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They remark that the timber may be essentially serviceable for 

 the barracks and riding-school at Bangalore, and even for the 

 military buildings at Jackatalla. 



12. Par. 19. Dr Cleghorn here states, that a particular survey, 

 and well drawn lines of demarcation between Mysore, Malabar, 

 and Coorg, are, among other desiderata, necessary for securing an 

 uninterrupted supply of teak for the future, and placing the estab- 

 lishment for the conservancy of this forest on a proper footing. 



13. As to the suggestion following, that a European magistrate 

 should be permanently located in Wynad, the Government con- 

 ceive that much benefit would result from such an arrangement. 

 Independently of the fast-increasing European population, which 

 renders the presence of such an authority desirable, the residence 

 of a European officer in regions so inaccessible and so seldom 

 visited as "Wynad, would not only enforce the observance of 

 conservancy regulations, but keep the Government au fait as 

 to the real wants and state of this important district : the present 

 casual visits of the collector are quite insufficient to do this. This 

 question is also before the Government for consideration. 



14. Pars. 15 and 16. Canara teak is stated generally to be of 

 much smaller scantling than that of Malabar; the chief remain- 

 ing reserve is a forest on the Gund Plateau, the trees on which, 

 now well grown and ripe, are said to be conserved by their inac- 

 cessible position. Dr Cleghorn describes it to be of primary im- 

 portance, that this forest should be immediately worked, as it is 

 much threatened with fire. There are two ways by which the 

 wood may be got out, either by a rocky water-course with at least 

 three small falls, or by making a road of twenty-three miles. The 

 collector, and Dr Gibson, the Conservator of Forests under the 

 Bombay Government, incline to the latter course ; whilst Col. 

 Arthur Cotton* and Lieut. Taylor, I.N., recommend that the 

 rocks in the water-course should be blasted. Dr Cleghorn sub- 

 mits a map of the forest surveyed by his assistant Mr Miiller, in 

 which the roads necessary for the working of the forest are sug- 

 gested. And he proposes that an engineer officer be deputed to 

 visit the locality, and report on the best mode of getting out the 



* Now Sir Arthur Cotton, C.B. 



