of salt by grades in 1916 



GRADE 



Common fine a . 

 Common coarse, 

 Table and dairy- 

 Solar 



Packers 



Other grades b . . 



Total 



BARRELS 



I 694 943 

 267 421 



I 308 529 

 249 728 

 C 



10 567 129 



14 087 750 



VALUE 



I828 617 



153 844 

 940 969 



no 505 



I 664 863 



$3 698 798 



VALUE A 

 BARREL 



48 



57 

 71 



44 



16 



!.26 



a Common fine includes a small amount of common coarse. 



b Includes rock salt, salt in brine used for alkali manufacture, agricultural salt and small amounts 

 of brine salt for which the uses were not specified in the returns. 

 c Included in other grades. 



