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75. A serious, practically prohibitive, obstacle to the export of forest produce from the 

 Bargi Range to Jubbulpore is the Public Works Department toll station established at Gwari 

 Ghat, the only easy crossing of the Nerbudda river for heavy traffic. 



This drawback has been represented to the Administration and the necessity of abolishing 

 all dues except actual ferrying charges during the rainy season has been urged both by the 

 Commissioner and the Conservator. 



If to the above figures be added the octroi charged on entering Jubbulpore and the cost 

 of collection and transport, there is absolutely no margin left for the smallest Government 

 royalty on firewood and the inferior classes of timber which together constitute 99 per cent, 

 of the produce of the Bargi Eange. 



ARTICLE 3. Markets. 



76. In addition to the small local centres of consumption the principal markets for the 

 produce of these forests are the following towns : 



1. Jubbulpore. The town and Cantonment of Jubbulpore with a total population of 

 90,000, about 2,000 being Europeans. Enormous quantities of harra are brought here for 

 export, chiefly to the Port of Bombay, "Jubbulpore myrabolams " being a special line in the 

 London market. i 



2. Owari Ghat on the Nerbudda is for all purposes the port of receipt for Jubbulpore, 

 with which it is connected by an excellent bridged and metalled road. 



