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In conclusion, I beg to state, that throughout my tour in the pro- 

 vinces, I received every attention and assistance from the local 

 authorities. 



From W. Fisher, Esq., Collector of Canara, to H. Cleghorn, 

 Esq., M.D., Conservator of Forests. 



Mangalobe, 9th July 1859. 



1. I have the honour to submit the following report on the 

 forests of this district, for the year ending 30th April 1859. 



2. The account-current shows an expenditure of Es. 34,325-7-9, 

 and the gross receipts to be Es. 1,00,604-10-9, leaving 66,729-3-0 

 rupees as net profit for the year. 



3. The principles on which this account is prepared were ex- 

 plained in my report for 1857-58 ; and, as I need not recur to 

 them here, I shall proceed at once to notice the operations of the 

 year under report, and make such observations on forest manage- 

 ment generally as circumstances call for. 



4. The transactions of the year may with advantage be divided 

 into amani and contract works. 



5. In the Supah Forests, 11,880 logs of teak, blackwood, and 

 jungle-wood have been felled, trimmed, and for the most part 

 brought into the depdts, under the superintendence of the Con^ 

 servancy establishment — the 22,794 candies of timber so secured 

 costing Government about Es. 1-6-2 per candy. 



6. 10,300 teak poles, measuring 2495 candies, from clearings 

 about to be brought under cultivation, are ready for sale, and will 

 be disposed of with other timber after the monsoon. 



7. The Wudders employed by Mr Miiller have been allowed 

 to export butts and ends of timber lying about the jungle, on pay- 

 ment of E. 1 per candy, and Es. 139-7-7 have been realised on 

 this account ; but the arrangement does not appear to have 

 proved satisfactory, and has, I gather from Mr Miiller, been dis- 

 continued, in Sonda at any rate. 



8. Two thousand trees have been girdled on the banks of the 

 Gangawalli, and some progress seems to have been made in plant- 



