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2 “have been planted by the locil Officers within the two: Years under
3 *report.. Within the two years also, the Agri-Horticultural Society-
4 ‘of Punjab has distributed 22,407. young trees. In spite of popular
5 ignorance and prejudice, the peasants have been very generally
6 -indueed to sow and plant out useful. trees near their ‘wells, and along
7 ‘their irrigation water-courses. It is no exaggeration ‘to - ‘say, that
8 -some three millions of ‘young trees have been thus produced, which
9 together with those planted by the local Officers, will maké up a total.
10 of six millions, which would again be exclusive of the numbers already.
11 _wentioned as having been planted by the Canal Department. The
12 ‘number may seem large absolutely, but it is small relatively to the
13 “wants of the ‘country. Four trees have been estiriated as the proper
14 ‘number to a cultivated acre; at this rate there being twelve millions
15 “of cultivated acres, no less thas fifty millions of trees will be needéd
16 ‘for these Territories.
17 MINING.
18 198. The next heading prescribed by Government is that of Mining.
19 At. various times efforts in this .direction have
20 been. made by the Punjab Administration. The
21 Geological Surveyor, M. Mareadieu, ‘has examined many localities among
22 the Kangra Hills, as mentioned in para. 468 of the Second Punjab
23 Report. Since that time further enquiries were made in 1854. In
24 1855 sonie iron ore was discovered in the Chumba Hills, near the new
25 ‘Sanatarium of Dalhousie, and a sum of money was placed. at the dis-
26 posal of the Executive Officer of that station. During the present year,
27 1856, a Committee consisting of Major Lake and three Officers was
28 deputed to investigate the mineral resources of Kooloo, the North
29 Eastern extremity of the Kangra District. During the last winter,
30 1855-56, the Geological Surveyor was deputed to visit the Kenana
31 ‘Hills, near the apex of the Doab, between the Jhelum and the Chenab.
32 . 199. It seems to be clearly ascertained that iron ore of excellent
33 quality, and of considerable quantity, does exist in
34 the Himalayan Ranges. Many mines are worked
35 by the natives, but the miners are very rude and ignorant in regard to _
36 Geological Researches.
37 Tron cre,