South-Eastern Range. 

 Tejgarh-Sailwara-Patan fair-weather road. 

 Itwa Grhat. 

 Katangi do. 



Sakra do. 

 Kaimori do. 

 Konda do. 



ARTICLE 3. Markets. 



55. The principal markets for the produce of these forests are the towns of Damoh, Hatta, 

 Mariadoh, Fatehpur, Panchamnagar, Batiagarh, Bansa, Imalia, Langi, Patera, Abhana, .Tabera, 

 Sailwara, Majholi, Singrampur, Katangi, Kaimori, Patan, Tejgarh, Tendukhera, Taradehi, Kud- 

 pura and other large villages situated in the Damoh district and in the adjoining districts of 

 Saugor, Narsinghpur and Jubbulpore. The town of Jubbulpore would take all the timber and 

 the greater part of the firewood of the Singrampur Forest, were it not for the prohibitive toll 

 on the Hiran river and the obstruct! veness of the toll-farmers, who, if not here, at any rate else- 

 where, levy from the unsophisticated cartmen contributions in addition to the sanctioned dues. 



ARTICLE 4. Mode of Extraction and its Cost. 



56. Under the present system all fellings of green wood are confined strictly to the 

 coupes of the year, the produce of which is either sold standing or cut departmentally. Where 

 there are no roads, produce is carried out on men's heads, by kanwar loads, on pack-animals, 

 or oc:asionally dragged along the ground by bullocks (dhusar) ; otherwise carts are the usual 

 means of transport. 



57. The daily wages for unskilled labour are 2 to 3 annas per adult male, 1 to 2 annas 

 per woman and 1 anna per child. The hire of a cart, carrying an average load of 10 maunds, 

 is 10 to 12 annas a day ; of pack-animals, 4 to 6 annas per beast per day. For dragging 

 the payment for a pair of bullocks is 6 annas per day. The following figures give the cost 

 of departmental work carried out at Kotatala, Singrampur and Jamunia during 1897-98 and 

 1898-99 : 



At Kotatala, Catting fuel and patting it up into stacks, 6' x4' x4' = 96 



c. ft., including coppicing of stools ... ... 2 to 2J annas per stack. 



Cutting poles, 9 to 24 inches in girth, including coppicing, Ee.l per cent. 



At Jamunia. Catting teak poles, 9 to 30 inches in girth, including cop- 



picing _ ... ... ._ ... 12 annas to Re.l per cent. 



Carting above to Damoh (distance 8 miles) ... ... Ks.7 per cent. 



At Singrampur. Cutting teak and other poles, 12 to 36 inches in girth, 



including coppicing of stools ... ._ Es.12-6-0 per cent. 



Cutting fuel and putting it up into stacks, 6'X5'x5' = 



150 c. ft., including coppicing ... ... 4 annas per stack. 



ARTICLE 5. Net Value of each Class of Produce. 



58. The Chief Commissioner's Resolution No. 102, dated the 5th January 1893, fixes the 

 maximum rates for grazing for all cattle belonging to residents in the Central Provinces and 

 for forest products which are regarded as necessaries to the agricultural community, including 

 village artisans and day labourers. A schedule of these rates is given as Appendix VI. 

 Within these maxima, the Conservator is permitted to vary the rates according to the forests 

 concerned and to ruling circumstances, and it is expressly ordered that the transactions which 

 take place between the Forest Department and Contractors and other classes of the general 

 public, and even between the Forest Department and the agricultural community for forest 

 produce not entered in the schedule, shall be conducted on ordinary commercial principles. 

 The current schedule of rates sanctioned by the Conservator under the above limitations is 

 given as Appendix VII. 



CHAPTER V. MISCELLANEOUS FACTS. 

 ARTICLE 1. The Forest Staff. 



59. The strength, distribution and cost of the actual out-door and office establishments 

 are given in Appendix VIII. The staff is weak in upper subordinates, including, as it does, 

 only one Ranger, who is Working Plans Inspector, i.e., is entrusted with the duty of 

 assisting the Divisional Officer in laying out and marking coupes, and seeing to their 

 exploitation in accordance with the working plan and in maintaining the control-books. 

 Until, however, the revenue increases appreciably, any strengthening of the present staff is 

 out of the question, 



ARTICLE 2. Labour Supply. 



60. Labour is at present fairly easily procurable all the year round except at sowing and 

 harvest time. If, however, the prescriptions of this plan are fully carried out, the present supply 

 of l|our will not be sufficient. This difficulty can, however, be met by establishing Forest 

 villages as prescribed in para, 100 below. 



