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 RAE 199 continued to the end of the rainy season. The total quantity manufac- tured was mauuds 24,983, of which were sold 23,666, destroyed by inunda- tion 1,317. The sale of this salt took no less than sixteen months i.e., from April, 1870, to July, 1871, and it sold for very much less than its cost,-in fact, a large quantity could only be cleared by letting it go on payment of the Government dues only, which here are Rs. 3-2-0 per maund, viz. :- Duty Cesses for cost of estate Landlord's royalty Rs. 3 0 0 0 ] 0 0 1 0 39 3 2 0 Total Government dues per maund 3 2 0 “Its cost.-Salt cannot be manufactured in this district at less than 12 annas per maund. In some part of the Delhi division superior salt can be produced for from two to three annas per maund; the cost of carriage and other incidental charges to Cawapore being nine annas per maund. In the Rae Bareli bazars the following are at present the prevailing retail prices of salt per maund:- Rs. 2. p. Kila (black) Sámbhar Láhauri .. Katila Nuh (alambba) Gurári from 5 to. ... . 106 13 6 4 8 14 3 8 00 6 2 6 5 00 5 11 6 .. PP ... 01. « The fact that the local product did not fetch on the spot what its manufacture cost, over and above Rs. 3-2-0, and in some cases only Rs. 3-2-0 per maund, with such prices for the imported article prevail- ing in the bazars, shows how mistaken was the idea that occasioned this profitless endeavour; but it is to be hoped that this failure will put an end to lamentations about the destruction of a flourishing manufacture and the serious loss entailed thereby on landed proprietors. " Trade.—Of trade there is not much, of manufactures there are none, with the exception of the making of brass and copper utensils at Bhag- wantnagar. * Weaving for local consumption is also carried on. A statement is given of the amount of the sales at the different bazars and fairs in the district, and further on a return of the amounts of salt and saltpetre said to have been manufactured during the native rule. Both these returns, however, must be received with caution, as they have been compiled from the statements of chaudhris and patwaris, and not from any systematically prepared returns." Coarse globular glaaa bottles used for holding Gangea water are made near Dalmau,