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  1*R0CEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOtJRTH 
  EfTTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  Later 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  officer 
  remarked 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  knowledge 
  of 
  which 
  will 
  enable 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  trees 
  to 
  

  

  be 
  prepared 
  during 
  the 
  working 
  season 
  than 
  if 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  delay 
  

   the 
  operations 
  until 
  evolution 
  actually 
  took 
  place, 
  as 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  

   being 
  barely 
  simultaneous 
  in 
  and 
  about 
  one 
  locality, 
  the 
  period 
  for 
  

   forming 
  the 
  plantation 
  must 
  be 
  necessarily 
  limited 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   days 
  it 
  takes 
  the 
  cells 
  to 
  become 
  empty, 
  besides 
  which, 
  by 
  attaching 
  the 
  

   lac 
  twigs 
  before 
  the 
  birth 
  of 
  larvae 
  great 
  numbers 
  are 
  saved, 
  which 
  

   would 
  otherwise 
  perish 
  during 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  being 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  

   trees 
  " 
  

  

  In 
  short, 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  doing 
  the 
  cultivation 
  or 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  interested 
  

   in 
  shellac 
  manufacture 
  or 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  anxious 
  to 
  develop 
  the 
  dormant 
  

   resources 
  of 
  their 
  Estates 
  or 
  property 
  to 
  the 
  full, 
  are 
  really 
  anxious 
  

   to 
  know 
  of 
  a 
  definite 
  and 
  reliable 
  method 
  to 
  fix 
  the 
  emergence 
  of 
  the 
  

   lac 
  larvae 
  in 
  their 
  own 
  particular 
  tracts. 
  No 
  doubt 
  there 
  are 
  methods 
  

   by 
  which 
  the 
  experienced 
  lac 
  growers 
  approximately 
  determine 
  for 
  

   themselves 
  the 
  probable 
  date 
  of 
  emergence 
  of 
  lac 
  larvae. 
  But 
  as 
  I 
  

   have 
  already 
  said 
  above, 
  such 
  rough 
  and 
  ready 
  methods 
  of 
  determina- 
  

   tion 
  could 
  hardly 
  be 
  relied 
  upon, 
  especially 
  when 
  the 
  cultivation 
  has 
  

   been 
  started 
  in 
  an 
  altogether 
  new 
  locality 
  or 
  is 
  contemplated 
  to 
  be 
  

   started 
  in 
  a 
  new 
  one. 
  

  

  The 
  necessity 
  of 
  knowing 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  emergence 
  of 
  larvae 
  is 
  intimately 
  

   connected 
  with 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  lac. 
  In 
  one 
  year, 
  1915-16, 
  the 
  total 
  

   export 
  of 
  shellac 
  from 
  the 
  port 
  of 
  Calcutta 
  only 
  was 
  96 
  million 
  pounds. 
  

   To 
  produce 
  this, 
  nearly 
  240 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  stick-lac 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  

   utilized. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  this 
  produce 
  at 
  the 
  then 
  market 
  rate 
  of 
  Rs. 
  15 
  

   per 
  maund 
  of 
  80 
  lbs., 
  amounts 
  to 
  45 
  million 
  rupees. 
  If 
  we 
  take 
  the 
  

   average 
  normal 
  produce 
  of 
  a 
  cultivator 
  to 
  be 
  represented 
  by 
  160 
  lbs., 
  

   then 
  the 
  amount 
  realized 
  by 
  a 
  cultivator 
  comes 
  up 
  to 
  about 
  Rs. 
  30. 
  

   This 
  sum 
  is 
  quite 
  sufficient 
  for 
  a 
  cultivator 
  to 
  pay 
  off 
  his 
  rental 
  dues, 
  

   etc., 
  and 
  to 
  utilize 
  the 
  produce 
  of 
  his 
  land 
  for 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  his 
  

   family 
  and 
  himself. 
  During 
  the 
  war 
  and 
  especially 
  after 
  it, 
  the 
  rates 
  

   of 
  shellac 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  stick-lac 
  went 
  up 
  very 
  high, 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  was 
  

   the 
  lac 
  cultivators 
  were 
  able 
  to 
  obtain 
  remunerative 
  prices 
  for 
  their 
  

   stick-lac. 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  able 
  to 
  pay 
  off 
  their 
  debts 
  and 
  to 
  get 
  

   back 
  their 
  lands 
  which 
  were 
  mortgaged 
  for 
  years 
  previously. 
  Others 
  

   were 
  able 
  to 
  buy 
  more 
  land 
  and 
  to 
  put 
  it 
  under 
  lac 
  producing 
  trees. 
  

   Thus 
  with 
  the 
  impetus 
  that 
  the 
  industry 
  has 
  received 
  of 
  late, 
  it 
  is 
  pro- 
  

   bable 
  that 
  more 
  locahties 
  will 
  be 
  opened 
  up 
  for 
  lac 
  cultivation 
  and 
  in 
  

   consequence 
  more 
  broodlac 
  will 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  growing 
  demand. 
  

   This 
  will 
  necessitate 
  somewhat 
  more 
  accurate 
  determination 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  