No, 31.— 1885.] PLUMBAGO. 



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Appendix £3o. 3. 



Revenue derived from Royalty on Plumbago dug on Crown 

 Lands, including Payments for Licenses to dig for 

 Plumbago, from 1850 (when Royalty urns 

 first levied) to 1884. 

 Western Province, Southern Province. Total. 





Rs. 



Rs. 





Rs. 



1850 



53 



— 



... 



53 



1851 



229 



— 



... 



229 



1852 



406 





... 



406 



1853 



533 



— 



... 



533 



1854 



103 



— 



... 



103 



1855 



11 



— 





11 



1856 



399 



39 



... 



438 



1857 



859 



35 





894 



1858 



219 



— 



... 



219 



1859 



341 



33 



... 



374 



1860 



3,045 



145 



... 



3,190 



1861 



3,464 



372 





3,836 



1862 



... 4,722 



1,121 





5,843 



1863 



... 12,725 



2,824 



... 



15,549 



1864 



... 10,768 



1,231 



... 



11,999 



1865 



2,025 



264 



... 



2,289 



1866 



3,682 



518 



... 



4,200 



1867 



2,839 



348 



... 



3,187 



1868 



... 10,398 



2,628 



... 



13,026 



1869 



... 14,493 



1,625 





16,118 



1870 



6,001 



... . 795 





6,796 



1871 



9,086 



862 





9,948 



1872 



... 14,537 



1,122 





15,659 



1873 



... 40,371 



5,289 





45,660 



1874* 



5,588 



1,925 





7,513 



1875 



6,939 



230 





7,169 



1876 



475 



220 





695 



1877 





140 





140 



* From April of this year the royalty was collected at the Customs 

 at the rate of Rs. 10 per ton — a rate which was reduced to Rs. 5 in 

 December, 1877. Of the royalty collected at the Customs from April, 

 1874, this table takes no account, but only of sums collected at the 

 Kacbcheries. For the revenue under every form see the comprehen- 

 sive and detailed return constituting Appendix No. 2. The great 

 disparity between the figures for the Western and Southern Provinces, 

 from 1881 onwards, seems to be due to the fact that, while in the Wes- 

 tern Province 10 per cent, of the plumbago mined is taken as " rent" in 



