Instead, they had to buy it from a British monopoly, which collected an 8.2% salt tax.

他们不得不从英国的垄断企业那里购买盐，并被征收8。2%的盐税。

Some provinces are allowed to compound for the gabelle, or salt tax; others are exempted from it altogether.

一些省份被允许征收 gabelle 或盐税； 其他人则完全不受此限制。

This act of civil disobedience, a protest against the British salt tax, galvanized the nation and marked the beginning of the end for British rule in India.

这种公民不服从行为是对英国盐税的抗议，鼓舞了整个国家，标志着英国对印度统治结束的开始。