PREFACE 
The writers of this report are indebted to the late Mr. F. 
M. Howlett, Acting Forest Zoologist at the Forest Research 
Institute and College, Dehra Dun, for much valuable help 
rendered in connection with the report. To him are due the 
final form of Chapter I ; Appendix III, containing sugges¬ 
tions for research ; and the illustrations to Chapter VIII.* 
Acknowledgments are also due to the Indian Trade 
Commissioner in London for valuable information received 
from the London, New York and Berlin markets; to 
Mr. G. C. Baker of Messrs. Angelo Bros., Mr. S. Bromley 
of Messrs. Kilburn & Co.’s Rookhur Ghat Factory, Mirzapur, 
and to Mr. L. De Bretton of Messrs. Becker Gray and Co., 
for much assistance and advice. Messrs. Moran and Co. 
kindly supplied the statistics of London stocks, of prices and 
exports. 
Finally we are much indebted to revenue and forest 
officers in the districts and to firms in Calcutta and up- 
country, too numerous to specify. 
H. A. F. L. 
C. M. H.* 
