annual expenditure over some part of the total length. The length of the artifi- 

 cial lines to be maintained is 374 miles with 2,816 boundary marks. As the 

 areas proposed for excision are not included in the plan, no boundary alteration 

 will be necessary hereafter. 



8. The forests of the Ambara Range were gazetted reserved forest in Chief 

 Commissioner's notification No. 917 (c), dated the 24th 

 February 1879. The unclassed forests noted in paragraph 



6 has been notified as a proposed reserve under Section 4 of the Forest Act in 

 Central Provinces Gazette Notification No. 2587, dated Nagpur, the igth July 

 1898. 



9. During the last settlement no rights were found 

 to exist in or over any of these forests, nor have any been 

 acquired since. 



Composition and condition io. The forests of the range are irregular and 



of the crop. composed of a mixed tree growth of the usual species 



found throughout the Central Provinces. 



/** Teak is sometimes conspicuous, particularly in the villogoc of the Satpura hills. 



Salai, however, is the predominant species. The forests as a whole are decidedly 

 of inferior quality, having suffered more than usual from the destructive influences 

 of beva and dhaya cultivation in past years. Over considerable areas they 

 have deteriorated almost beyond redemption and are now only fit for grazing. 

 The tree growth is stunted and inferior in species. The common type is an open 

 forest with the tree growth in groups consisting chiefly of coppice poles of recent 

 origin. Reproduction from seed, owing to the want of closure to cattle and 

 protection from fires, is poor. 



The following types may be briefly indicated i 



(1) The teak types differ according to its situation. In the Lohangi 

 felling series, where the teak is found growing in the valley of 

 the Kanhan River, its general character is better than elsewhere, 

 being more lofty and of larger girth, and in this situation also it is 

 mixed with other species, such as khair, saj and lendia. Further 

 south, in felling series Murram and Bhuli, the teak is generally found 

 growing with salai and dhaura for its companions, but principally 

 the former. In some parts of these areas, especially in Bhuli, the 

 teak is very plentiful, covering the crests and slopes of nearly all 

 the hills and spreading into valleys where these latter have escaped 

 the plough. The species is here growing on trap, and except in 

 regard to straight growth is not of such good character as that 

 growing on the crystalline soils. In the west of the range, although 

 teak is found nearly everywhere, it is as a rule very scattered and of 

 stunted character owing to the proximity to the surface of the 

 sheet rock, and in the scattered blocks on the extreme south of the 

 range it is of the same character although more plentiful. The 

 same remark is also applicable to the teak growing in the extreme 

 north of the range on the laterite formation, where it is generally 

 found mixed with tinsa. 



(ii) The saj-lendia type is made up principally of saj, mahua, lendia, 

 dhaura, tendu, tinsa, aonla and jamrassi. This type is usually found 

 in low moist valleys or on fairly level areas in which the soil is 

 generally fair to good and well drained. 



(iii) The tinsa type includes, besides tinsa, lendia, achar and palas. It is 

 found principally above the ghats on soil consisting of a rather 

 stiff well-drained laterite clay. The best growth is found on the 

 lower slopes and in the valleys where these latter have not been 

 cultivated, while the tops of the hills are lightly wooded, principally 

 with salai. 



