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the railway line. There should, therefore, be a ready sale for babul 

 bark for Cawnpore, and of fuel and grass and timber for Agra. I 

 am informed also that transport by water is possible. 



15. I find that the Collector of Agra is anxious that work on 

 these ravines should start as soon as possible, while the Assistant 

 Manager to the Court of Wards is anxious that it should start im- 

 mediately in order to provide work for needy tenants. I can see 

 no reason why work should not be started at Chitra at once ; the 

 position of all the bxndhs has been marked on the ground and some 

 of these at least could be constructed at once under the supervision 

 of the Assistant Manager. The officer in charge of the Etawah 

 division and perhaps the Ranger in charge of the Etawah Range 

 might occasionally visit the estate to assist the Assistant Manager. 

 When the bandlis have been constructed it will be necessary to 

 break down the worst of the cliffs and to plough up as much ground 

 as possible, before and during the monsoon. It will not be pos- 

 sible to do much actual afforestation this year owing to want of 

 establishment, but in any case the ground would have to be pre- 

 pared first in the manner suggested, and the sooner this is done 

 the better. 



16. Ultimately the following establishment is likely to be 

 required : 



1 Supervisor on pay and allowances of about Rs. 100 per 



mensem. 



2 Assistants on about Rs. 15 to Rs. 20 per mensem. 

 10 Patrols on average pay of Rs. 10 per mensem. 



The estate would have to find quarters for the supervisor and 

 his assistants, and the patrols would find quarters in the vilhges. 



17. I think that it would be advisable that the estate should 

 make application under section 38 of the Forest Act, so that the 

 provisions of the Forest Act may be applied, but as the estate is 

 likely to find all the money necessary for the project, the terms of 

 management would be somewhat different to those drawn up for 

 the Etawah zamindars. 



In conclusion, I will only say that I think that this is a scheme 

 which is likely to commend itself to Government in that it is one 

 which not only calls for no further expenditure on its part, but 

 also finds for it a sharer if only to a very small extent in the ex- 

 pense of maintaining the Etawah division. 



E. A. COURTHOPE, 



Deputy Conservator of Fortes, 



Afforestation division. 



