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of this class covering an area of 37 square miles and irrigated from the Upper Bari Doab Canal has long existed at Changa Manga in the Lahore district.

Forests in Kashmir.— The extensive and valuable Kashmir forests are mountain and hill forests, the former, which cover much the larger area yielding, deodar, blue pine, and firs, and the latter chir pine. The total area exceeds 2600 square miles.