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Show of machinemade paper s taken . As early as 1825 Mr. Marsham o kit o S e AT s Ao 180 0, however machine paper mills began to be opened at various large centres, such a Lucknow, Gwalior and Calcutta, and in 1903 there were nine machine mill rapid, that an ing, as it now exists, must be in the nature ofa memohe present time, only a fe private factories which deserve mention." This was written more than thirt G e had completed our research work in Kashmir we left fo ,.ukm)"mh ies about four hundred miles south of Srinagar, the first hal of which distanc had to be made through the mountains by automobile. W reached the junction city of Wazirabad at four o'clock in the morning an arrived in Sailkot about three hours later, Sailkot not being on the mai railway line. The Sailkot of today isa thriving [ndmn city withlittle Wester influen usual business transacted by merchants, who fo the most pax(carry on their trade in the streets and in small shops ope to the roadway, Sailkot is concerned with the manufacture of sportin goods; it is, I was told, the seat of this industry in India. We were glad t xest before starting on our inspection of native papermaking and fortunatel our carly arrival in Sailkot made this possible. Mr. M. R. Saini, Superintendent of the Department of Industries of the Punjab, had been informe Digital image © 2005 MarriottLibrary Universit of Utah, All rihts reserved |