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Proceedings of Societies, 



and as a general return when in full bearing, 100 lbs. per acre may be 

 given : — 



Koliistan of Rawul Pindee and 



Acres. 





Huzarah, .... 



20,000 



2,000,000 



Kangra Valley, 



35,000 



3,500,000 



Kazloo, . . . . . 



35,000 



3,500,'000 



Munndee, &c., 



40,000 



4,000,000 



Protected Hill States, 



10,000 



1,000,000 



Jonsar Bawer, 



10,000 



1,000,000 



Dehra Dhoon, .... 



100,000 



10,000,000 



Western Gurhwal . 



180,000 



18,000,000 



Kuniaon,^ .... 



3,500,000 



350,000,000 





3,930,000 



393,000,000 



— a quantity nearly equal to the whole export trade of China, and with high 

 cultivation the figures might easily be doubled, and thus not only allow 

 an immense quantity for the consumption of the Indian community, but 

 at the same time aiFord a vast supply for export to other countries. 



In February last, at the request of the Lieutenant-Governor of the 

 Punjab, I proceeded to the Kohistan of the Rawul Pindee Districts and 

 Huzarah, there to establish the Tea plant, which has been most success- 

 fully done — the plants removed from the Kangra Plantations, and trans- 

 planted at Seelah, now growing with vigour. 



It is no longer an experimental Tea cultivation in the North- Western 

 Provinces, it having passed from experiment to fact. It has been proved 

 by data which cannot be gainsaid, that the cultivation of the Tea can 

 be profitably conducted ; that the Tea prepared is admirably fitted for 

 the Home and Indian markets ; and that, if properly conducted and 

 backed by capital, the undertaking presents a safe and profitable invest- 

 ment. 



VIII. On some Economic Plants of India. By Dr Hugh F.C. 

 Cleghorn. 



1. The Box Tree (Buxus sempervirens). — This tree, grown at Koolor, 

 has been tested by Dr Alex. Hunter, at the Madras School of Arts, and 

 the wood is found valuable for engraving. 



In Mr M'Leod's arboretum at Dhurmsalla the tree grows well. The 

 arboretum contains many introduced Himalayan trees of great interest, as 

 well as many European fruit trees adapted to this hill station. It is, 

 perhaps, the only collection of indigenous alpine trees in the Punjab, the 

 nearest to it being that of Mr Berkeley at Kotghur. I hope the day is 

 not far distant when the Punjab Agri-Horticultural Society will have a 

 hill garden associated with it at one of the sanitaria of the province. 



The Himalayan box appears to be identical with the tree common all 

 over South Europe, from Gibraltar to Constantinople, and extending into 

 Persia. It is found chiefly in valleys at an elevation of 3000 to 6000 feet. 

 I have met with it from Mount Tila, near Jhelum, to Wangtu bridge on 

 the Sutlej. It is variable in size, being generally 7 to 8 feet high, and 

 the stem only a few inches thick, but attaining sometimes a height of 15 

 to 17 feet, as at Mannikarn in KuUu, and a girth of 22 inches as a maxi- 

 mum. The wood of the smaller trees is often the best for the turner and 

 wood-engraver. It is made into little boxes by the villagers for holding 

 ghee, honey, snuff, and tinder. At the medical stores in Sealkote it is 



