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Report on Bustar. [No. 11, new series. 



9. The productions of this dependency are very various and 

 from the natural advantages of soil and climate 

 of almost unlimited diver rity : the mode of pre- 

 paring the soil and the implements used, do iut differ from those 

 in use generally in other parts of the Province. The mode of 

 cultivation called "Dabee" also practiced here has already been 

 described in para. 5, of letter No. 36, dated the 4th April 1856. 

 The principal products are : — 



Weights and Measures in use 

 in Bustar. 



Dry Measure. 



40 Rs. weight = 1 Solee. 



4 Solees == 1 Pyhlee. 



2 Pyhlees = 1 Vodee. 



20 Vodees = 1 Candee. 



Liquid Measure. 



20 Rs. weight == 1 Seer. 

 8 Seers = 1 Pyhlee. 



Goldsmith's Weight. 



4 Gunj as (red seeds) = 1 Mas. 

 12 Mas. = 1 Tal. 



Money Table. 



20 Cowries = 1 Boree. 

 12 Bories = 1 Dooganee. 

 10 Dooganies = 1 Kutcha Rupee. 

 20 Do. = 1 Nagpore Rupee. 

 22 Do. = 1 Compy.'sRupee. 





1 



Rice. 





2 



Grains and Pulses. 





3 



Mundia. 





4 



Kodo. 





5 



Khootkee. 





6 



Oil Seed, Castor and Til. 





7 



Cotton. 





8 



Sugar Cane. 





9 



Honey and Wax. 





10 



Tikur. 





11 



Bechandee. 





12 



Lakh. 





13 



Dhoop. 





14 



Mohva. 





15 



Sendree (a red dye.) 



It would be difficult to give any idea of the proportions of these 

 iior do they require any particular mention. The lakh produced 

 in the Bhopalputnam differs from that of other parts in being pro- 

 duced on grass and the palas tree, the 1st of which is said to be of 

 superior quality. The tree on which lakh is generally found and 

 propogated is called the Koosoomb. Teakwood is said to be plen- 

 tiful in the Zemindaries of Bhopalputnam, Katapaul, pawiet, Pho- 

 tikail, Bheje and Chittlenar. The forest in the Khalsa portion 

 of the dependency consists almost wholly of " Serai" and " Ten- 

 doo." 



