OIVISIC 



FOREST! 



COLLEGE or& AGRIC' 

 (JMIVERSITV OF CAUFC 



WORKING PLAN 



TOE THS 



CHANGA MANGA PLANTA- 

 TION. 



THE first working plan for the Changa Manga plantation was drawn up 



introduction ^ Mr< B ' Eibbentr P in 1871-72. At that time 



the greater portion of the plantation for which 



the plan waa made was not in existence and the plan provided for its formation 

 and working up to 1880-81 from which year regular working was prescribed. 

 This plan was not strictly adhered to and in 18^6 a revised working plan was 

 drawn up by Mr. W. E. D'Arcy. The revised plan provided for the comple- 

 tion of the cutting over of the plantation, which had been started in 1881-82 

 under the old plan, in a period of 15 years, so that the first rotation should have 

 expired in 1895-96. Actually at the end of 1895-96, 538'3 acres were in 

 arrears and a fresh working plan prepared by Mr. H. A. Hoghton provided for 

 the felling of these arrears in 1896 97, the felling of the rest of the plantation 

 being prescribed during the 14 years 1897-93 to 1910-11. The second rotation 

 accordingly should have been completed in 1910-11, but when Mr. Hoghton's 

 plan expired there was an arrear of 2,284'8 acres owing to labour difficulties. 

 No adequate steps having been taken to improve the labour supply these 

 arrears have even by 1915-16 not been cleared off and what remains is prescrib- 

 ed for felling under the present plan together with the area which has been 

 planted up since 1896-97. The plantation may be considered as having passed 

 through one rotation of 16 years from 1881-82 to 1896-97. The second rotation 

 comprises the 22 years 1897-98 to 1918-19. The third rotation should start in 

 1919-20. 



2. It is not proposed to repeat the information available in the previous 

 plans, but only to make such additional remarks as seem necessary. The 

 previous plans should be consulted for details of irrigation and many other 

 matters. 



3. The gross area of the Changa Manga 

 reserve stands at 12,523 acres, made up as 

 follows : 



Acres. 

 Changa Manga Plantation ... ... ... 9,605 



Maujoki Jand Extension ... ... ... 686 



Shahpur Jand Extension ... ... ... 1,223 



Rath Shahpur ... ... ... 1,009 



Total ... 12,523 



The wooded area of the plantation is 9,097'2 acres. The blanks shown 

 on the map prepared in 1886 are now mostly stocked and often cannot be 

 recognized as having once been blank. In many cases these blanks have filled 

 up naturally. Patches of low ground if surrounded with an earthen embank- 

 ment and given only a moderate amount of water instead of being flooded to a 

 depth of several feet readily fill up with mulberry. Patches of high ground 

 have in most cases been stocked by making broader and deeper trenches at 

 wider intervals when reopening trenches in compartments in which such blanks 

 occur. Some work of this nature remains to be done in order to complete the 

 restocking of blanks due to high ground. Of the 93'9 acres within the compart- 

 ments which is not stocked, 43'7 acres is occupied by the sale depdt, beldar 



