II 



The above areas have been obtained by a most careful calculation from the 

 best map at present available. Though these forests were surveyed in 1898-99 

 by the Forest Survey Department maps have not yet been received, and conse- 

 quently the correct area of the range is not available. 



24. Working Circles I and II, on which only there is at present an appreci- 

 able demand, will be worked over systematically for poles, especially teak poles, 

 and for fuel if a demand arises for this latter ; while Circle III will not be worked 

 during the present rotation, owing to its present inferior condition. Circle IV, 

 otherwise the grazing circle, will also not be worked during the present rotation, 

 but unregulated fellings may be allowed in this circle at the discretion and by the 

 special permission of the Divisional Officer to supply the small requirements, 

 when necessary, of the widely scattered villages in the neighbourhood, but no 

 fellings here should be allowed for trade purposes. This circle will be kept per- 

 manently open for grazing. 



Justification of the sub-divi- 

 sion adopted. 



agricultural operations. 



In Circle No. I there is a fair quantity of teak for which at present 

 there appears to be a demand, but the species is not 

 uniformly distributed and almost everywhere the forest is 

 intermixed with considerable blanks, the result of former 

 It is necessary, therefore, to put aside relatively large 



areas in order to obtain a fairly good outturn, and as there is only a limited 

 quantity of forest which is at present fit for felling over, it will be necessary to 

 limit the rotation to 20 instead of 30 years, which is generally fixed for these 

 provinces. Fortunately this can be done without inconvenience to the neighbour- 

 hood owing to the very large areas of private waste attached to almost all the 

 villages in the locality of the reserves, and the herds of which, therefore, will 

 not be badly affected by the ultimate closure to grazing of half the total area of 

 this circle which will be the necessary result of a 20 years' rotation. 



It seems also well that the improvement anticipated by felling over the 

 badly grown teak should be carried out within as short a period as existing 

 conditions will admit. These three felling series therefore have each been divided 

 into 20 compartments, one of which will be worked over each year of the rotation. 

 The local demand for building wood of miscellaneous kinds and for green fuel is 

 not at present of great magnitude. 



