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there is little land available for grazing, and the land- 

 holders fear that these tenants would abandon their 

 holdings if grazing facilities and other amenities were 

 in any way restricted or curtailed. It should be quite 

 possible however to manage the land in such a way 

 that the restrictions should be so light as to impose 

 no hardship, while it is quite certain that the quality 

 of the grazing will be improved. 



(5) Friction with tenants. The zamindars are afraid that 



for the same reasons the scheme would result in resi- 

 dent tenants becoming disconteuded and that it would 

 undermine their influence. The remedy for this would 

 also lie in tactful management. 



(6) Fear 01 oppression by subordinate officials. This objec- 



tion is based on the assumption that the management 

 would necessarily be departmental. Even if this were 

 so, it must be remembered that there would always be 

 a responsible officer within easy reach, and that affores- 

 tation charges can never be of the unwieldy size of 

 ordinary forest divisions 



(7) Distrust of Government intentions. The landholders in 



"Bundelkhand are convinced that Government wishes 

 to take from them their proprietary rights in the land, 

 and the Collector of Muttra told Mr. Courthope that 

 similar rumours had been spread in that district. Such 

 rumours always do arise whenever a Government 

 officer examines the suitability of zamindars 1 land for 

 any purpose. In any scheme of co-operation between 

 Government and the landholders, such as that 

 inaugurated in the Btawah district, the objection is fully 

 met by a definite clause in the deed of agreement, but 

 it must be understood that this last objection consti- 

 tutes the chief reason for' the hostility of the land- 

 holders to the proposal, though it is mainly based on 

 sentimental grounds. This is specially the case among 

 the Thakur community 



Other objections of a petty nature have been raised, such as 

 the closing of roads, but none which cannot be met by 

 mutual agreement. 



15. Agency of reclamation. There are several methods by 

 which effect could be given to the general proposal to reclaim and 

 afforest ravine tracts and the writers will now discuss the merits and 

 demerits of each method which at first sight seems feasible. 



16. Reclamation by landholders at their own expense. Either 



