carelessness, on the part of travellers are also frequent. Paths and cart-tracks 

 intersect the jungle in all directions, and passers-by exercise no care at all 

 when carrying torches at night or in extinguishing camp fires. 



The most serious source of damage is the irregular, and often illicit 

 removal of firewood for the people of Sirsi Town. Some of this firewood is 

 granted under permit but a great deal, including quantities of manufactured 

 deadwood is removed illicitly on head loads for sale. The practice is very 

 difficult to check and the principal object of this plan is to remove the evil 

 by providing a cheap and ample supply of small timber and firewood for 

 Sirsi Town. 



B. SYSTEM OP MANAGEMENT. 

 11. Past and present System of management, 



The forests have never been worked under any regular system. Permits 

 have been issued for the collection of firewood and for timber, and timber 

 on permit has also been granted to the people of Sirsi from areas outside the 

 present plan. 



During the last few years coupes have been formed but have not always 

 been sold. Until the present permit system is put an end to, and the illicit 

 removal of firewood on head loads ceases, contractors have no local market for 

 their produce, and cannot be expected to undertake the work. 



12. Special works of improvement undertaken. 

 No works of improvement have been carried out. 



13. Past Revenue and Expenditure. 



Bevenue has been derived from the sale of timber on permit. The average 

 annual quantity sold during the past 5 years has been 1,858 cubic feet and the 

 yearly revenue Us. 402. 



An average of 1,860 carts of firewood on permit has yielded Rs. 465. 



Firewood coupes were sold in 1907-08, 1910-11 and 1911-1912 and fetched 

 Us. 182, Es. 100 and 160 respectively. The average yearly revenue from 

 bamboos has been Es. 157. 



Timber has also been sold at the Sirsi depot, but very little of this has 

 been obtained from the forests included in the plan. The average annual 

 revenue from sandalwood for the whole of Sirsi Eange for the years 1908-09 

 to 1911-12 is Es. 1,992. No separate figures for the forests of the plan are 

 available, but it is estimated that they have yielded about Es. 220 of this 

 amount. 



The approximate average revenue from all sources is Rs. 1,350. Except 

 in the case of sandalwood, exploitation has been carried out by purchasers, and 

 no special expenditure incurred. 



C. UTILIZATION OF THE PBODUCB. 

 14. Marketable products ; reguirements to be met. 



The chief marketable products are firewood and a limited supply of small 

 timber. Most of the forest also yields bamboos. 



The forests will be worked in the interests of Sirsi Town and its suburbs. 



The average quantity of firewood taken on permit by the people of Sirsi 

 during the years 1907-08 1911-12 was 620 tons. The daily number of persons 

 bringing in head loads of deadwood for 7 months in the year must be about 

 100. Calculating at the rate of 60 head loads to the ton the yearly amount of 

 wood removed on head loads reaches the high figure of 350 tons. In addition 



