TABLE 20.-Imports of Kerosene Oil during 1922 and 1923. United States 43,088,869 3,22,16,428 2,147,762 45,477,974 3,14,97,214 2,099,814 of America. Other Coun- 2,560,139 17,15,763 114,384 tries. 5,053,841 29,98,573 199,905 Total 53,850,812 3,80,41,504 2,536,100 64,063,637 4,16,83,748 2,778,917 TABLE 21.-Exports of Paraffin Wax from India during 1922 and 1923. Ruby, Sapphire and Spinel. There was a decrease in the output of the Mogok ruby mines in 1923, bringing the figure below what it was in 1921. The total weight, however, has little meaning in the case of precious stones, and in spite of the marked decrease in this figure, for which sapphires were mostly responsible, the value actually increased; this is accounted for by the greater value of the rubies and the spinels. TABLE 22.-Quantity and value of Ruby, Sapphire and Spinel produced in India during 1922 and 1923. There was again an increase in the production of salt during 1923 over that of the preceding year, amounting to over 127,000 tons, for which Bombay and Sind were more than responsible. The increase in Madras of some 20,000 tons was balanced by a deficit to the same approximate extent in Northern India. Aden shewed a fall of nearly 35,000 tons. Against the above increase there was a severe deficit in the output of rock-salt, amounting to some 87,600 tons. The imports of salt remained very steady, shewing an increase of scarcely more than 1,600 tons. TABLE 23.-Quantity and value of Salt produced in India during *Figures relate to the official years 1922-23 and 1923-24. TABLE 24.-Quantity and value of Rock-salt produced in India during TABLE 25.-Quantity and value of Salt imported into India during 1922 and 1923. There was a further decrease of over 3,000 tons in the total output of saltpetre. Bihar and the Punjab were mainly responsible for this decrease, where the outputs fell by 21 per cent. and 39 per cent. respectively. The total Indian production amounted to 8.555.41 tons valued at Rs. 22,46,355 (£149,757) against 11,672-9 tons valued at Rs. 35,22,995 (£234,866) in 1922. Exports also decreased from 11,000 tons in 1922 to 8,000 tons in the year under consideration, the decreases being shared by all the recipient countries except Mauritius and its Dependencies. 1 It has been discovered that Calcutta and Madras have been producing saltpetre for some years past. The amount produced in Calcutta in 1923 was 226 tors, and in Madras 138.1 tons. |