NOTE ON BIJA SAL OB VENGAI. 7 



Mr. R. S. Pearson records the following figures showing the rate of 

 growth of " Honni " in the Kalinaddi slopes and Ankola High Forest in 

 Kanara, Bombay : 



Average diameter in inches. 

 Age. Kalinaddi. Ankola. 



From countings made in the Nallamalai forests, Kurnool, Madras, the 

 average number of rings to each inch of diameter was found to be five. In 

 the Walayar Reserve, Coimbatore, Madras, ten trees were measured 

 annually at 4 feet from the ground, and gave the following results : 



Girth in inches. 



In the same forest coppice growth attair d a girth of 1^ inches in one 

 year. 



