10 



26. The quantities consumed during the five years ending 1898-99 are given 

 in the statement below : 



Commutation system has been in force, and the figures shown above as regards 

 firewood, grass, leaves, fibres and others are estimated, taken from the annual 

 forms. 



27. The numbers of each class of cattle that grazed annually during the 

 five years ending 1898-99 are shown in the table below ; 



Lines of export. 



28. The following two cart-roads run through these 

 ranges :- 



(1) A ist class Public Works Department road, Seoni to Jubbulpore 



via Chhapara, Lakhnadon and Dhooma. 



(2) A 2nd class Public Works Department road, Narsinghpur to 



Ghansor via Lakhnadon and Kahani. 



The River Nerbada forming the northern boundary of the Nerbada Range 

 flows towards Jubbulpore. There are no cart-roads leading to either of the two 

 above said roads or the River Nerbada, and therefore the extraction of produce 

 is not an easy matter except from near the roads or the river. 



20. Jubbulpore is the only market, but the cost 



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of carnage is so high that it renders extraction of produce 

 almost impossible. 



30. Produce is removed by purchasers at their own expense by bullock, 

 Mode of extraction and its kawar or head-loads. The people as a rule employ their 



servants and cattle in the felling and removal of produce. 



cost. 



31. Some bamboos and teak poles from the forests along the bank of the 

 Nerbada are extracted by floats down the river to Jubbulpore. The cost of felling 



