88 THE FOREST LANDS OF FINLAND. 



c 5. Sulia. In Sulia there is much young teak and 

 blackwood coming on, under the supervision of Mr 

 Thompson, forest overseer, who resides at Putur, and 

 any application for Koomaree land in the neighbourhood 

 might be submitted to him for previous report. 



' 6. North Canara. In North Canara (Supah and Yella- 

 pur), where there is much most valuable timbe^ and the 

 conservancy of which is financially profitable, I would be 

 more careful. I would disallow all Koomaree without pre- 

 vious sanction. The sub-collectors at Sirce and Honore, 

 if not able personally to examine the spot, could refer the 

 question to Mr Miiller, assistant conservator at Shadshegur, 

 or to the forest overseer at Hallal: permission being granted 

 in each case by the European revenue authorities. Great 

 supplies of timber have been made to public departments 

 from these two taluks, and the railway pressure is now 

 heavy upon them. We cannot afford to give up any of 

 the fine forests for Koomaree. There are here and there 

 pieces of inferior jungle where Koomaree might probably 

 be allowed without much mischief, but the spot should 

 always be first inspected. 



' 7. Permanent Cultivation preferable. With reference 

 to par. 4 of the Pro. of Government under reply, there 

 cannot be a doubt that it would be better if cultivation 

 was confined to lands permanently cleared, and there is 

 every reason to believe that the millets would be pro- 

 duced abundantly in the rich soil of the ghats, particularly 

 if the plots were enriched by cattle and leaf manure. 

 Perhaps some of the land now used for Koomaree culture 

 would not bear a series of millet crops ; but in all proba- 

 bility a judicious rotation would obviate the necessity of 

 change of a locality. When the cultivation is confined to 

 one kind of cereal, the land is impoverished, and nothing 

 would answer so well above ghat, after cereals, as potatoes. 



' 8. Result in Mysore. It was partly at my suggestion, 

 in 1846, that the Koomaree culture was prohibited in 

 Mysore, and the superintendents of Coorg, Nagar, and 

 Astagram, under the Commissioner, have all assured me 



