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[Voi. Mil 
Ramdass Bhagwandass 
Ganeshdass Baldeodass 
Ghasiram Nagarmall 
Ramdass Beharilal 
J HALDA. 
A. M. Aratoon 
M. C. Gregory 
S. J. Apcar 
Kasi Prasad Bhairo Prasad 
Atalbikari Haidar 
PURULIA 
A. M. Jordan 
Chas. 
Ramdass Bhagwandass 
Chandil. 
S. P. Banerji 
Barabazar. 
Hari Kishendass, Marwari. 
There is a small area of Government Protected Forest near 
Mahta. It is part of Chaibassa Forest Division and the lac is disposed 
of much as in zamindari areas ; the total receipts, however, are only 
about Rs. 150 annually. The area is only important as a possible 
site for a Government brood farm as it is within easy reach of large 
lac-producing areas lying between Balarampur and Jhalda. 
Manbhum, being the most important lac-producing district, calls 
for special action in order further to stimulate the industry. Several 
sites should be selected for brood farms, particularly one each in 
the neighbourhoods of Chas, Jhalda, Balarampur and Manbazar. 
No definite areas can be suggested but selection should not be 
difficult. 
The manufacturers are fully alive to the importance of up-to-date 
mechanical apparatus, and in Jhalda and Purulia, where the industry 
is largely in the hands of Armenians, mechanical crushers and 
grain-lac washers have been installed and are giving satisfactory 
results. These manufacturers also show considerable enterprise in 
taking leases and propagating their own lac and experimenting with 
the formation of plantations of Ber. 
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