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rORESTKY IN BRITISH EAST INDIA. 



found between 500 and 1,500 feet, chiefly on the sandstone hills 

 of the Thaungyin valley in Tenasserim, extending to the Shan 

 States. The remaining hill forests of Burma resemble the oak 

 and other forests of the eastern Himalaya. 



(f) The Tidal Forests occupy alluvial land on the sea coast and 

 in the estuaries of rivers, especially in the Sunderbuns, the 

 Andamans and on the Burma coast. Mangrove forest grows on 

 ground which is submerged at high tide ; it commonly consists of 

 representatives of Bruguiera, Ceriops, Kandelia, Rhizophora and 

 Sonneratia. Above high water-level are found Casuarina equiseti- 

 folia, Eryihrina indica, Exccecaria Agallocha, Heritiera Fomes, 

 Pandanus lector ius, and Pongamia glabra. 



(g) The Riparian Forests can be treated as a type in so far as 

 they are due to inundation or to percolation. They occur on 

 swampy ground in Burma and Assam, where they are of com- 

 paratively little value. On the other hand, the forests of this 

 type on the Indus and its tributaries are very valuable. Here 

 the chief species are Acacia arabica, Dalbergia Sissoo, Populus 

 euphratica and two species of Tamarix. Other trees, found in 

 riparian forests in India, are Acacia Catechu, Anogeissus 

 acuminata, Bombax jnalabaricum, Eugenia, Ficus glomerata, 

 Lagerstrcemia Flos Regina, Pongamia glabra, Salix, Terminalia 

 Arjuna, and Vitex negundo. 



2. Area and Ownership of the Forests. 



The following table gives the areas of forests arranged accord- 

 ing to ownership, and those of other lands : — 



Classes of Land. 



State forests, for Timber production 

 Other State forests 



Total State forests 

 Forests of Corporate Bodies . 

 Forests of Private Individuals 



Total of all forests 

 Agricultural Land 

 Other land .... 



Grand total of Land Area 



