6 FIRST REPORT ON FOREST OPERATIONS 



(tops, bottoms, slabs, and side pieces), should be held at the foot 

 of the Anamalai Hills, Captain Hamilton, the late superintendent 

 was directed to make the arrangements. Great exertions were 

 made by that officer, and when the timber had been collected, 

 every publicity was given regarding the sale. Before the auction 

 took place, Captain Hamilton was removed on account of the 

 paucity of officers with his corps, and the duty devolved on his 

 successor Lieutenant Beddome. The result proved satisfactory ; 

 the account rendered shows as follows : — 



Es. .«.. p. 

 Amount realized .... 3391 5 8 

 Deduct charges .... 189 6 4 



Net profit 3201 15 4 



The average price obtained was one rupee per cubic foot. 

 In the forest this year, after the Bombay Marine were supplied, 

 the better logs were selected for the new jail at Salem and the 

 Trichinopoly barracks, while the fragments Bold by auction were 

 greedily bought by the general trader, by the railway department 

 for doors and windows, and by a native surgeon for his dispensary 

 building at Pulachi. In like manner wastage has been dis- 

 allowed in cutting teak for the military buildings at Bangalore. 



13. Teak. — This invaluable wood has received the special 

 attention of the department, and I may say has occupied two- 

 thirds of my own time during the past year. Along the whole 

 length of the Malabar coast from Goa to Cochin, there is now 

 very little of this wood in a ripe state on Government land below 

 the ghats, and there -»r,e only three localities above the ghats 

 where I found teak in abundance and of good size, viz., — 



(1.) The Anamalai Forest in Coimbatore. 



(2.) Wainad and Heggadevankota (partly in dispute between 

 Mysore and Malabar.) 



(3.) Gund Plateau, North Canara, near Dandelli. 



I shall briefly notice the chief points connected with these 

 forests, which stand in the order of their respective value. The 

 Anamallai forests have been the subject of annual Keports to 

 Government since 1848, when their importance was first declared 

 by Captain F. C. Cotton (Madras Journal of Science 1857), and 



