IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY. 23 



avocations, the bodily fatigue and exposure I undergo, and the 

 absence from my library for great part of the year, will neces- 

 sarily protract the preparation of the work ; but the great op- 

 portunities I enjoy of collecting materials are eagerly laid hold 

 of, and I trust that the Manual may, when completed, be a use- 

 ful guide to the botanical riches of the Presidency. 



47. Expenditure. — The expenditure on accourit of the depart- 

 ment generally has been as follows : — 



Es. a. p. 



Salary of the conservator, the assistant in charge of 



the office at the presidency and the establishment, 17,373 7 



Salaries of travelling assistants and their establish- 

 ments, ...... 6,847 10 4 



Contingent charges, ..... 3,868 14 4 



28,089 9 3 



OBDEB OF GOVEBNMENT ON THE EOBEGOING EEPOET. 



Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, dated 5th August 1858. 

 No. 1086. 



Eead the preceding letters* from the Conservator of Forests, 

 submitting a summary of his forest operations during the past 

 'official year (1st May 1858, No. 337). 



1. The first of the papers recorded above contains the report 

 of the Conservator of Forests on his first tour of inspection. His 

 general route is thus described at the outset : — 



" I traversed Mysore and visited the (timber) dep6ts at the 

 mouths of nearly all the rivers on the Malabar Coast, examining 

 great part of the Western Ghats, with a view to ascertain the 

 exact state of the Government fdrestjs, their extent and capa- 

 bilities. I travelled through the most wooded portions, along 

 the crest of the ghats, from the Bombay frontier down to Po- 



* The substance of the other letter, relating to the labours of my tra- 

 velling assistants, is included in the subsequent reports. — H. C. 



