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- .loin.- 1 nuts, \\lii.-h are higher priced than the others, while 

 e lik.- tin- .lark or browner kind. Urn. remarkai> recorded 



i who rejected a delivery as being dark than the 



-.iiiii.i.-. .'u.l on iirl.it i. it i. , n secured an allowance of 1 per was 



afterwards found that tin- tnvrohalans were 3 j- m Uinnin 



than the original sample, which in tin- oiiinion of tin- arbitrator* was worth 

 1 a ton more than the delivered bulk. Some tanners b ilana for 



their strength and cheapness, when compared \Mtl. >ak bark 



and valonia, others use them on account of their linuht.-mnu colour, while 

 others use them because of the light-coloured bloom -posit on 



leather." 



In the Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry (1903, xxii., 1181-4, 

 1338) will be found an interesting paper by Dr. J. Gordon Parker and Mr. 

 I-'. A . Hlockley on the relative tanning values of different species and growths 

 of myrohalans. The authors discuss (1) the content of tannic acid in 

 various samples, (2) extent of bloom, (3) acidity, and (4) price of unit of 

 tan in the samples examined. The tannic content was found to van* from 

 -T-.i per rent, in a sample of Jabbalpur, to 38*4 in a sample of Bhimley. 

 With regard to bloom, it was found that Jabbalpur and Vi robalans 



were much superior to other sorts, both in the amount yield.*! and the 

 readiness with which their solutions deposited the same, while with regard to 

 acidity, the Bhimley variety developed most and the Jabbalpur least. The 

 value of the unit of tan per ton was found to be 4. 3|</. in the most ex- 

 pensive variety (picked Bhimley), and 2s. 2Jd. in the cheapest (Bhimley 2). 



Trade. internal. The Report of Forest Administration issued an- Trad*. 

 nually by the Inspector- General gives the exports from the forests under 

 his control. The average for the five years ending 1902-3 came to 

 1,022,540 cwt., and for 1903-4 they were 1,299,600 cwt., valued at Rs. 

 42, 10,288, or an increase of 41 lakhs on the value of the preceding year. The 

 internal transactions in myrobalans as registered by rail and riverborne 

 trallic amounted in 1905-6 "to 1,080,094 cwt., and in 1906-7 to 869,427 cwt. 

 The chief exporting centres are the Central Provinces and Berar, Bombay, Kiportiat 

 Kajputana and Central India, Bengal and Madras ; the chief importing c 

 towns are Bombay, Calcutta, the Madras ports, and the importing pro- 

 vinces the United Provinces, and Bengal. Similarly the exports by coast 

 in 1905-6 amounted to 218,146 cwt., valued at Rs. 4,62,454. Practically 

 the whole of this export trade goes from Bombay to British ports within 

 the province. 



External. The foreign trade is large and important. During the fomgu. 

 period 1900-7 the following quantities have been exported : 1900-1, 

 945,648 cwt., valued at Rs. 31,68,173 ; 1901-2, 1,085,174 owt, valued at 

 Us. 35,63,652 ; 1902-3, 1,157,650 cwt., valued at Rs. 37 1903-4, 



1,229,609 cwt., valued at Rs. 42,10,288 ; 1904-5, 1,187,585 cwt., valued 

 at Rs. 42,59,063 ; 1905-6, 1,206,398 cwt., valued at Rs. 44,60,676 ; and 

 in 1906-7, 1,162,219 cwt., valued at Rs. 43,97,591. Analysing the figures 

 of the last year, we find that of the total, Bombay exported 74 > . Fro. Boat*?. 



Bengal 292,816 cwt., Madras 121,123 cwt., while the chief markets, with 

 the quantities received by each from India, were, in order of import., 

 the United Kingdom, 581,481 cwt. ; Belgium, 200,729 cwt. ; Germany, TOJC 

 191,669 cwt. ; Austria-Hungary, 67,476 cwt. ; and France, 46,304 



Pegolotti, La Prat, di Merc., 1343, 377 ; Janueiwis. 7S. 

 S 92, 105 ; Relaz. di Lionardo C6 'Maaser, 150;>, 'JT ; M.-.,UU aw), 1WJ, 



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