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FORESTRY IN BRITISH EAST INDIA. 



labour. Under the Regulation of 1884 and subsequent amend- 

 ments, progress has been so satisfactory that by 1914 plans had 

 been sanctioned for an area of 53,926 square miles, distributed 



The most important forests were taken in hand first. It is 

 estimated that in the immediate future plans are required for an 

 additional area of 20,663 square miles. For some of the remaining 

 areas plans are not required at present, but, as time goes on, 

 working plans will, no doubt, ultimately be necessary for all forests. 

 Instructions, defining the manner in which working plans shall 

 be drawn up, are given in the Indian Forest Code. They give 

 sufficient latitude to allow for local conditions, and are divided 

 into Part I. Summary of Facts as the Basis of Proposals, and 

 Part II. Future Management discussed and prescribed. When 

 it is proposed to draw up a working plan, a short preliminary 

 report is prepared setting forth the lines on which it is proposed 

 to proceed. This report is submitted to the Inspector-General 

 for an expression of his opinion, which he sends to the local 

 Government. When the working plan is ready, a copy is for- 

 warded to the Inspector-General, who may further criticise it 

 or accept it. Then the local Government issues the necessary 



