NOTE ON SANDAN. 



Figures from Bombay Working-Plans. 



District. 



.Area in 



Working Circle. square 



miles. 



Trees on the area. 



Minimum size 

 fixed for felling. 



Kanara . Supa, Block XX 18 



Do. 



Do. 



Belgaum . 



Thana 



Yellapur above Ghat, 35 

 Blocks XIII and 

 XIV. 



Yellapur Slopes, 16 



Block XVII. 



Nagargali Series . 14 



Talasri 



29 



6,200, 10'' to 21" ! 6 feet girth, 

 diameter. Above 

 21" diameter, nil. 



24,700, 1" to 21" I 5 feet girth, 

 diameter. Above 

 21" diameter, 360. 



540, 1" to 21" dia- 

 meter. Above 2i" 

 diameter, 36. 



2,800, 1" to 21" dia- 

 meter. Above 21" 

 diameter, 85. 



680, 18i" diameter 

 and over. 



2,600, 12" 18" dia- 

 meter. 



18 inches dia- 

 meter. 



(vi) Northern India. 



Vernacular names. Sandan, Chanjan or Panan (Oudh), Tinsa 

 (Bundelkhand). 



Local distribution. It occurs in the Dehra Dun, outer Himalayas and 

 Oudh forests with Sal and ascends the valleys up to 4,000 feet growing 

 with Chir pine, preferring good soil in the valleys and becoming crooked 

 and stunted at the higher elevations. In Pilibhit and Bundelkhand the 

 trees are small and of little value at present. Five feet is the largest girth 

 attained, with a height of 40 feet and a clear bole of 15 feet, but the 

 smaller classes are much commoner, and it is quite a common tree in 

 many parts. 



Extraction. Most of the forests in which it occurs are under the 

 Selection system and the tree is often removed in Improvement Fellings 

 carried out to favour Sal, a small quantity also being cut out in coupes of 

 Coppice with Standards. No large quantity of timber is available, the 

 most important estimate of 5,000 cubic feet per annum being supplied 



