70 
Indian Forest Records. 
[Yol. IY. 
APPENDIX E. 
Imports of Turpentine Oil into India and the Future Outlook. 
According to the statistics compiled by the Director-General 
of Commercial Intelligence and communicated by him in his letter 
No. 4748, dated the 28th July 1911, to the Inspector-General of 
Forests, the total quantity of turpentine oil imported into India 
during 1910-11 was 181,979 gallons worth Us- 4,06,593 detailed 
according to several provinces as follows : — 
— 
Gallons. 
Value in rupees. 
Bengal ..... 
73,688 
1,87,055 
Madras ..... 
16,615 
42,057 
Bombay ..... 
63,245 
r 
1,22,800 
Burma ..... 
12,948 
35,048 
Sind ...... 
15,271-6 
19,189 
Eastern Bengal and Assam . 
211-5 
444 
According to the available statistics of the 
! Bhowali Govern- 
ment Distillery, the annual output of turpentine oil has been steadily 
increasing as the following figures for six years from 1905 to 
1910 will show: — 
Year. 
Annual output in gallons. 
1905 .... 
6,130 
1906 .... 
10,960 
1907 .... 
14,200 
1908 .... 
14,580 
1909 , 
22,200 
1910 .... 
• 
29,900 
C 70 ] 
