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I am told that a good tree will eafily give four puckha 

 maunds (about three hundred weight averdupois) of 

 dried flowers, which will fell here for about two rupees ; 

 and of feeds it will afford about two maunds ; and this 

 of oil will yield twenty-fix Jeers puckha weight, (near 

 6olb.) which, in a year like this, when oil is cheap, will 

 fell at this place for two rupees more. It is to be ob- 

 ferved, however, that every tree will not give fo much; 

 neither are the flowers and oil fo clear in any part of the 

 hills as at Chatra ; but, allowing only half of this, or 

 iefs, to be the product of each tree, (though it might be 

 rendered flill much greater by the very lead care and 

 induftry in the cultivation of it,) within the fpace of 

 twenty years, a fubfiftence might be raifed to the inha- 

 bitants, and a confiderable revenue to the proprietors 

 of the lands, throughout an immenfe trad of country ; 

 the greateft part of which, in its prefent ftate, is little 

 better than a barren walte, and cannot pay one fingle 

 anna to the Zimcendar or the Government. That fuch 

 an advantage might be derived from it, may be proved 

 by the molt moderate calculation; for, fuppofing the 

 trees to be fown at about forty feet diftance from each 

 other, on each begah (about the third of an acre) might 

 ftand eight trees; and, fuppofing the produft of each 

 tree to be only half a rupee, there would be four rupees 

 of annual value on a begah of ground ; half of which 

 going to the proprietor, it would thus give a far bet- 

 ter rent than the generality of the bed grounds in thefe 

 parts; and the labourer would have a produce, without 

 any other trouble than that of fowing the feed, and 

 fencing the ground whilft the trees were young ; and 

 that of annually gathering the flowers, and preparing 

 the oik when they arrive at their proper fize; and they 

 would probably begin to give a produce within lefs 

 than ten years after the fowing. 



As this tree will yield nearly its ufual quantity of 

 flowers and fruit in feafons when, for want of rain, 



every 



