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4. Milk and curd.
5. Leaves of the *Dhāk* (*Butea frondosa*,—Bengali *Palāsh*) and *Pālā* (*Jharberi* or *Zizyphus*) trees and the bark of the Babul (gum plant, *acacia*) &c., brought from the jungles for sale.
6. Grass, brambles, and fuel-wood brought from the jungles.
7. Oil. [We learn that in Saraspur in Gujrat the officials exacted Rs. 30 annually from each carrier of drums (*kupahs*) of oil. *Mirat*, i. 261.]
8. Earthen pots and dishes, made in the villages and towns for sale.
9. Tobacco. [This excise duty was abolished in 1666 in consequence of a soldier killing his wife when her cart was searched by the tax-collector for concealed tobacco. *Storia do Mogor*, ii. 175 and *History of Aurangzib*, iii. Ch. 28 § 1. Aurangzib’s farman of 1673 definitely instructs his officers, “Do not trouble the people by searching their dolis, bullock-carts, and other things.” *Mirat* i. 287 adds the explanation, “The dolis, bullock-carts, and camel-litters ridden by women and children used to be searched, and bags, boxes and bundles opened, for taking the tax on tobacco and other things.”]
10. A State monopoly of purchase was now ordered to be discontinued: “Formerly the officials used to buy up for the State factory of perfumery all the roses available, and their sale to the public was prohibited. But at the suggestion of Qutbuddin Khan a farman was issued allowing gardeners to sell their flowers wherever they liked." [Mirat, i. 262.]