APPENDIX II. 



Extract from letter no. 39-Cawp, dated the 6th January, 1912, 

 from P. H. CLUTTERBUCK, ESQ., Conservator oj For sts; East- 

 ern circle, to Chief Secretary to Government, United Provinces. 



NEW FORESTS. 



THE existing reserved forests aggregate about 4 per cent, of the 

 area of the province (I write from memory). The additional reserves 

 in Kumaun will raise it to 6 or perhaps 7 per cent. This is a very 

 small area and as the country develops, as industries increase and 

 the prosperity of the inhabitants improves, the demand for forest 

 produce, especially small timber, fuel, and grass will become 

 immense, In my opinion therefore it is extremely important that 

 every district of the province should be carefully examined in order 

 to ascertain whether there are any existing forest areas which 

 could be acquired by purchase, or leased, or given over for syste- 

 matic management to the department in return for net profits and 

 what waste areas are available for afforestation. I think that the 

 importance of having areas to produce small timber, fuel, and 

 fodder distributed o\ er the provinces of paramount importance. 

 Every year it will be more difficult to do this and so a beginning 

 should be made at once. 



I would here invite attention to the final paragraph of this 

 Government's letter no. 527, dated the 29ch November, 1909, to 

 the Government of ludia, and I advocate that an officer be at once 

 put on to this work. When his proposals come up it will be time 

 for a decision to be made as to what future action is required. At 

 the present moment the Imperial service cadre in these provinces 

 is temporarily five above strength and so now is the time to devote 

 an officer to examine and report on each district in consultation 

 with the District Officer or better still, if District officers could be 

 asked first what likely areas there are (1) of existing forests and 

 (2) of waste areas for afforestation ; then the Afforestation officer 

 could report on details afterwards aud it would be known to which 

 parts he should direct his attention. 



As to the finance of this matter, I think that the Govern- 

 ment of India should be asked to start loans on this account 

 in the same way as Joans are taken for irrigation work and that 

 interest only should be chargeable to the Forest department with 

 perhaps a small percentage towards a sinking fund for repayment. 

 This seems to be a simple arrangement and amply justified by the 

 prospective profits. It was in -fact suggested by Sir James Wilson, 



