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point, where it is put on carts and taken by the same road to Hattikeri. From 

 west of the Halvalli valley and south of the river, the exploited material has 

 been dragged and carted to Gundbala and floated down to the Gangavali 

 bunder, at the mouth of the river, and brought round to Kodiba*g Depdt. 



25. In future it will probably be best to continue bringing the timber from 



Block XXIV, north of the river, and also all material 

 from Block X * V ' compartment numbers 41 to 51, 

 south of the river, down the main road by carts to 

 Hattikeri Dep6t. For the timber from Block XXV, compartments 52 to 70, south 

 of the river, it will be more advantageous to bring it also to Hattikeri Dep6t, 

 instead of to Kodibag. To do this it will be necessary to extend the present 

 Chandghar-Hossakumbi forest road, some 8 miles to Kankanhalli, which will 

 make it a simple matter to cart wood vid the Pattanpur or Yekeguli crossings, 

 down the main road to Hattikeri Depot. 



The benefit for sale purposes of collecting all the material at one depdt 

 instead of dividing it between two is obvious. 



26. Another possible method instead of constructing a road from Hossa- 

 kumbi to Dongri might be to clear the bed of the Gangavali River of rocks 

 between Kotha and Gundbal and so make floating possible. It is, however, a 

 long stretch of some 16 miles and as the state of the river bed is bad, the 

 initial cost of such an undertaking would hardly justify the result obtained. 



27. The cost of felling and carting logs from Ramanguli and the 

 surrounding forests, namely, from the forests situated furthest from the dep6t, 

 some 29 miles distant, comes to Rs. 20 per ton or annas 11 per ton per mile. 



28. Timber sold at Hattikeri Dep6t is taken to Goa, Bombay, BhaVnagar, 



Mangalore and Cochin, while timber sold on permit 

 Centres of consumption. ^ consumed locally. 



29. The following statement indicates the average gross and net prices 

 realized for each class of produce during the last ten years : 



* Average price of sale. 



E. Miscellaneous facts. 



30. The staff at present is chiefly employed on departmental work 



extracting the logs marked by selection, executing 

 permits given free or on payment, and on general 



protection of the forests. The area is divided into three Rounds in charge of 

 3 Round Officials and 13 Beat Guards. This staff has been found sufficient for 

 the proper protection of the forests and to carry on the work in the past. 



31. It has generally been found possible to procure contractors to carry on 

 r v^ j the fellings and carting, the present system being to 



give contracts for exploiting the logs to Hattikeri 



Dep6t at a fixed rate per ton. The question of coolie labour is not difficult, as 

 men come readily from Karwar and Ankola to work, the chief trouble being to 

 keep them together owing to sickness. 



