26 FIRST REPORT ON FOREST OPERATIONS 



II. The Wainad and Heggadevankota Forests ; partly, Dr Cleg- 

 horn observes, in dispute between Mysore and Malabar. 



III. The Gund Plateau in North Canara. 



Sundry changes and improvements in the management of the 

 Anamalai Forests which have recently been effected are detailed ; 

 and with reference to the further development of the valuable 

 resources of these forests, the Conservator notices that the supply 

 of teak from the forest now rented from the Colangod Numbody 

 (Nambudri?) will not last more than fifteen years; " which is 

 a serious consideration, as it is the only forest from which long 

 planks suitable for a man-of-war can be procured." Dr Cleghorn 

 has therefore conceived a scheme for consolidating the table-land 

 of the Anamalai range, that belonging to Government as well as 

 that rented,, into one Government forest, to be systematically 

 worked, and held in reserve in perpetuity for the Indian navy. 

 It appears probable that the forest now rented is the Janmi pro- 

 perty of some Malabar chief, with which it is not likely that he 

 could be induced to part, so that it is not clear how such an arrange- 

 ment as the one proposed could be carried out, except by means 

 of a money compensation. In the separate communication which 

 the Conservator promises on the subject, full particulars of the 

 renting system should be given, and such peculiarities of forest 

 tenure as may come under Dr Cleghorn's notice. 



10. Par. 14. The Wainad forests adjoining Mysore are of 

 great value, and stand second in importance. They are capable, 

 Dr Cleghorn roughly estimates, of supplying 2000 bandy loads, 

 or 40,000 cubic feet of teak annually, without permanently in- 

 juring the resources of the forest. But at present no means of 

 carriage exist, by which " crooks" and other timber required for 

 naval purposes can be conveyed to the coast, where they would be 

 extremely valuable. This paragraph will be communicated to the 

 chief engineer, who will (after conferring with Captain Francis, 

 who is, the Government believe, well acquainted with the locality) 

 suggest a remedy, and show what line of communication could be 

 most easily opened to the sea, or to any river navigable from 

 where the timber could be conveyed to it, to its mouth. 



In the same paragraph Dr Cleghorn mentions that he has ex- 

 perienced great difficulty in obtaining exact information as to the 



