NOTE ON BIJA SAL OK. VENGAI. 17 



Extraction. Trees are selected for felling according to the demand 

 and sylvicultural requirements of the f orest, but no large supply can be 

 expected from the forests in Bengal and little, if any, will be available 

 for export. From Sambalpur about 2,000 cubic feet may be available 

 annually, from Puri 300 cubic feet, and similar quantities from Chaibassa, 

 Angul, and Singhbhum. The royalty is usually 4 annas per cubic foot 

 dry and 6 annas per cubic foot green, and the local price varies from 

 12 annas to Rl-8 per cubic foot. At Lota Pehar Station the timber can 

 be delivered from Chaibassa at 8 to 12 annas per cubic foot. From 

 Sambalpur to railway stations the rate is Rl per cubic foot round and 

 Rl-4 per cubic foot sawn and to Calcutta R2 per cubic foot in the log. 



In the Raigoda Range of the Angul Division 891 trees over 2 feet 

 in diameter were counted on an area of 30*2 square miles, in 1907, and 

 in the Bagmunda Range, 38 square miles, the number was 901. These 

 trees are to be felled with the mature Sal in the annual coupes. 



(vi) United Provinces. 



Vernacular name. Bija Sal. 



Local distribution. The tree is rare in the United Provinces, only 

 the Bundelkhand, Gorakhpur, and Pilibhit Forest Divisions reporting its 

 presence in appreciable quantities. In Gonda three trees have been seen 

 and in Kheri a few trees occur here and there in the alluvial areas. It 

 does not come so far north as the Siwaliks. The largest girth it reaches is 

 5 feet and a small number of logs up to 20 feet long and 4 feet in girth 

 might be obtained, the market price in Gorakhpur being about 8 annas 

 j>er cubic foot. 



