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cantinue this work by the grant of leases for periods of from three to five 
years on a gradually rising yearly rental. 
The value of the lac in Government royalty obtained from the Divi- 
sions in the Circle is as follows : — 
Division. 
Balaghat 
Raipur 
Bhandara 
Bilaspnr 
South Chanda 
North Chanda 
Years 
1903 04. 
R 
1,000 
5,300 
1904-05. 
R 
1,000 
1905-06. 
R 
5,017 
6,000 
5,300 
Five hundred and twenty-five rupees a year 
average. 
One thousand six hundred and eighty rupees 
a year average. 
105 
137 
125 
211 
3,500* 
*Lac collected departmentally and sold. 
The annual value of lac collected from Government forests and 
from Zemindari and Malguzari forests may be put at R46,000 and 
R8,40,000, respectively, though the latter figure is nothing more than a 
rough estimate. 
^-^iThe lac industry in this circle would appear to have a great future 
before it. 
The Annual Report of this circle for 1905-06 has the following remarks 
on lac : — 
The introduction and extension of lac was continued. It is reported 
that the experiments were successful in the Gaikhuri, Lachni, Partab- 
gurh, and Pauni Ranges in Bhandara, but that they failed in the Bawan- 
thari Range of the same Division and in the Dhaba Range of North 
Chanda. In this latter Division it is probable that experiments, which 
have now been started in the Kusum {Schleichera trijuga) areas of the 
Moharli Range, will be more successful. In Balaghat the work of infect- 
ing fresh lac nurseries was continued through the agency of the lac 
