IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY. 



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Es. 75 ; but the fact is, that, up to June 1858, the proceeds 

 have been entered as motarfa-tax, and those to be realised 

 under the new system have not been collected within the official 

 year. 



From Lieut. E. H. Beddome, Assistant Conservator of Forests, 

 to H. Cleghorn, Esq., M.D., Conservator of Forests. : 



Coimbatoee, 1st May 1859, No. 37. 



1. I have the honour to forward the annual accounts of the 

 Anamalai Forests for the official year 1858-59, duly counter- 

 signed by the collector of Coimbatore, with reference to E. M. C, 

 12th November 1857, No. 1153, par. 9. 



2. I have experienced much difficulty throughout the season 

 in procuring axemen, as, owing to the great demand for sleepers, 

 many Malabar axemen, who formerly looked to our forest for 

 work, have taken contracts with the railway company. I pro- 

 cured some axemen from Cochin, but I found it difficult to per- 

 suade these men to remain long in the forest. From the above 

 cause, I have not been able to cut as much teak for the Bombay 

 dockyard as I could have wished ; 275 trees, all of very large 

 size, have been felled in the Colongode Numbudy's territory, 

 and 44 girdled trees have been felled in the Government forest ; 

 these were dressed into 1565 pieces, and classed as follows : — 



1st class, 

 2d „ 

 3d „ 

 Eejected, 

 Heads, 

 Butts, 



Total, 



131 

 137 

 281 

 541 

 345 

 130 



1565 



3. I was unable to cut the amount of timber (blackwood) re- 

 quired by the Madras gun-carriage manufactory ; but as Colonel 

 Maitland's demands were urgent, I purchased 4000 cubic feet of 



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