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expenditure, and depreciation. In some cases it might rise as high as 
one anna, and in others be even as low as ^ anna (3 pies). But it is not 
probable that the lower figure will often be approached, for the rate 
charged on the broad-gauge line of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway is i 
pie per maund per mile, or 2-722 pies per ton- mile. 
The minimum rate that the railways are allowed to charge for t.he 
carriage of such freights as coal and manganese- 
Costofi-aihvay transport ^re is / of a pie per maund per mile, equi- 
to the port ot shipment. 10 r i r ' i 
valent to 2'722 pies per ton-mile. i The cost 
of railing the ore to the ports works out on this basis as follows : — 
Table 48. 
Rates for the carriage of manganese-ore to the -ports over Indian railways. 
Railway station to port. 
Champaner Road ^ 
Meghnagar 
Balaghat 
\-to Bombay . ■{ 
Tumsar Road . j 
.\rea tapped. 
Chhindwara 
Nagpur 
Kamthi 
Salwa 
Tharsa 
Nagpur 
Kamthi 
Garividi 
to Calcu' ta 
!> to Bombay . "1 
I I 
I 
to Calcutta . J 
to Vizagapatam 
Panch Mahals 
district. 
Jhabua State. 
Balaghat dis- 
trict. 
Bhandara and 
Balaghat dis- 
tricts. 
Clihindwara 
district. 
Province. 
Mileage 
from 
railway 
station 
to port. 
Bombay 
Central India 
Central Pro- 
Nagpur dis- 
trict. 
Vizagapatam 
district. 
Madras 
270 
361 
f 627 
I 
j 
570 
783 
520 
529 
535 
543 
701 
L 692 
56 
Freight 
per ton. 
S a. p. 
3 13 3 
5 111 
8 14 3 
8 1 4 
In 1 7 
7 6 0 
7 8 0 
7 9 4 
7 11 2 
9 15 0 
9 13 0 
0 12 8 
1 One ton taken as equal to 27 '22 maunds. 
