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Indian Forest Records. 
[Vol. VTII 
Brokers * 
Hardas Agarwala 
Badri Prasad Tiwari 
Gaya Prasad Agarwala 
Maheshilal Agarwala 
Ganpatlal Marwari 
Lachhmi Narayan 
Manni Ram Pande 
Gopaldas Agarwala 
Kandhaiyalal Marwari 
Shambhulal Khatri 
Haridas Khatri 
Madan Lai Khatri 
Bulakiram Agarwala 
Ajodhia Prasad Bania 
Chhedilal Khatri 
Ram Sunder Pande 
Munni Lai Chaube- 
Shellac Exporters (Commission Agents):— 
Dhansukhdas Jethmal 
Gopal Das Kandhaiya Lai 
Kishun Prasad Bisun Prasad 
Mohan Lai Onkarmul 
Ganesh Das Hardat Rai. 
Punjab. 
With the exception of one district, this province is of no import¬ 
ance as a lac producer. Small quantities are produced in Amritsar, 
Delhi, Guzerat and Karnal and perhaps other districts ; but the province 
as a whole has climatic conditions too extreme for the successful pro¬ 
pagation of lac. The exception, Hoshiarpur district, is a distinct 
anomaly and produces quantities of lac of some importance to the 
trade. The lac-bearing areas are principally in the Una Tahsil with 
smaller areas in Dasuya and Garh Shankar but very little in Hoshiar¬ 
pur Tahsil. A small quantity also comes to Hoshiarpur market from 
Nadaun in Kangra district. The apparent cause of this anomalous 
growth of lac is the existence of the Siwalik Hills between which and 
the Himalayas lies the lac-bearing area, a long narrow valley along 
which flow tributaries of the Sutlej and Beas rivers. The Siwalik 
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