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be found in their custody, confiscation of the salt, and of the 

 mules, bullocks or camels on which it is loaded, is the punishment 

 awarded. 



To prevent smuggling wherever salt occurs in the marl or is sup- 

 posed to, from the occurrence of strong brine springs, a guard is 

 posted, and the villagers are not allowed to take away even for their 

 cattle the saline efflorescence on the sides of the numerous brine 

 streams, which issue from the range or even a pitcherful of the brine 

 itself. As only the very poorest class of natives would think of 

 using the dirty salt on the sides of the streams, or of evaporating 

 the brine in order to obtain a small supply, this proscription falls 

 very hard upon them, and they cannot understand why they may 

 not as well avail themselves of the kullur or kourah pani as allow 

 it to be wasted. 



Of all the mines in the Salt Eange those at Keurah near Pind 

 Dadun Khan, yield the largest amount of salt, and those of Chooa, 

 Vurcha the least. The annexed table, the materials for the con- 

 struction of which we are indebted to "W. Wright, Esq., Collector of 

 Salt Customs in Punjaub, shows the quantity of salt extracted from 

 the mines at each of the different salt stations or depots during the 

 commercial years, 1850 and 1851, with the amount of revenue realized 

 by its sale. 





1850. 



1851. 





Maunds. 



03 



5 

 <o 

 VI 



14 

 5 



20 



2 



23 



09 



O 

 CS 

 -»-a 



IS 



2* 





 

 8 

 2 



Maunds. 



09 



V 



» 



O 





4,63,440 



1,46,525 



42,505 



36 385 



79,747 



3,84,242 



1,31,773 



19,62^ 



39,699 



65,274 



19 

 23 

 31 

 26 



7 



11 



Mukrach ditto, 



6 



Surdee ditto, 



4 











6 







Grand Total,. 



7,68,603 



24 



12i 



6,40,618 



27 



11 





Rs. 



A. 



P. 



Rs. 



A. 



A. 



Revenue yielded at the rate of Co.'s 

 Rs. 2 per maund of 40 seers, .... 



15,37,400 



1 



7 



12,81,295 



14 



10 



