A History of Assam c14.71

c14.71

The trade with Bengal was considerable, and the officials who farmed the customs revenue paid Rs. 90,000 a year to the Bar Phukan of which, however, only Rs. 26,000 reached the royal treasury. Before the disturbances the registered imports of salt from Bengal amounted to 120,000 maunds a year, or barely one-sixth of the quantity imported at the present day. At that time, however, a certain amount was produced locally, and some, no doubt, was smuggled past the custom house. The money price was three times as great as it is now, while, measured in paddy, it was more than forty times as great. It was thus quite beyond the means of the common people.