1 NOTE OX BIJA SAL OR VENGAI. 



Extraction. The forests are worked under Coppice with Standards 

 and Selection systems, and the districts from which constant supplies of 

 good timber can be expected are very few. In Madura the girth limit 

 for felling is 7 feet, about 150 trees having been extracted during 

 the last five years, selling for R40 each on the average. In South Kanara 

 the exploitable size is 2. feet diameter. The information available 

 regarding the quantities available is very vague and purchasers are 

 advised to make enquiries direct from the forest officers in charge of the 

 divisions mentioned in the table given below. The Malabar Timber 

 Yards and Saw Mills quote R2 per cubic foot for scantlings and 

 R2-2 for planks free on rail at Kallai. They call it Wynaacl Padauk. 



In Coorg the tree is called Honn in Canarese and is found through- 

 out the deciduous forests, attaining in the south a girth of 10 feet. It 

 is locally in great demand for house-building and agricultural imple- 

 ments, 150,000 cubic feet having been felled during the last five years. 

 About 30,000 cubic feet may be obtained annually. The Government 

 royalty is 8 annas per cubic foot. The market rate in 1892 was 

 10 annas as at present. 



In Hyderabad it is known under several names, Bija Sal, Bija, Pedda 

 Yegi, Nettrani, Nettar, Hoanni, Uuggedbairu, Dorebulla, and is regarded 

 as the most valuable timber of the State, large teak being now very 

 scarce. It is in great demand for buildings and carts, but large trees 

 have been destroyed in many parts for cattle fodder, and this waste is 

 still going on, so that its disappearance, except in reserves, may be anti- 

 cipated. Near the Godavery in the Mahadeopur, Pakhal, and Poloncha 

 forests a fair number of good trees are still to be found, 6 to 8 feet in 

 girth, but little extraction is now allowed as the forests have been over- 

 worked in the past. The royalty is Rl per cubic foot and the market 

 price at Warangal Rl-12. 



In Mysore it is called Honne and is much used for building and 

 carts, being common in the Mysore and Shimoga forests. About 40,000 

 cubic feet may be extracted annually. Ninety-four thousand cubic feet 

 have been extracted during the last three years. 



In Travancore the tree is common in deciduous forests up to 3,500 

 feet and stands sixth on the list of useful woods of the State. It is 

 thought locally to be too heavy for furniture and the yellow stain 

 from the wood prevents it being very largely used, Terminalia tomentosa, 

 Hopea parviflora, and Artocarpus hirsuta being preferred, but it sells 



