JOURNAL 



ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



Report to the Secretary of the Board of Customs, Salt and Opium, 

 on the Salts, called Puckwah and Phool-Kharee ; with a process for 

 detecting the adulteration of Government Salt ; estimates of the quan- 

 tities of both Salts annually produced, and of the amount of loss 

 which the Revenue may sustain through the production of these two 

 articles. By Henry Piddington, Esq. 



As requested, I have now the honor to submit my report on the 

 samples of Puckwah and Phool-Karee Salts which I have examined, 

 together with, such considerations as have occurred to me in the course 

 of the investigation. 



From what 1 have learnt of the points desirable to be ascertained, 

 and for more convenient reference, I have divided my report as follows: — 



I. Constituents of the two Salts. 



II. Means of detecting the adulteration of Government Salt, 



III. Chemical demonstration of the certainty of this method. 



IV. Estimate of the quantity of Puckwah produced annually. 



V. Estimate of the quantity of Puckwah, or edible Salt, annually 



produced in the preparation of the Kharee, and of the quan- 

 tity of Kharee annually produced. 



VI. Estimate of the loss to the Revenue by the Puckwah and 



Phool- Kharee. 



VII. Concluding remarks. 



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