240 The Jonriial of Forestry. 



the iudia-mbber tree can be readily raised from cuttings, but the in- 

 formation we may look for in future reports is whether there is any 

 difference in the rate of growth of plants raised under these opposite 

 conditions. 



With regard to teak in Moulmein, we learn that the export of this 

 valuable timber " commenced about 1829, a few years after the 

 annexation of Tenasserim, Until 1835 the whole of the timber 

 exported w^as brought from the forests in British territory, principally 

 from the Altaran district. From that year commenced the importa- 

 tion of timber from the forests situated in Siam, beyond the British 

 frontier. The quantity annually imported from this source increased 

 steadily, and soon exceeded the quantity brought from the forests in 

 British territory. After the annexation of Pegu, and during the first 

 six years of the existence of a regular forest department in British 

 Burmah from 1856-7 to 1861-2, the forests in British territory 

 yielded an average quantity of 20,191 tons per annum, while the 

 importations from beyond the frontier during the same period were 

 four times that amount." During the last seven years, from 1868-9 

 to 1874-5, the annual average of British timber brought to Eangoon 

 and Moulmein has been 45,000 tons. Another valuable wood pro- 

 duced in the Indian forests is sandalwood, by far the largest portion 

 of which is produced in Mysore and Coorg. The revenue realized 

 by the sale of sandalwood in Mysore is stated to form considerably 

 more than a half of the entire forest revenue of the province. A 

 small quantity of sandalwood is also obtained in North Kanara 

 and Dharwar, and much larger quantities in the Salem and 

 Coimbatore districts of the Madras Presidency. It is chiefly 

 exported from Bombay, and though the quantity is not exactly 

 known, it is considered not to exceed 400 tons per annum, of the 

 value of about 500 rupees per ton. 



Many other products, both of woods, resins, oils, &c., are treated 

 in this Keport, or rather series of reports, but we have said enough to 

 show that these accounts of the working of the Indian forests contain 

 much valuable and interesting matter. 





