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FORf^STRY IN BRITISH EAST INDIA. 



These data do not include the forests of Madras and Bombay 

 which are worked under the provisions of working plans. The 

 most important point in the selection of the system is, apart from 

 local conditions, to secure an adequate amount of regeneration 

 of the valuable species. By far the greater part of the Indian 

 forests is regenerated by natural means, that is to say, by young 

 growth springing up from seed falling from the old crop, assisted 

 by cuttings so regulated that regeneration takes place within a 

 reasonable period of time. 



5. Sowing and Planting. 



Artificial regeneration by sowing and planting is not excluded. 

 It has to assist natural regeneration where that fails, and it is 

 the only means in the case of afforestation, as well as in the system 

 of clear felling in high forests. The following statement gives the 

 area of plantations in 1914, in acres : — 



This statement does not, however, include old plantations which 

 have passed into the condition of forests, such as the Changa 

 Manga plantation in the Punjab, with an area of 11,000 acres. 

 It was started in 1868 and is so successful that it yields now 

 8 per cent, on the invested capital. The plantation was made on 



