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MANUAL OF THE NlLAGIIil DISTRICT. 



CH. XXVI. 

 Forests. 



— system of 

 working. 



M<idumale 

 forest. 



Expenditure from March 1856 to April 1858 

 Do. for the two years 1858-59 

 Do. in 1860-61 



Amount paid to D P.W. for stores ... 



Expenditure in 1861-62 



RS. A. P. 



6,460 10 10 



5,259 8 6 



1,656 



692 7 3 



333 6 



The Conservator is now required to retain cm the plantations 

 trees likely to grow into good timber ; to fell for fuel inferior 

 trees only ; to remove dead and dying trees from sholas ; to plant 

 up vacancies therein and generally carefully to conserve them ; to 

 get rid of Wattle {Acacia dcalbata) as far as possible. 



Forests below the Ghats. 



It remains now to notice shortly the forests and plantations 

 below the ghdts, known as the Mudiimale, the Benne, and the 

 Segur. 



The area of this tract of forest, which lies to the north-west of 

 the Nilagiris on the Mysore frontier, extending from Tippukddu 

 northwards beyond the Mudumale hill, until it joins the Wainad 

 Teak hill, is approximately 300 square miles ; of this extent 200 

 square miles have been leased by Government from theTirumalpad 

 of Nellambur for 99 years at a rental of Rupees 3,500, dating from 

 1862. Prior to this date, in 1857, the Government had obtained 

 the tract on lease for five years for the supply of teak for the 

 Wellington barracks for Rupees 2,300 per annum. The lessor 

 has the right to honey, wax, gall-nuts, lac, parthon (pitch), and 

 cardamoms. This forest contains much teak, also other timber 

 trees of value, such as blackwood (vengay). The number of teak 



* Includes the receipts and charges of the sholas. 



