Section 580 in Rules under the United Provinces Excise Act, 1910
580. Condition for tapping.
- (i) No tree which is less than 150 centimetres in height from the ground level shall be tapped nor Nira drawn therefrom. No tree shall be tapped nor shall any pot attached to any tree for the purpose of drawing Nira therefrom until the licence therefor has been issued and until the tree has been marked and numbered by the licensee in the manner specified in the rules.(ii)No juice from any Tar, Khajur or any other kind of palm tree shall be drawn except in a receptacle. Such receptacle before it is used for drawing and collecting Nira shall be washed with a freshly prepared solution of permanganate of potash and water. After it is so washed it shail be washed again with pure water in order to make it absolutely clean. After the receptacle is washed and rewashed as provided above fresh milk of lime shall be put in such receptacle in the proportion of 3 cubic centimetres for every 900 millilitres of Nira to be drawn therein for the purpose of sterilization.(iii)When the receptacles are hung to collect Nira, their mouths should be covered with clean muslin cloth.Explanation. - In this sub-rule,-(a)"milk of lime" means the solution of water and pulp of quicklime in the proportion of 4 : 1.(b)"pulp of quicklime" means the pulpy precipitate obtained by gradual addition of water to quicklime.(iv)For better results, 0.2 per cent, by volume of Sodium Benzoate solution may be put in the receptacle before they are hung upon the tree.(v)After the receptacles have been sterilized and dried, calculated amount of solution of Sodium Benzoate to make concentration of 0.1 per cent, in the expected amount of Nira should be added to the receptacle just before they are hung up on the tree. The juice so collected should be pooled and the final concentration of Sodium Benzoate should be made up to 0.2 per cent.
