NOTE ON GUMHAR. 



(ii) Eastern Bengal and Assam. 



Vernacular names. Gomari, Gamhar, Gamri, Gambari, Gambhar, 

 Bolkobak (Garo). 



Local distribution. The tree occurs in the moister forests of Assam 

 from 300 feet elevation to 1,500 feet as a rule, though it is reported 

 at 4,000 feet in the Garo Hills. It grows in Sal, bamboo and evergreen 

 forests but is never abundant, and only in the Garo Hills is it classed 

 even as fairly common. . 



Trees 12 feet in girth have been seen 70 feet in height, but the 

 clear bole is as a rule not more than 30 feet long and the commonest 

 maximum girth is 6 feet. 



Extraction. Tn Jalpaiguri the tree is worked on Coppice with 

 Standards, but elsewhere trees are selected by the permit-holders 

 subject to a girth limit and the control of the Forest Department. 

 Little timber appears to have been extracted during the last five years, 

 except in the Sylhet Division where the outturn is reported to have 

 been 69,000 cubic feet, and no large quantities of the timber appear 

 to be available annually. Some figures to help purchasers are given in 

 the following table : 



