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ground for allowing this unreasoning antagonism to block the 

 scheme in its entirety. As already remarked, the Committee 

 hold that no system of management by the proprietors would 

 be in any way practicable. They have neither the necessary unity 

 in puttidari villages nor the requisite control over their tenants in 

 zamindari estates to secure the desired results. The changes in 

 management could never therefore be introduced save by the agency 

 of Government. 



19. The Committee recommend that operations be started 

 in the zamindari areas of the tract under consideration, together 

 with such blocks in pattidan villages as are necessary to afford 

 a reasonable degree of compactness. It is held essential that the 

 area taken under control should be large enough to secure economy 

 of management and should not be less than 30,000 acres in 

 extent. Such a tract could be obtained in the Chakarnagar, 

 Sahson, and Bhareh taluqas, including the villages of the Benares 

 estate, as well as blocks in the Auraiya kharka belonging to His 

 Highness the Maharaja of Benares, the Raja of Bhareh, the Baja 

 of Jagammanpur, and others. It might further prove feasible to 

 take up other zamindari land nearer to Etawah, especially along 

 the Jumna to the west of the town. 



20. As to the methods of acquiring management the Commit- 

 tee believe that in the zamindari areas arrangements might be 

 made under section 38 of the Forest Act and that a similar course 

 would be feasible in the pa ttidari villages with the Land Acquisition 

 Act in the background. 'Ihe Committee, however, deprecate the 

 application of the Land Acquisition Act on any extensive scale when 

 introducing management of ravine areas in the Etawah district. 

 It is suggested that the opposition would to a large extent dis- 

 appear if it were understood that the record of proprietary rights 

 would remain unchanged, and that the real solution of the diffioul- 

 tfes connected with the introduction of a system of management 

 which they believe to be of the highest value lies in the amend- 

 ment of section 35 of the Forest Act by the addition of a sixth 

 purpose, to wit, "for the formation of fuel and fodder reserves." 



21. The Committee would point out that this proposal should 

 be regarded merely as an initial step towards a much wider exten- 

 sion of the system. The suggested amendment of the law is, in their 

 opinion, justifiable both in the interests of the individual landholders 

 concerned. 



22. The Committee would also suggest that enquiry be made 

 at the earliest date as to the possibility of any measure by which 

 the Forest department should take over the lease or the management 

 of the reserve known as the Fisher forest. The desirability of 



