Part I] Lindsay and Harlow : Lac and Shellac 14 7 
Kusum tree in Kheri district. The methods of cultivation are primi¬ 
tive. The system is usually one by which contractors do the work of 
propagation, cultivation and collection by daily labour. 
The principal markets and good crops are :— 
Baisakhi. 
Katki. 
Mathera (Bahraich) 
Rissia (Do.) 
... 
:) 
| 2,000 
3,000 
Hatras (Aligarh) 
1,000 
1,000 
Lucknow 
... 
1,000 
1,000 
Singai (Kheri) 
2,000 
2,000 
Cawnpore ... 
1,000 
1,000 
Saharanpur 
... 
3,000 
2,000 
Bareilly 
... 
3,000 
1,000 
The figures given above are admittedly approximations only. 
The principal dealers are :— 
Mathera —Mangal Ram Narayan. 
Rissia .—Kalicharan. 
Lucknow. — Haji Elahi Bakhsh Sharif Uddin. 
Cawnpore .—Moolchand Bania (Bhoosa Toli). Lachman Dass 
Jagannath (Nanghara). 
Bareilly —Sibba Manhar (Mohalla Nala). Nanha Manhar 
(Mohalla Akub Kotwali). 
There is one shellac factory at Cawnpore belonging to Salikram 
Kalloomal of Baconganj, who manufactures TN chiefly. He takes 
large quantities and the balance goes to Mirzapur whence buyers 
come at the crop periods. 
Attempts have been repeatedly made by the Forest Department 
in various districts to extend the cultivation of lac, particularly on 
Palas, but they have not met with any success. 
Cultivation can never be very extensive or very important in 
the U. P. and for this reason Government action is hardly called for, 
except for any experiment which the Forest Department may care to 
undertake. If such experiments prove successful the question can be 
reopened. 
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