Repressive as a state monopoly, it was made doubly so by the government obliging every individual above the age of eight years to buy weekly a minimum amount of salt at a fixed price.
作為強制性國家壟斷，這是一個雙重的義務，即政府有義務滿足八歲以上的每個人，每週可以固定的價格購買到最低數量的鹽。