CHAPTER V. 



Extent of date-growing in the principal date-growing localities 

 of the province., date fruits from local and imported trees and 

 profits to be expected from date farming. 



77. In the Punjab dates are grown most extensively in 

 the riverain tracts and along canal banks in the 

 Multan, Muzaffargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan, and 

 Jhang districts. In Lahore and Shahpur districts 

 dates are also grown, and indeed the date tree is found growing 

 in the riverain tracts, on canal banks, or around wells in 

 almost every district in the plains of the Punjab as far up as 

 Rawalpindi. 



78. The following information is to hand 



Number of date 



trees and revenue regarding the number of trees and the Govern- 



from them in 



Multan, Muzaffar- ment revenue derived irom them, in Multan, 

 Khan, and Jhang MuzafEargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan, and Jhang 



districts. -.,-, 



districts. 



TABLE XIX. 



* Note. A fixed revenue per tree is levied on many of the date trees in Dera Ghazi 

 Khan district, but the revenue from a number of trees is collected on the system of part 

 profits of the fruit crop and may vary annually. The figures given to me are therefore 

 evidently an estimate for the whole. 



