§ 6. Major GRAHAM POLEasked the Secretary of State for India, in regard to the salt department and the customs department, respectively, the total revenue and the cost of collection, including preventive service, in each of the last three years for which figures are available?
§ Following is the statement:
§ Statement of the total Revenue of the Customs Department, with cost of collection.
| Year. | Revenue. | Charges connected with the collection of the revenue. |
| Rs. | Rs. | |
| 1926–27 | 47,38,10,721 | 81,27,224 |
| 1927–28 | 48,21,41,872 | 84,81,534 |
| 1928–29 | 49,28,00,804 | 93,59,081 |
§ Statement of the total Revenue of the Salt Department.
| Year. | Rs. |
| 1926–27 | 6,69,81,053 |
| 1927–28 | 6,63,17,979 |
| 1928–29 | 7,59,92,742 |
§ Figures of the cost of collection of the salt duties are not given separately in the Government returns, but the following are the figures of total expenses of the Salt Department, including manufacturing charges and also the charges of the preventive service:
| Year. | Rs. |
| 1926–27 | 1,19,95,743 |
| 1927–28 | 1,26,51,081 |
| 1928–29 | 1,23,25,677 |
§ 10. Mr. WARDLAW-MILNEasked the Secretary of State for India what is the estimated incidence of the salt tax per head per annum of the population of India?