In para. 16 of this report it is shown that the average annual demand 

 in^ the range has been 20,695 poles and 765 tons of fuel. It is therefore 

 evident that the estimated average outturn of the felling series is not far short 

 of the demand. 



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34- raa perioi'pnjj.uiLiiMl iutn^oflungmovor Gii'irc; 'I <is !* ycuro-anA let 

 Period for which the fellings 'firrlr H i gi yiini" It is proposed that the provisions of 



this plan be enforced from the year 1901-1902. 



35. The compartments will be felled over annually in regular sequence as 

 Fellings to be annual or pe- shown in the attached map and as indicated in the tabu- 



lated statement under para. 38 of this plan. 



36. The following prescriptions should be ob- 



Served : - 



(a) Pole fellings, at least of teak, should be carried out for the first few 



years by departmental agency : subsequently, when departmental 

 methods cJfme to be understood, felling may be executed at the 

 discretion of the Divisional Officer by the purchasers themselves. 

 Green fuel may be felled by the purchasers flush with the ground 

 under supervision. 



(b) The outside limits of the first five compartments in each felling series 



must be demarcated before the commencement of each quinquen- 

 nial period. When five compartments have already been worked, 

 it will be necessary to demarcate on the ground the outside limits 

 of the next five compartments or of the first ten compartments and 

 so on, the demarcation of the whole series being undertaken in 

 groups of five compartments. By this means any risk of felling 

 over larger or smaller areas than are appointed in the working-plan 

 is considerably reduced. The manner of demarcation should be 

 indicated by cut lines 10 feet wide and marked at all angles with 

 " munaras," or where stones are not available by ditches and 

 ridges. 



(c) All the trees within the compartments that are to be reserved should 



be clearly marked with a ring of paint, whitewash or g-? Q "- These ft 

 reserves should, when the density of the crop permits it, never be 

 less than 60 per eante-, but may vary in excess of this number ac- 

 cording to the demand. Trees of good quality of teak, bija, shi- 

 sham, tinsa, khair, lendia, dhaura, tendu, and ain, that are growing 

 straight from the ground should not be felled, and as large a 

 proportion of such trees as is compatible with the demand should 

 be preserved. 



(d) No fellings should be made for a breadth of one chain along outer 



boundaries, rivers, main roads, ravines or extensive blank maidans. 

 All fellings should be made flush with the ground and the stools 

 cleared of brushwood or other impediments. 



(e) Fellings should be very light or, if practicable, avoided altogether 



on the crests of hills. 



(/) Seedlings and saplings of valuable species that are suppressed by 

 inferior kinds should be freed, or if of bad growth, cut back. 

 Useless trees like salai, moyen, dhobin, goorlu, if not required 

 for cover should be girdled and not felled. All climbers should be 

 cut out. 



(g) The pole outturn should be classified and stacked. Fuel should be 

 collected into stacks of 160 cubic feet or one ton. 



(h) The compartment exploited should be carefully isolated from the 

 surrounding forest by a sufficiently wide burnt line. 



