81 
Rai Pritheeram Chowdry Balladur, Zemindar of 
Meckpara. 
Elephant tusks (4), and Rhinoceros’ liorns (2), 
from Gowalpara. 
Colonel Michael, Madras. 
Elephant tusks (2). 
India Museum, London. 
Gour liorns, polished. (Gavarns gaurus.) 
E.—LAC, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 
Stick-lae consists of the crude resinous inerusta- 
tion formed hy the female lac insect upon the small 
branches of several trees and shrubs of different 
kinds, being found more or less abundantly through- 
out the forest districts of India, Burmah, &c. 
Stick lac. Coccus lacca, Linn. Laak, A. Lak- 
sha, Sans. Lakh, fl., Gvz. Komburruki, Tarn. 
Kommu-lakka, Tel. Khjeijk, Burm. Balo, Java. 
Ambalau, Malayalam. 
8,505. Stick lac. Bengal. 
1,004. Stick lac. Nagpore. 
3,459. Stick lac. Punjab. 
Jardine, Skinner, and Co., Mirzapore. 
3,648. Stick lac. 
Wemyss, Sir J., Mirzapore. 
Stick lac. 
G. Bidie, Madras. 
1,593. Stick lac. 
Bangalore Central Jail. 
973. Stick lac. Nagpore. 
1,004. Stick lac. Nagpore. 
India Museum, London. 
Stick lac. 
Stick lac. Mirzapore. 
Stick lac. Bancoorah, Bengal. 
Stick lac. Assam. 
Stick lac. Burmah. 
Stick lac (from Zizyphus jujuba). Ahmedabad. 
Stick lac (from Urostigma religiosa). Ahmedabad. 
Stick lac. Vizagapatam. 
Stick lac. Chittuldroog, Mysore. 
Stick lac (from Vatica laccifera). Nundidroog, 
Mysore. 
Stick lac. N. India. 
Local Committee, Central Provinces. 
1,004. Lac. 
India Museum, London. 
Edible birds’ nests. Collocalia nidifica, Lath. 
Gnat-thiet, Burm.. Akyab, Burmah. Yen-wo, 
Chinese. 
The edible birds’ nests are largely collected from 
the rock caves along parts of the Burmese coast, the 
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, for exportation to 
China, where they are considered a great luxury as 
an article of food. 
The nest is composed of inspissated mucous from 
the large salivary glands with which these birds are 
provided. 
India Museum, London. 
Sharks’ Ans. Rhynchobatus lavis, Müll. Gna- 
mavat, Burmese. Soora-meen-sepputtay, Tarn. 
Paak, fl., Guz, Dec. Cheeraparagoo, Travancore. 
Jyu, or Yu, Malays. Bombay. 
Shark fins are largely exported from Bombay and 
Madras to China, where they are much esteemed, 
being used for the making of soups. So large is 
the consumption, that from 7,000 to 10,000 cwts. 
are annually exported tliere from Bombay. These 
fins are assorted into the “ white ” and the “ black,” 
the form er being the dorsal fins, which are uniformly 
light coloured on both sides, and are reputed to yield 
more gelatine than the other ; the “ black ” fins are 
the pectoral, ventral, and anal fins; this variety is 
less esteemed than the white, and consequently 
realises a lower price. 
India Museum, London. 
Chank Shells. Turbinella pyrum, and T. rapa. 
Sunk, Dec. Sungoo or Sankka, Tarn. Shenkoo or 
Senkham, Tel. 
These Shells form a considerable article of trade in 
India, where they are in extensive demand all over 
the country, principally for the purpose of manu- 
facture into hracelets, and are worn as Ornaments 
for the arms and legs by Hindoo women. They are 
fished up by divers in the Gulf of Manar on the 
coast opposite Jaffnapatam in Ceylon, in about two 
fathoms water, and at Travancore, Tuticorin, and 
other places. 
F.—MANURES. 
H.H. the First Prince of Travancore. Specimen of manure from Travancore. 
Note.—For other Manures see Cotton Collection from Exhibition, 1872. 
(8834.) 
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