NOTE ON SAIN OR SAJ. 



Extraction is carried on by dragging with bullocks and carting, 

 the work being done partly by contractors and partly by Government 

 agency. The outturn is obtained under the various methods of treatment 

 under the Selection, Coppice, or Coppice with Standards systems, but 

 the latter appears to be the commonest, the amount of large timber 

 available being therefore not great. In Khandesh, Panch Mahals, Dhar- 

 war, South Thana and Kolaba the wood is principally disposed of as 

 fuel. From three of the Kanara divisions the annual total average 

 outturn of recent years has been about 50,000 cubic feet. In the table 

 given below the figures available for timber have been entered, fuel not 

 being included. A ton means 50 cubic feet. 



In the Rajpipla State the tree is common, attaining a girth of 42 

 inches, and being at times as plentiful as 30 trees to the acre. The quan- 

 tity available annually in future is estimated at 15,01)0 cubic feet. It is 

 extracted by the Bhils and a good deal can be floated down the Nerbudda. 

 The rates given for this State in the table below refer to rough logs 

 and should be quadrupled for converted timber. It is at present exported 

 to Baroda, Ahmedabad and North Gujerat. 



In Baroda it sells for S3 per cart-load of timber, and six annas per 

 cart-load of fuel. 



