fc 



SANTALACE^. 243 



Hates obtained in auction in tlie Mysore District in December 



1887: 



Rs. per ton. 



1st class (selected logs) ' 614 



2nd class (do) 496 



485 



487 



5th class (logs) 471 



Roots . 383 



3rd class (do) 



4tli class (do) 



Jajpokal (ordinary commercial) 352 



Bagaradad (do. inferior) 372 



Powder 322 



Ain Bagar( inferior wood) 311 



Ain Chilta (common chips) 187 



Hutri Ohilta (coarse do.) 168 



Basola Bukni (adzed do.) 47 



Milva Chips (mixed do.) 85 



"The yield of sandalwood from the Mysore Province is cap- 

 able of expansion. Until recently little attention was paid to 

 artificial reproduction and the encouragement and artificial 

 enhancement of natural reproduction, the supply being obtained 

 solely from natural growth. Now, however, extensi ve measures, 

 having for their object Sandal reproduction throughout the 

 Province, are being carried out, and no practical limit to the 

 possible supply of this valuable tree, beyond the necessary 

 question of demand, is conceivable. 



" Chief Mirkeh for Sandulivoocl.—lt will be matter for surprise 

 that so valuable a wood, and one of which a -single Province 

 may almost be said to hold the monopoly, should be so little 

 known outside India. 



" The fact is that the trade in Mysore sandalwood has hitherto 

 been confined to a ring, consisting chiefly of Muhamniadan Seits, 

 who either as principals or as agents of Bombay Firms, attend 

 the local sales and send the sandalwood purchased by them to 

 Bombay. The transit to Bombay from the coast is"^ by sea in 

 native craft. The Railways might perhaps secure this traffic 

 if they offered special rates. 



