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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 228.

228 JULLUArDUR DISTRICT The Persian wheel is found where the soil is sandy and water near the surface. The District contains two small plantations 'reserved' under the Forest Act, consisting chiefly of sktrkam and kikar, and co ,ring 26, acres, with a military Reserve of 885 acres. It is on the whole well wooded, almost eveay one of the wells which it contains being ounded by a small coppice; but, as already noticed, waste land very a Phillau s the winter head quarters of the Bashahr Forest div~isl and a great wood mart, to which quantities of timber are floated down the Sutlej and stored. Much also is brought for sale here from the BeSs and the Sirhind Canal. Xankar is plemiful,.the best beds being within a radius of ten miles from Jullundur town. Saltpetre is manufactured from saline earth. A great deal of cotton-weaving is carried on, the principal products being the -so cotton cloth which supplies most of the dress of the Trade and people, and coloured stripes and checks. Large communications, quantities of very coarse cotton fabrics (kkadda>) are exported to -Shikarpur and Sukkur in Sind. Rahou had once a great reputation for a superior cotton longcloth, but the industry is almost extinct Silk-wearing is carried on at Jullundur town, and in t899 employed 250 looms, the estimated oat-tom being valued at o lskhs. The gold and silver manufactures are flourishing, but in an way remarkable, and the out-turn is insufficient for local require- ments. Besides ornaments, silver an, and gold and silver lace are made. The District has some reputation for carpenter's work, and chairs are made at KanArpurfor the wholesale trade. Brass vessels manufactured in many parts, the output being valued at Rs. 21,000 of a•h ch half is exported. The thin pottery known as 'paper pottery' made n the District, and glazed and coloured tile-wmk of unual excellence, is turned out at Jullundur by one man. There are two floe mill, at Jnuundnr town, and attached to o of them is a man iron and brass foundry. The number of factory employEs in 1914 was 15. The traffic of the District is mainly in agricultural produce. In ordinary years grain s imported from Ludhiana, Feroxepore and the Sikh States for export to the hills; other articles of import are piece- goods from Delhi, Bombay, and Calcutta, iron from Fe-p-, Amrib and Karachi, brass and copper vessels from Jagadhri, Atnritsar, and Delhi, rice from Kangra, and salt from the Mayo Mines. Sugar and molasses are largely manufactured to supply the markets of Bikaner, Lahore, the Punjab, and Sind. Wheat, cotton cloth, and silk goods are the other principal exports. The District is traversed by the m n line of the North Western Railway, and branch lines are contemplated from Jullundur town to