Arthashastra

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लवण अध्यक्षः पाक मुक्तं लवण भागं प्रक्रयं च यथा कालं संगृह्णीयाद्, विक्रयाच् च मूल्यं रूपं व्याजीं च ॥

Soon after crystalisation of salt is over, the superintendent of salt shall in time collect both the money-rent (prakraya) and the quantity of the shares of salt due to the government; and by the sale of salt (thus collected as shares) he shall realise not only its value (múlyam), but also the premium of five per cent (vyájím), both in cash (rúpa).

english translation

lavaNa adhyakSaH pAka muktaM lavaNa bhAgaM prakrayaM ca yathA kAlaM saMgRhNIyAd, vikrayAc ca mUlyaM rUpaM vyAjIM ca ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript