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MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF INDIA: ECONOMICS. [PaRT III 
royalty (except in table 52). According to a resolution of the Gov- 
ernment of India — Department of Revenue and Agriculture, Geology 
and Minerals, No. 18—17-2, dated Simla, 20tli May 1899— grantees of 
prospecting licenses and mining leases shall pay a royalty on all 
minerals won, at the rates specified in Schedule C attached thereto. 
Manganese-ore comes under the following section of this Schedule : — 
' Copper, tin, lead, or other metals . 2J per cent, on the sale value at the pit's 
mouth or on the surface, of the dressed 
ore or metal, convertible at the option 
of the lessee to an equivalent charge per 
ton to be fixed annually for a term." 
This resolution applies to the grant of licenses and leases only in British 
India. In the Native States a fixed royalty irrespective of market price 
of the ore is usually arranged when a prospecting license or mining lease 
is granted. The rates prevailing in various States are as follows : — 
Table 53. 
Royalty, in annas jper ton, levied in certain Native States and Zaminddri 
Lands. 
Annas. 
.Jhabua State, Central India . . . . 4 
Mysore State . . . . . . . . &+2\%on pro- 
fits over 10% of 
capital.! 
! Sandur State, Madras . . . . . . 6 
The Vizianagram Samasthanum, Madras . . 4 
In the Central Provinces, however, where the deposits are all in Bri- 
tish India, the rates are levied on the principle of 2^ per cent, on the 
wholesale value of the ore at the pit's mouth. In 1903 the rate levied 
was 1| annas per ton. This was decreased to 1 anna per ton in 1904 
when the price of manganese-ore was rapidly approaching its minimum 
value. During 1906 the rate was again raised to 2 annas, and later in 
the year to 4 annas per ton, this rise of royalty corresponding with a rise 
in the price per unit of manganese-ore. It is obvious, however, 
that the elevation of the royalty in 1906 was not nearly enough, even 
on the 2 1 per cent, basis, if it was to have kept pace with the rise in 
the price of the mineral. When the price of manganese-ore per unit 
rises above 11 pence, then the profits of the operators increase enormous. 
1 There is a proposal on foot to consolidat* this to a royalty of 10 annas per ton. 
