259 COTTER: SODA INDUSTRY OF SIND. 



Meanwhile the Deputy Commissioner of Thar and 1'arkar for- 

 bade the removal of the heaps of chaniho at Dabhiwari, of which 

 there were estimated to be ,'5,200 maunds. 1 saw the remains of 

 these heaps in 1918, and collected a specimen of the chaniho for 

 analysis, sec Chapter VI. 



The following dhands were being worked at this period : — 



(1) Dangi jo Chaho Sanghar taluqa, 



{■2) Sahib Dinai jo Puso m H 



(8) Kariwari 



(4) Bodlo 



(5) Sanhri ... Khipro taluqa. 



(6) Mitho Puso ?> 



v 7) Laiwari 



(8) Garho Puso 



(9) Lannvari ....... 



(10) Dimunwari ....... 



(11) Dabhiwari , 



and there were at least nine other places, the names of which are 

 not recorded, from which chaniho was produced. The dhands are 

 given above in geographical order from N.W. to 8.E. 



A Committee was then appointed consisting of the Mnkhtyarkars 

 of Sanghar and Khipro, the Special Salt Inspector, and the Deputy 

 Collector of the E. Xara Valley, who were sent to examine and report 

 upon the chaniho industry in these taluqas. 



The Committee collected the following samples, which were after- 

 wards analysed : — 



Dabhiwari. from the chaniho stacks of 1896-97, Jour samples 



with 85 per cent., 61 per cent., 73 per cent, and 25 



per cent., of NaCl respectively. 

 Dabhiwari, from the chaniho stacks of 1898-99, three samples 



with 70 per cent., 43 per cent, and 30 per cent., of NaCl 



respectively. 

 Laiwari, sample of phuli containing 20 per cent, of NaCl. 

 Laiwari, two samples of chaniho containing 58 per cent, and 



89 per cent, of NaCl respecti vely . 

 Bodlo, sample of phuli containing 22 per cent, of NaCl. 

 Garho Puso, sample of phuli containing 7 per cent, of NaCl. 

 Mitho Puso, sample of chaniho containing 8 per cent, of NaCl. 

 Sanhri, sample of phuli (?) containing 19 percent, of NaCl. 

 Kariwari, sample of phuli containing 24 per cent, of NaCl, 



