Himalayan Times (1955)

August 7, 1955

MEDICINAL PLANT!

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in north Bengal .may be
profitably utilistd for the
benefit of the mankind.
Of all these the "Rauwol-
fia Serpentina" or Sarpa-
gandba and the ''LJentiana"
or Chirata have already
a considerable demand in
the international market—
the former being accepted
as a wonder-drug for blood
pressure and the latter a
sure antidote to malarial
fever with all its conco
mittanls In fact no le.-s
than four thousand msunds
of dried (,'hiratn plant* ate
exported every year by
only a lew merchanis of
Sonada within the 1): rjee-
ling district.

It appears that th»
Govt, have confined its
activities frr the present
to only a few important
plants e g. Ipi-car, camp,
hor. cnlmns, rauwnlfia.
dichoroa and ly coped mm.
But ether plants men. -
tioned above need close
attention as well. The
researches on various as
pects including intensive
cultivation preservation
and preparation* of pure
and effective indian drugs
with nil the plants re-
ferred to above, should be
taken up and included in
the next second five year
plan. The eminent scien-
tists engaged in the task
will earn the esteem and
gratitude of a!!, if the
results of the researches

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tSimnlaiian 'tfimci*

Our London Letter

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a great service to people
of the English speaking
world who have connec-
tions with Denmark. It
will also help them con-
siderably in the study of
the classical and modern
Danish literature. I under-
stand that since the
appearance of this first
volume it has been a best-
seller in Denmark, and I
hope we shall not have to
wait too long for the
second half ot the alphabet.
I quite agree with Mr.
Reginald cipink that' One
need know very little
about the subject to see
that the present work is
vastly superior, in every
way, to anything that
has gone before. l''or one
thing the layout-au im
portant point in a large
dictionary-is excellent:
r.one of those slabs of
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hunting for a needle in a,
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well employed and with
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ni/.ed signs and symbols
Above all, of course, tho
substance is up to date,
and the number of words
and examples far exceeds
anything in any previous
Danish. English diction-
ary."

be widely published pre-
senting a therapeutic range

Eleven

SALES TAX OFFICER
ARRESTED

Chandernagore, July 30
Sri Satyendra Nath
Bhaduri a Sales Tax Ins-
pector was arrested on
July 26 last on a charge
of taking bribe from a
local dealer in electrical
goods.

KALIMPONG MUNICIPALITY

NOTICE

The approvod contrac
tors of this Municipality
are hereby informed that
the last date for sub
mission of tenders for
Chest Clinic at plot No.
2i)6 l> I If. (estimated coat
Rs. l!),t)96/ ) is extended
upto 13th. August, 1955.

The Second Class Con
tractors of this Munici-
pality are also entitled
for submission of tenders
for this work. Eor other
particulars the CferjHe*
notice dated 16-7-55.
be referred to.

S. N. ROY,
Chairman,
Kalimpong Municipality,
Kalimpong.

of each drug. Besides; as
the researches and experi-
ments upon these six
important plants are said
to be taken up in Kalim-
pong within the Darjeeling
district, the details may
be published from time to
time in the "Himalayan
Times "—the much es-
teemed weekly of the
local people.