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Corporate body
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Salt Department
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Dates of existence
1890-1982
History
From time immemorial the Salt Monopoly has been regarded in Ceylon as a Royal Prerogative, and there was a quite a flourishing Salt Industry in Ceylon during Portuguese and Dutch times. Ceylon was an exporter of salt. But during the British period the industry suffered an eclipse and Ceylon began importing salt, fairly regularly. Because of this bad circumstances, Government decided in 1919 to reorganise the industry. In July an officer from Madras was accordingly appointed salt advisor to Government for a period of five years in the early 1920's two slaterns were established (Elephant pass and Palavi) and run by the government.
There were three main Centres of Salt manufacture in Ceylon, Hambantota, Puttalam Salterns, and at Elephant Pass. Other minor manufacturing centres were at Mannar, Chiviyater and Nilaveli. Dozens of Salterns have succumbed to the march of time and for one reason or another have gone out of productions upto 1957 the Salt Industry was controlled by the Govt.Salt Dept.headed by the Salt Commissioner under the Salt Ordinance, No.4 of 1941. Experience through the years had demonstrated the difficulty in successfully carrying out an industry by a Govt.Department, which has to work in accordance with financial and administrative regulations of the Government. In 1957 the National Salt Corporation was created under the State Industrial Corporations Act, No.49 of 1957
There were three main Centres of Salt manufacture in Ceylon, Hambantota, Puttalam Salterns, and at Elephant Pass. Other minor manufacturing centres were at Mannar, Chiviyater and Nilaveli. Dozens of Salterns have succumbed to the march of time and for one reason or another have gone out of productions upto 1957 the Salt Industry was controlled by the Govt.Salt Dept.headed by the Salt Commissioner under the Salt Ordinance, No.4 of 1941. Experience through the years had demonstrated the difficulty in successfully carrying out an industry by a Govt.Department, which has to work in accordance with financial and administrative regulations of the Government. In 1957 the National Salt Corporation was created under the State Industrial Corporations Act, No.49 of 1957
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- English
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- Latin