IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY. 



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has been steadily rising for some time, and large timber is ob- 

 tainable with more difficulty than formerly. In some localities, 

 on the other hand, the price of timber has somewhat decreased, 

 in consequence of the establishment of depots having broken up 

 the monopoly previously existing in the hands of a few pro- 

 prietors and contractors. 



16. Canara. — The forest operations have been more extensive 

 than in any previous year, but chiefly above ghat, and, as pre- 

 dicted in my letter of 7th December 1858 [par. 6], the gross 

 return has not been so large as in the years 1855-56 and 1856- 

 57. Nevertheless, there has been a net profit of 66,000 rupees. 

 The subjoined statement shows the quantity and quality of 

 timber supplied to various public departments during the year : — • 



The forest chart, which has been carefully prepared by Mr 

 Miiller, shows the position of the teak forests, superior jungles, 

 sandal- wood tracts, poon spar localities, and timber depots. As 

 this chart is likely to be useful to revenue officers and engineers, 

 I beg to recommend that it be lithographed. The letter of Mr 

 Fisher, collector of Canara (page 49), notices fully the chief 

 points in the forest management for the year. I concur with 

 him in reprobating (par. 13) the admission of the agents of public 

 officers to fell timber in our reserved forests. The deviation was 



