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and sowing them with seeds of quick growing species, such as malota. 

 Broad linos of trees so formed will he invaluable for counterfiring, an 

 impossible operation at present in the large savannahs, and a series of 

 Riieii lines would soon render ;i savannah harmless. The introduction of 

 forest settlements will considerably minimize the risks from fire, as 

 suoli settlements cover lirg:? savannah ureas and afford labour on the spot 

 for extinguishing lire.s. Wir.h the execution of savannahs of almost pure 

 grass the whole area of each of these Working-Circles will be specially 

 protected as described above. 



58. Mixed Working-Oirules. T?or the purposes of fire protection 

 these m >y he split up inv> two classes (a) grazing grounds and (b) other 

 mixed forest- 



(a) The revenue from grazing being more important than the damage 

 done by grazing or fires, areas in which grazing chiefly takes place i. e., 

 Dainah and Jalddka forest will be burnt as early iu the fire season as possible. 



In (b) other mixed forests proteccion. from fire will be carried out 

 by the ordinary staff. 



59. Boundaries. The external artificial boundaries will bo improved 

 by running a shallow diteli along where the line passes through savannah. 

 This will facilitate inspection and render it easy to clear the line year 

 after year- The planting np of thesn lines with rows of bamboos would, in 

 course of time, do away with the unprofitable expense of line clearing 

 in heavy grass. The replacement of wooden boundary pillars, which are 

 liable to rot ,by numbered iron posts should be continued. 



CHAPTER V. MISCELLANEOUS. 

 Section 1. Miscellaneous prescriptions. 



60. The measurement of trees in sample plots should ba continued 

 and, if necessary, more sample plots laid out 



Section 2. Changes proposed in the forest staff. 



61. The only change proposed is that the lower class of subordinates 

 should be better paid, in accordance with proposals which have been 

 submitted to Government. 



Section 3. Financial results of proposed working. 

 62 REVENUE, l>g. 



Timber 160,000 eft. at 4 ... 40,000 



Fuel 2,400,000 140 % ... 30,000 



Grazing and miscellaneous ... ... ... 12,000 



82.000 



EXPENDITURE. 



Works of Improvement and maintenance ... ... 14,000 



Establishment ... ... ... ... 23,000 



37,000 

 Surplus ... ... ... ... ... 45,000 



JALPAIQUEI : ) F. TRAPFORD, 



[ Deputy Conservator of Foresit, 



The 3rd December 1905, ) Jalpaiguri Division. 



Darjeeling Frew Co., "Li" 



