In wide contrast to surface salt, mention was made of the gre 'Hungarian mines which go 12000 feet below the ground. tt was amazing to realize that carved Out of solid' salt there were streets, churches, theatres, promenades and railway plant of forty miles in extent with a lake of brine across which "visitors can be ferried. vast salt ranges of India also were brought into view, and the Cheshire mines of England, which make that country as famous for its salt as it for cheese. Shans has a salt Toke, Mongolia also, is rich in th salt lake-basins and in the province of Szechuan the salt wells are famous. These are usually made by the most permit ive kind of drill, and the brine is brought up by means of bamboo appliances Salt preparation is an ancient tndustry." Long. before the Christian era, 4 celebrated Chinese official spent his efforts in endeavouring to bring about reforms to better the quality end equalize the cost by Collecting uniform taxation directly fat the fouree and removing transportation hindrances. It is interesting to note, that the schemes of reformer are in effect, those of the Administration to-day. The. Salt range of Northern India was operated at the time of Alexander the Great. The Roman Legions taught the ancient Britons to improve their salt making methods and we derive the world "salary" from the "sal-alum" issued to the Roman soldiers as an allowance for salt. Salt works ere. mentioned In the Domesday Book.
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