80 A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. 



done well and with an eye to the future, but what they 

 do under compulsion is done carelessly and neglected 

 at the first opportunity. What the}^ have come to 

 learn in this wa}^ and have recognized as good will be 

 carried out, and that better and better from 3^ear to 



vear." 



British India. 



For many years after the British conquest forestry 

 in India made very little progress. Much time was 

 wasted in half measures, until in 185(3 Dr. (now Sir 

 Dietrich) Brandis was put in charge of the teak forests 

 of Pegu. He acted at once upon the idea of preserving 

 them by making them pa3^ At first the output of 

 teak had to be somewhat restricted, much against the 

 will of the timber merchants of Rangoon, who protested 

 that the business of their city would be ruined. But 

 after this momentar}^ check the teak trade of Rangoon 

 grew until it was far greater than ever before, and it is 

 now a chief and increasing source of the prosperity of 

 that cit3^ 



The appointment of Dr. Brandis was the beginning 

 of the Indian forest service. In 1866 he was made 

 inspector-general of forests, and from that time prog- 

 ress was rapid. The Indian forest service now has 

 nearh" 300 superior officers and over 10,000 rangers and 

 forest guards. It has charge of about 200,000 square 

 miles of forest, and produces a net revenue, after all 

 expenses have been paid, of about $3,000,000 a year. 

 In addition, the forests furnish to peasant holders of 

 forest rights products whose value is estimated to be 

 considerably greater than the whole cost of the forest 

 service. About 30,000 square miles are effectively 



