NOTE ON DHAUKA OR BAKLI. 13 



1,500 and 3,000 feet above sea-level in mixed forests and forms some- 

 times 50 per cent, of the crop, and is as plentiful in places as 10 trees to 

 the acre. It is however nearly always stunted, with girth rarely exceed- 

 ing- three feet and trunk often hollow, so that it is of little commercial 

 importance, but yields a certain amount of small timber for local 

 villagers' use, the rate they pay being 8 annas per tree. 



In the Marwar State it is called Goria Dliau or Golia Dliao and is 

 found throughout the higher zone of the Aravali Hills at 2,000 to 3,000 

 feet, where it is one of the most important species and grows with 

 Boswellia serrata and Odina Wodier, and sometimes pure on plateaux and 

 gentle slopes. Towards the north it occurs to a less extent. It is much 

 used by the villagers for agricultural implements, tool-handles, etc. 

 The Government royalty is about 7 annas per cubic foot and the market 

 rate about 14 annas. Timber is not available for export. 



In Ajmer-Mcrwara it is called Golia dkau and is found in small 

 numbers in the Todgarh forest where it reaches a height of 15 feet and is 

 extracted for fuel. 



In Bikaner a few trees have been grown in the State garden. 



(vi) United Provinces. 



Vernacular names. Bakli, Dhau, Dhura, Dhon, Dho. 



Local distribution. Dkau is very local in the United Provinces, 

 being absent from Pilibhit and Kheri, and fairly plentiful in the sab- 

 montane tracts and plain forests elsewhere. It grows in the mixed 

 deciduous forests and at times as an associate of Sal, where it has like 

 other trees suffered in operations carried out in order to favour the more 

 valuable species. Sound trees up to 6 feet in girth are not uncommon, 

 and logs 40 feet in length and 4 feet in girth can usually b^ obtained. 

 In Bundelkhand the trees are usually smaller. Small trees are found in 

 great numbers on the lower slopes of the Himalayas near Dehra Dun, 

 forming at times a pure forest, but these do not grow to a large size. 

 Mr. T. Can- reports a tree in the Sarda Eange, Haldwani Division, 

 measuring 9' 3" at breast-height and quite sound, with a straight bole 24 

 feet long. 



Extraction. Most of the trees felled come out in Improvement 

 fellings or are specially selected for traders in the most accessible parts of 



