48 SECOND EEPORT ON FOBEST OPERATIONS 



tenant Beddome, alluded to elsewhere, will greatly assist in the 

 preparation of the Manual. 



39. Presidency Office. — Towards the close of the official year, 

 Mr Maclagan, assistant in charge of the office at Madras, re- 

 signed his appointment, having been nominated agent of the 

 Great Southern of India Eailway Company. The object con- 

 templated in Mr Maclagan's appointment to the department — 

 viz., the arranging of a system of accounts — having been in a 

 great measure accomplished, I considered that it would now be 

 desirable to have an assistant at the presidency who possessed a 

 knowledge of botany, and who could devote a considerable por- 

 tion of his time to the herbarium, and answer some of the minor 

 references during my absence. I accordingly recommended the 

 appointment of Francis Appavu, native surgeon, whose assist- 

 ance I had previously found of great value, when Professor of 

 Botany in the Medical College ; and with this recommendation 

 Government were pleased to comply. Mr Spring, my head 

 clerk, has accompanied me in many of my travels, and has made 

 himself generally useful, often at the expense of much personal 

 discomfort. The expenditure has been as follows : — 



Rs. a. p. 



Salary of the Conservator, the assistant in charge 

 of the office at the presidency and the establish- 

 ment 17,193 4 7 



Salaries of the three assistants and their establish- 

 ments, 18,377 4 2 



Contingent charges, 5,623 4 4 



Es., 41,193 13 1 



The accounts of the Anamalai and Canara forests for the 

 official year 1858-59 have been forwarded to the Board of Eevenue. 



After three years' experience I may observe, that it is only by 

 the cordial co-operation of the revenue officers, and those under 

 their orders, that the Forest Department can be successfully car- 

 ried on; and I therefore strive to keep the collector and sub-col- 

 lector informed of the nature, scene and extent, of all the forest 

 operations in their districts, with a view to receiving their aid. 



