THE WORK OF THE FOREST DEPARTMENT IN INDIA. 



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statement, which gives annual averages for quinquennial 

 periods* ; 



Financial Results of Forest Administration in British India from 

 1864-65 to 1913-14 (in lakhs of rupees). 



This statement exhibits the striking fact that the surplus 

 has increased nearly ten-fold during the past 50 years, and that 

 it averaged 882,000 sterling per annum during the last 

 quinquennial period, without including the large sum represent- 

 ed by the value of forest produce given away free or removed by 

 right-holders, which at a rough estimate amounts to over 

 400,000. The increase in the surplus is all the more satis- 

 factory when it is considered that all capital expenditure 

 has been met from revenue and that a considerable proportion 

 of this expenditure is incurred on silvicultural and other opera- 

 tions which as a rule do not show any return for a long period 

 of time. 



Forest revenue and expenditure prior to the 1st April 1911, 

 were in the major provinces shared equally between imperial 

 and provincial, but in the minor provinces were wholly 

 imperial. From the date mentioned, however, revenue and 

 expenditure in the major provinces were wholly provincialized. 

 Under the terms of the latest provincial settlements forest 

 revenue and expenditure are imperial in Coorg, the Andamans 

 and Ajmer : in the North-West Frontier Province and 

 Baluchistan forest revenue and one-half and one-third forest 

 expenditure respectively are provincial. 



* From the Quinquennial Review of Forest Administration in British India for the period, 

 1909-1910 to 19134914. 



