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Bihar and Orissa. The following are the results of measui-ements in two 

 sample plots in the Singhbhum forest division, (1) in Tirilposi block, (2) on 

 the Samta-Hendakuli old road : 



Terminalia tomentosa 



girth increment in high forest sample plots, 

 Singhbhum division. 



No. of years under 

 observation. 



(1) 



18 



(2) 



27 \ 



Mean annual girth 

 increment for period. 



(1) (2) 



in. in. 

 0-47 



0-51 0-30 



0-33 

 037 



A tree raised from seed sown in 1901 by Mr. Haines in the forest garden 

 at Chaibassa attained in sixteen years a height of 33 ft. and a girth of 2 ft. 3| in. 



Central Provinces. Ring-countings in the case of a few felled trees in 

 the South Chanda forest division gave the following results : ^ 



Terminalia tomentosa : girth increment. South Chanda, Central Provinces. 



Note. ^No addition made for time required for establishment of seedling. 



The following results of sample plot measurements extending over a period 

 of eight years in respect of 39 trees in the Baihar and Raigarh ranges of the 

 Balaghat division show a very slow rate of growth : ^ 



Terminalia tomentosa : girth increment in high forest sample plots, 



Balaghat. 



Mean girth, 

 ft. in. 

 2 6| 



2 9i 



3 



2 4 



Note. No addition made for time required for establishment of seedlmg. 



1 Working Plan for the Dhaba, Ghot, and Markhanda Ranges and Elchil Forest, South 

 <:handa, J. Donald, 1913. 



2 Statistics compiled in the Silviculturist's office, 1916-17 ; Ind. For. Rec, vol. vi, pt. v. 



