ttOTE ON DHAURA Ofe BAKLI. 



it during the rains, as in the case of Sain, and it is often left unbarked in 

 the forest to season during the rains, or put into water for a month or 

 two. It is also sometimes barked and plastered with cow-dung, and in 

 parts of Bombay it is steeped in salt water after felling. It must be 

 seasoned very slowly as it is very apt to split and warp. 



Uses. It is a favourite wood for shafts and especially axles of carts, 

 plough and tool handles and yokes, and is also used by the poorer class of 

 cultivators for building. In Madras it is used in the Kolar Gold Mines, 

 and in Orissa for sugar-cane presses. It is very largely used for fuel, 

 being sold in Bombay for R4 to 116 per Ichandy of 784 Ibs. and is a, very 

 popular wood for charcoal. It polishes well, without absorbing much 

 polish. 



4. Minor Products. 



The most important minor product is the gum which is collected in 

 many parts of India and sold at from one to two annas per Ib. It is used 

 for native sweatmeats, as an adhesive in cloth printing and by the 

 Santhals in Chota Nagpur for cholera. The gum is reported from northern 

 Madras to exude in appreciable quantities only once in 5 years, not every 

 year, and not to be obtainable from the largest trees. It forms the bulk 

 of the Gum Ghati sold in Bombay, the prices at the beginning of 1912 

 being as follows : 



K R 



TJncleaned . . . 10 to 18 per cwt. according to quality. 



Cleaned . . . 18 25 do. do. 



The leaves are largely used for tanning, the skin usually being made 

 into a bag and the leaves placed inside with water. The leaves have been 

 found to contain 15 '5 per cent, of tannic acid. A number of liquid 

 extracts were roughly prepared in the forest and analysed by Mr. 

 D. Hooper, Curator of the Economic Section, Indian Museum, in 1898 and 

 1899. The extracts prepared from the bark and leaves from the Central 

 Provinces gave the following results : 



