so 
more delicate goats’ wool. It is imported into tlie 
Punjab in considerable quantities. 
Wool is produced in the Punjab, also to some 
extent in Rajpootana and Kutcb, and in the hill 
distriets of Mysore and other parts of Southern 
India. 
The large flocks of the Thüll and Bar tracts of the 
Punjab, the arid and elevated interior parts of the 
Doabs, are computed to yield annually upwards of 
400 tons of wool, of which probably two-thirds are 
exported, the remainder being eonsumed in the 
manufacture of blankets and felts. The fleece of 
the Thull sheep has the reputation of being the 
finest in the Punjab. The sheep are sheared twice 
a year (April and October), the average yield of each 
separate shearing being about H pounds. The 
head quarters of the wool trade is at Noorpore in 
the Thull. 
With the exception of Kunawur in Bussahir, 
scarcely any wool is produced in the Simla district 
and the Hill States. The wool is brought from 
Kunawur in large quantities to the annual fair at 
Itampur. 
Camel’s hair isproduced in the Bar and Thal orwaste 
tractsof Shahpur, Rohtak, Shang, and Gugaira,which 
are camel-feeding distriets. The soft underwool 
which is of a light brown colour, is used for the 
manufacture of cloth for chogas of a common kind. 
An immense number of camels are employed by 
the merchants who carry on that portion of the 
trade of India with Central Asia which finds its 
egress and ingress on the borders of Scinde. 
The Yak, in common with other animals of 
Tibet, is provided with the fleece of pashm wool, 
as a protection against the severe cold. This pashm 
is a great article of trade; almost all of it finds its 
way to Kashmir, where it is manufaetured into cloth. 
The coarser kind of wool or hair is made into bags 
for carrying grain, &c., ropes, and other articles. 
Large herds of Yaks are used by the nomad 
Tartars as beasts of bürden in their trading opera- 
tions; they load them with borax, salt, &c., which 
they bring across the Himalayas, and dispose of to 
the inhabitants on our side of the mountains, in 
exchange for grain, cloth, and other Commodities. 
Quantity and value of raw wool exported from 
India in the official year 1871-2. 
From. 
Bengal 
Burmah ■ 
Madras 
Bombay ■ 
Sind 
Lbs. 
1,667 
22,085,700 
11,377,771 
33,465,138 
Value. 
Itupees. 
2,843 
1(1!) 
79,69,837 
25,26,033 
104,98,882 
Indore Local Committee. 
Specimcns of wool, washed and unwashed. 
Washing the wool is a very tedious process. It is 
spread on a plank which is slightly sloped, hot 
water is then poured on the wool, which is at the 
same time beaten with a flat stick. Care is taken 
not to entangle the flbres of the wool; which, when 
clean, is spread out to dry. It is absolutely neces- 
sary to wash wool on a sunny day, or it is likely to 
get entangled if left wet for a long time. 
India Museum, London. 
Specimens of shawl wool or Pashm (Capra hircus) 
from Cashmere, Axoo Pashm (Capra sp.?) from 
Leh, Ladakh, Cashmere goats’ wool (Capra sp.?), 
cleaned, from Amritsur. 
Samples (5) of Cabul goats’ wool (Capra sp. ?), 
white, red, and black from Amritsur. 
Specimen of goats’ wool (Capra sp. ?), raw. 
Specimens of sheeps’ wool, Ovis aries (variety), 
from Khelat and Tibet. 
Specimens of sheeps’ wool, Ovis aries (variety), 
from Mysore. 
Specimens of sheeps’ wool, Ovis aries (variety), 
from Beckaneer, Guzerat, Sind, and Cutch. 
Specimen of lambs’ wool, from Jesselmere. 
Sample of "VVabab Shahi wool, Ovis aries (variety), 
cleaned, from Amritsur. 
Samples of camels’ hair (Camelus dromedarius) 
from Indore and Hyderabad, Sind. 
Specimen of Yaks’ hair (Poephagus grunniens) 
from Tibet. 
C—SKINS, FE ÄTHERS, BRISTLES. 
Bombay Committee. 
6.582. Ape skin, No. 1. Aden. 
6.583. Ape skin, No. 2. Aden. 
6.584. Bullock liide, No. 1. Kathawar. 
6.585. Bullock hide, No. 2. Kathawar. 
6.586. Bullock hide, No. 3. Kathawar. 
6.587. Zebra hide. Aden. 
6.588. Lion hide. Aden. 
Ostrich feathers. Aden. 
India Museum, London. 
Marabou feathers. From Calcutta. 
Marabou feathers are the under tail-coverts of the 
Adjutant or Gigantic Stork (Leptoptilos aryala), 
and of the smaller Adjutant (L. javanied). The 
former species is extremely common in Northern 
India, more especially in Bengal, and is well known 
in Calcutta and other large towns as an efficient 
“ scavenger ” bird. 
D.—HORTST, IVORY, 
Horns of various kinds form an extensive article 
of export from India, as the following statistics will 
show :— 
Quality and value, of horns exported from India 
during the official year 1871-2. 
TORTOISESHELL. 
Cwts. Itupees. 
- 12,758 1,67,636 
- 65,197 38,540 
- 18,857 1,76,168 
— 2,55,404 
112 1,108 
96,924 6,38,856 
From. 
Bengal 
Burmah - 
Madras - 
Bombay - 
Sind