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very remunerative. In Government Estates it was decided in 1916 
that trees standing in cultivated areas should not in future be assessed 
for lac; trees growing in unoccupied lands are leased at from one-half 
to one anna per tree. 
The principal markets in Palamau are Daltonganj and Garhwa. 
At these towns are marketed most of the lac from the Dudhi area 
(south of the Sone river) of Mirzapur district and also small quantities 
from Sirguja State and Hazaribagh district. On the other hand a 
small quantity of lac from Palamau goes direct to factories in Imam- 
ganj (Gaya). 
The principal Arhatiyas in Daltonganj are:— 
Mahabir Prasad 
Bhui Ram of Shahpur 
Kedarnath Surajmal 
Nand Kishore Misria 
Teka Pande 
And in Garhwa :— 
Nanku Ram 
Ghasi Ram Baldeo Dass 
Kedarnath Sahu (of Rehala). 
With a good crop the yield would probably be:— 
Baisakhi. 
Katki. 
Daltonganj 
30,000 
*5,000 
Garhwa 
40,000 
20,000 
but a small and varying quantity of Kusmi and Jethwi, up to 300 and 
1,500 maunds, respectively, is also sold. 
The greater part of this lac goes to Mirzapur, and Palamau is the 
most important source of stick-lac supplies for Mirzapur. The larger 
manufacturers retain agents in the district and numbers of dealers 
visit Daltonganj and Garhwa as the crops come in. Proposals have 
been prepared by the Forest Department, and are under consider¬ 
ation by the Local Government, to acquire a suitable area under Palas 
near Daltonganj, for experiment and demonstration purposes and 
for the supply of brood-lac. There is scope for an experiment of 
this kind and it is hoped that its success will be such as to encourage 
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