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D. Construction of Roads. 



65. Short lengths of fair-weather roads intended to last only one or two seasons have 

 been made as required for the extraction of produce where the ground was absolutely impass- 

 able for carts. The average annual expenditure on account of roads during the past nine 

 years has been only Rs.495. A larger expenditure would have had a marked permanent 

 beneficial effect on the revenue. 



E. Buildings. 



66. This Division is extremely backward in the matter of accommodation for both the 

 controlling and protective staffs. In 1871 an officer's rest-house and a set of Forester's quarters 

 were erected at Khitoli. The rest-house was dismantled for no assignable reason in 1893 or 1 894, 

 and the range of subordinates' quarters is still the only accommodation we have to offer to a 

 large staff of low-paid men living under the most unhealthy conditions. The rest-house has 

 just been restored on an improved plan at a cost of Es.232. In 1891 a small officer's rest- 

 house was built at Dhanwahi in the Dhanwahi Kange ; it is, however, altogether unsuitable for 

 the purpose and is scarcely ever used except by subordinates. Moreover, it is now in a 

 dangerous condition. 



A Range Officer's house was constructed in 1896-97 at Panagar. This place is, however, 

 absolutely out of touch with the forest portion of the range. For this reason, and also 

 because the site as well as the plan of the building was bad, the house had to be dismantled, 

 the woodwdrk being removed to Umaria, where the Head-quarters of the Sihora Kange will 

 be built, and the rest of the materials sold. 



ARTICLE 3. Past Revenue and Expenditure. 



67. The average annual Revenue and Expenditure of the past five years (two of them 

 famine years) is exhibited below by ranges according to Budget sub-heads : 



