Part I] Lindsay and Harlow : Lac and Shellac 141 
JUBBULPORE. 
Jubbulpore district itself does not produce a large quantity of 
lac, but is of importance in that it contains one large (Katni) and 
several smaller markets, within its boundaries. The only areas 
growing lac are a few blocks of forest, Government and private, in 
the extreme north, and extreme south (Bargi) and along the Damoh 
border and the Mahanadi river. The principal species is the Ghont 
every where except along the Mahanadi where Palas replaces it. A 
number of Palas trees also grow along the Jubbulpore-Seoni road 
between Gawalighat and Hulki. The Public Works Department 
leases out the right to cultivate lac on these trees. 
There is room for considerable extension of the industry in 
Jubbulpore district. Ghont, Ber and Palas are common and the 
example of the P. W. D. might be followed with advantage by the 
railway, whose embankments are frequently covered with a strong 
growth of Palas. 
Besides the principal market at Katni, there are smaller markets 
at Sihora and Jubbulpore. A good season should yield the following 
crops, but it is to be understood that with extensions of cultivation 
the yield could be much increased :— 
Baisakhi. 
Katki. 
Kusmi. 
Jethwi. 
Katni 
25,000 
10,000 
600 
300 
Sihora 
5,000 
2,000 
Jubbulpore 
6,000 
4,000 
600 
300 
Not more than 10,000 maunds annually of this yield comes from 
Jubbulpore district. Large quantities come from the Malguza r 
forests of Damoh, Saugor and Mandla, and there is reason to believe 
that much lac is illegally removed across the borders from Rewah and 
other Central India States and from Damoh Government Forests. 
Katni also acts as a major market for much of the produce in the 
western districts of the Central Provinces, which each produce a 
small quantity of lac, namely Seoni, Chhindwara, Narsinghpur, 
Hoshangabad, Betul and Nimar. The system of collection is gener¬ 
ally by lease to contractors. Madan Mohan Chaube of Katni. 
Marwara, a Malguzar, grows lac in his own forests and also takes 
