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the ripe material, assisted 1)}' sowing and planting wherever 

 required. 



All this success has been brought about ^Yithout interfering 

 to any appreciable extent with the acknowledged rights of the 

 peo^jle, who, moreover, receive enormous quantities of produce 

 either free of payment or at nominal rates. Indeed it may 

 safely be said that the people in many parts of the country 

 now recognise the importance to themselves of the proper 

 preservation of the yielding power of the forests. 



It remains to show what the yield and the financial results 

 of this elaborate system of management are : — 



Yield of the Inman State Forests in 1903 — 1904. 



Timber and Fuel 

 Bamboos ... 

 Minor Produce ... 



Material Removed hy Grantees 



Timber 



Fuel 



Bamboos ... 



232,916,345 cubic feet. 

 198,512,073 number. 

 4,479,111 Rupees. 



and liigJit-Holders. 

 4,106,000 cubic feet. 

 53,629,919 ,, 

 13,406,137 number. 



Minor Produce given free value 1,126,222 Eupees. 



Average Annual Net Eevenue of the Indian 



State Forests. 



Period. 



1864—1867 

 1867—1872 

 1872—1877 

 1877—1882 

 1882—1887 

 1887—1892 

 1892—1897 

 1897—1902 

 1902—1903 

 1903—1904 

 Value of produce given 



ree in 1903- 



Aiueiuiit ill llupees. 



... 1,070,000 



... 1,340,000 



... 2,130,000 



... 2,440,000 



... 3,850,000 



... 6,180,000 



... 7,760,000 



... 8,060,000 



... 8,222,000 



... 10,049,754 

 -1904 = 3,069,191 Es. 



Grand total of net result in 1903—1904 



13,118,945 Es. 



