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Indian Forest Records. 
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(xii) ‘ HoUong,’ Dipteroearpus pilosus. 
‘ Hollong ’ is found in the Assam forests to the east of the Assam- 
Bengal Railway, in the Sibsagar and Lakhimpur Divisions and also in 
the Frontier Tract Forests. It also occurs in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, 
Arakan and North Burma. It grows to a very fine tree in North 
Assam, with a clean cylindrical bole, rising to 60 feet and more to the 
first branch. It is estimated that the forests of Assam could produce 
upwards of 500,000 Metre Gauge sleepers annually, though to 
obtain this quantity would entail several years organisation, supported 
by funds for roads and more up-to-date methods of conversion. 
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