Part III.] E. Benskin and A. Rodger: Note on Thitsi. 31 
The residues obtained on drying the III grade were similar in appear¬ 
ance and general properties, so that it appears certain that grades II 
and III merely consist of grade I with the addition of water. 
The following is a list of merchants who deal in thitsi in Rangoon :_ 
Daw Lay.36, Edward Street. 
Po Kyaw ..... 48, Edward Street. 
Saw Lain Lee . . . . 19, Latter Street. 
U Ba Oh.Panbinyat Quarter, Kemmendine. 
The price of- thitsi in 1916 was about Rs. 170, Rs. 130 and Rs. 100 
for the 3 grades per 360 lbs. 
Enquiries with regard to the working of the thitsi forests, dealers, 
and prices should, be addressed to the Forest Research Officer, Maymyo 
Burma, or to Divisional Forest Officers, and samples of the oleo-resin 
can be obtained on application to the Forest Economist, Dehra Dun 
United Provinces, India, or to the above-named. 
REFERENCES. 
1 . Indian Forester, 1876, Vol. I, page 362. 
2 . Indian Forester, 1892, Vol. XVIII. (Appendix). 
3. Glass Mosaics of Burma with photographs, by Harry L. Tilly, 1901 
4. Royal Botanic Gardens—Kew—Bulletin of Miscellaneous Informa¬ 
tion, No. 5, 1906, XXIV—Burmese lacquer ware and Burmese varnish. 
5. Indian Forest Records, Vol. I, part IV, 1909—A chemical 
investigation of the Constituents of Burmese varnish (Melanonhcea 
usitaia), by Puran Singh, F.C.S. 
6 . Bulletin of the Imperial Institute, Vol. VIII, No. 3 of 1910 nafres 
32—40. ’ L 
7. Bulletin of the Imperial Institute, Vol. VIII, No. 3 of 1910 
pages 273—277. 
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