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PART III 



EXTRACTS FROM REPORT, 



On the economic, aspect of the Trans-Indus Salt Region, 

 Dr. H. Warth, Inland Customs Department. 



With additions by A. B. Wynne, Geological Survey of India, 



Index to Part III. 



On the economic aspects of the Trans- Indus 

 Salt Region. 



Position of the salt region 



History of the salt quarries ... ... 



Methods of quarrying 



Vault-shaped quarries. Quarrying without blasting 



Description of the five working quarries 



Excavation fees 



Cost of salt at the five working places 



Cost of transport of salt per rnaund 



Depots 



Eevenue ... 



Description of some old mines and outcrops (26) 



Total outcrop and quantity of salt, estimate ... 



Waste of the salt 



Foreign salts and impurities 



Geographical area of consumption of Trans-Indus Salt 



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