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rains, when alone the results of the previous season's fellings and the progress of reproduction 

 can be properly studied. Most of the Guards at present live in wretched hovels or in the 

 out-houses and sheds belonging to malguzars and private owners. It is therefore proposed 

 to construct the following buildings and wells, the sites in each case being fixed by the 

 Divisional Forest Officer with the previous consent of the Conservator: 



(D) Establishment of Forest Villages. 



100. A weak point in the administration of the Division is the entire absence of Forest 

 villages. No time will be lost in remedying this defect. The number of villages to be estab- 

 lished and their distribution will be regulated by the considerations developed in paras. 92 94 

 above. 



The rules which govern their establishment, constitution and management are prescribed 

 in Revenue Book Circular VII (2). In order to complete their organisation their boundaries 

 should be clearly defined by permanent serially numbered marks. A map of each village on 

 the scale of 16 inches = 1 mile should be made, showing, besides its boundaries, the village 

 site and the limits of each field or holding, which should be distinguished by a serial number. 

 A field register should be prepared and kept corrected up to date giving the serial number 

 of the fields, their respective acreages, the names and castes of the tenants, the nature of the 

 crops grown, the rate of assessment and the amount of rent. The maximum number of plough 

 and of milch-cattle allowed to be kept and grazed free by the several families will be fixed, 

 and every attempt at professional cattle-breeding or herding will be suppressed, and to this 

 end an accurate return of cattle kept by each family will be prepared on the 1st July of each 

 year and submitted to the Divisional Officer on the earliest subsequent date, and a copy thereof 

 kept in the range and sub-range offices for the purpose of subsequent verification from 

 time to time. 



CHAPTER V. MISCELLANEOUS. 

 ARTICLE 1. Exploitation of Bamboos. 



101. At present the demand for bamboos is nowhere so large as to make restrictions con- 

 fining their exploitation to certain areas necessary. Later on, if the demand increases 

 considerably, it may be advisable to separate certain compact areas where an attempt will be 

 made to work the bamboos systematically, all clumps being scientifically thinned. The 

 preservation of all shoots less than two years old will, however, always be insisted on. 



AKTICLE 2. Utilisation oj Minor Produce. 



102. Lae. The most important of all such produce is lac, the ghont tree being here 

 specially adapted for it. Kusam, chhiula and ber trees should also be utilised. The pruning 

 of the trees should -not be neglected ; at the same time it should not be overdone, for if the 

 new shoots increase too rapidly in thickness, such expansion together with the resulting 

 excessive thickening of the suberous layer of the bark will be unfavourable to the lac insect 

 and its encrustations. Care must be taken to recover, after the insects have swarmed out and 

 have covered themselves up with their encrustation, the broken (brood) lac placed on the 

 trees for the purpose of propagation. It is worth trying whether the insects will not spread 

 sufficiently, if the brood lac is hung up in small baskets suspended at different points in the 

 crowns, as there would then be no difficulty whatsoever in recovering the empty encrustations. 



