- Various methods of settling shops for the retail sale of country spirit, ganja and opium are now in force throughout the Province and subject to any general or special orders of Government. Excise Commissioner is given considerable discretion in prescribing which particular method shall be adopted in any district or for any particular class of intoxicant. Uptill a few years ago the auction system was almost universal but the wide spread introductions of the vend fee system and the fixation of maximum sale prices together with the restriction of bidding by the advance fixing of maximum reserve prices for shops, have combined to lessen the usefulness of this auction system. Where the system is still in force, however, it is important for officers conducting sales to remember that ordinarily the bidders are the persons who are best qualified to judge what the real profits of a shop are likely to be, and offices should accordingly be careful not to stop the bidding until it has clearly become speculative.(1)Settlement Instructions
