86 THE FOREST LANDS OF FINLAND. 
Governor in Council wishes for Dr Cleghorn’s opinion 
whether it would not be better that land required for 
cultivation should be permanently cleared and cultivated. 
‘Lastly, the Government will be glad of Dr Cleghorn’s 
opinion whether Koomaree cultivation has diminished the 
. , prevalence of fever, as stated in the 42d par. It appears 
- to Government that it embraces opposing influences in 
that regard—some adverse to the production of malaria, 
others favourable to it; while permanent clearings appear 
of more unmixed advantage. 
‘5. In Mysore, it is stated, Koomaree has been wholly 
prohibited ; and it has been very nearly also in the forests 
of the Bombay territory. It is matter for consideration 
in the opinion of Government whether it may not properly 
be so in Canara also. 
‘6. Dr Cleghorn will also be requested to inform 
Government whether the kind of cultivation in Malabar 
called Punam resembles Koomaree in respect to the tem- 
porary and successive clearing and abandonment of land, 
or whether the land is there cultivated more permanently. 
If the latter is the case, it would seem to afford an addi- 
tional argument for putting a stop to Koomaree. 
J. D, BOURDILLON, 
Secretary to Government. 
‘From Conservator of Forests to Secretary to Government. 
‘17th August 1859, No. 755. 
‘1. I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of the 
Pros. of Government, Ist June 1859, No. 737, enclosing 
Ex. Pros. Board of Rev., No. 1350, 16th April 1859, and 
calling for ‘an opinion as to the sufficiency of the means 
proposed by the Board for checking the practice of 
Koomaree cultivation. I would have replied sooner, but 
have just received an interesting letter from Capt. W. C. 
Anderson, Supt. Rev. Survey, S. Mahratta country, an 
Ext. from which, along with Mr Grant’s description of the 
Punam cultivation in Malabar, are forwarded as enclosures 
to this communication, 
