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Mees of oil of turpentine into British India: . 
‘Gia Oe aha, eo 1912/13 1918/14, 1914/15 1915/16 1916/17” 
eee os) ee) sewis 20779 < MG OR0. 11-788... 7220)», 6,608 
Mee 8 ei ee 3620) De gI8! 22581 14175". * AP 4OTe 
iene origin: | ei las : CWE Nouits: hy > ewts. owt y cwts. 
t Brit ey 18818 °° 48 485.8962 1 7084. * 6 309, | 
- British countries io OPOe ee Bela hi ee 2A 
et a D5 | ABR 2 790s 1385204 
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0 : r foreign countries . Le Sig Ia oh aa Raia POAT A pion CCG Teg 
There occtir five kinds of pines in India, viz, eat Merete 
Pi us longifolia, Roxb. (Chir pine), growing in the Himalaya a and Biv alike chodnine: as 
Send ay. the Sebel of ae most gh aponeant Himalaya HES: in an altitude of fron Meee 
| inus Barstse Wall., (Kail or blue ney. occurs in ‘the temperate zones of the 
one mountains | in an altitude of 6000 to 12500 feet. ‘Tti is S spread over almost the same 
STO! ade in the hilly wads of the ‘Shan states. and ieee: at an ‘elevation of from 
: to 3500 feeb oo Wd | ey eh nats ee aia 
Pinus Gerardiana, Wall. (Ne eosia or Himalaya edible piney occurs in isolated districts. 
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ulficic nt any to ake ‘the work pay. and that there was a market for rosin and 
il of f turpentine: In the following year, a distilling plant was erected in. -Bhowali, 
' was enlarged in 1914115 and is still working. A second installation is to be 
ir 1 the neighbourhood of Tanakpur. In the beginning, the new industry developed 
slowly, the yield. of crude turpentine’ being 125 tons in 1903/04 and 515 tons in 
fercre taken in order to make the industry develop quickly.. The. production the was 
is in 1912/13, 1580 tons in 1913/14, 1768 tons in 1914/15 and 2089 tons in 1915/16. 
The Bhowali_ works produce 4 different grades of turpentine oil, the keenest 
and being- for grade 3. In 1913/14, 477 tons of turpentine oil were exported to Java. 
The main difficulty for the industry in Kumaun consists in the transport of the 
turpentine to the distilling Weald the dase where it is collected ese 
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