Range, while it has only been found possible to give the grazing returns for the 

 whole Range. The firewood, which is chiefly procured from other forests of the 

 Range, has been omitted. A detailed statement under this head is given in 

 Appendix IX : 



Revenue and Expenditure for the past ten years. 



Marketable produce ; 

 quirementa to be met. 



re- 



D. Utilization of the Produce. 



23. The amount of large Teak and Sissum available is limited and every 



log forthcoming will procure a ready sale. Matti is 

 the most valuable species found in large quantities, 

 the demand for it has been annually increasing and all 

 the logs these forests can supply will find a market and give a useful profit on 

 the expenditure incurred on their extraction. The timber is chiefly exported to 

 Goa, Bombay, Bhdvnagar, Mangalore and Cochin. 



Nana is a species that has only of late years afforded sufficient profit on 

 the cost of extraction to guarntee its exploitation in any quantity especially from 

 difficult localities. It will, however, probably be possible to work out the full 

 yield of Nana from these forests at once. Fifty tons of this species are 

 supplied yearly to the Southern Mardtha Railway. The number of mature 

 Kindal is large, and at present the yield will exceed the demand, but this state of 

 things will probably improve as the price of Teak and other species increases, 

 and it may be reasonably expected that the demand for Kindal will equal the 

 supply in years to come. Fifty tons of this wood are annually sent to the 

 Southern Maratha Railway from these forests. Jamba was in fair demand for 

 Railway sleepers in the near past, but has of late been rejected for that purpose. 

 The demand for Jamba for other purposes is small and is chiefly confined to the 

 local requirements, but may again improve. At the same time the supply of 

 large timber of this species from these forests is by no means great. For other 

 species the demand is not great ; Heddi is required for preparing dug-outs, and 

 to a small extent as timber by merchants in BhaVnagar and Goa. Honni is not 

 abundant but will always find a sale. Sagdi is in small demand for sugar mills, 

 while Bharnigi and Dhamni are used locally for building. 



24. Up to the present the timber exploited from the north side of the 

 T . river has been taken to the Hattikeri Dep6t along 



the high road by bullock carts. When exploited from 



the Konal, Shavkar and Halvalli forests, south of the river, it has been floated 

 down from 3 miles above the Ramanguli ferry to a place 2 miles below that 



