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it. I shall send also a parcel of this bark to the medical store-keeper. 

 Sterculia Urens. It is said this tree yields a gum similar to the gum 

 Tragacanth of commerce (Royle). 



Buchanania Latifolia Chironge tree. The nut is used for all the pur- 

 poses of the Almond by the natives, it would in all probability produce 

 as good an oil as the almond. 



Chloroxylon Swietenia, juice said to give a yellow dye. Of other 

 useful trees here are Nauclea Cordifolia, Mimosa Xylocarpa, Mimosa 

 Serissa, Allangium Hexapetalum, Pentapteracoriacea, Dalbergia, Lati- 

 folia; Hibiscus populneus Terminalia Bellerica, Strychnos Nux 

 Vomica, and a species of Gmelinu Ulmus integrifolia, well adapted for 

 furniture building, &c. all are in great abundance. The Teek Tectona 

 grandis is stunted and worthless in these jungles, and the Diospyrus 

 Melanoxylon — Black ebony, grows to no great size. Of the less useful trees 

 are Careya Arborea, Barringtoona acutangula Ixora parviflora, Ficus Co- 

 mosa, Erythrina Suberosa, &c. The principal shrubs consisted of the 

 Ochna squarrosa, Grewea orientalis, Symphorema invoiucrata, Gardenia 

 Latifolia, with fragrant beautiful flowers, Tropins Aspera and Premna 

 Tomentosa. The climbing plants are chiefly the Sifonia Nutans, Com- 

 bretum Ovalifolium, the Ventilago Madraspatana and the Olax. 



The Cissus Cornosa and Dalbergia Scandens were also seen. The most 

 common parasite was the Loranthus scurrula the Bassia Latifolia, Mowah 

 tree was comparatively rare. Some trees were so utterly without leaf, or 

 flower, that their names or value could not be conjectured but these were 

 in no great number. The Herbaceous vegetation was completely burnt 

 up. 



Note and Tabular Statement N. W. Frontier. 



The annexed statement (No. I.) will shew the enormous increase 

 which has taken place in the Export trade to Cabool during the past 

 year, aggregating on the three descriptions of produce no less than 

 38,08,873 rupees as compared with the preceding year. 



Of the three denominations of exports, one only, being Country pro- 

 duce is prepared from Official records (chokie registers). No Account 

 being taken at the customs chokies of free goods, I have been obliged to 

 refer to the Merchants themselves for information as regards them, and 

 they have obligingly allowed me access to their ledgers, from whence the 

 amount of exports under the heads' of ' British Manufactures and Pro- 

 ductions,' and Sea importations, has been ascertained, not in exact details, 

 but sufficiently accurate to meet the object in view. 



