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demands from public offices precluded the possibility of my 

 holding an auction during the year. I used every effort to meet 

 them, and supplied every log that I was able to cart and slip out 

 of the forest. I hope to hold a public auction in August or Sep- 

 tember next. 



16. I greatly require the services of more elephants, but do 

 not know where to procure them. Prom the Es. 10,000 sanc- 

 tioned by Government for the purchase of elephants, 4945 still 

 remain in hand. I regret to report the death of one of our forest 

 elephants during the past season, and also of two old decoy-ele- 

 phants lent by the collector's department. 



17. The services of a Foujdar to look after the elephants, and 

 to treat them when sick, would be a great addition to the Forest 

 establishment. I have great difficulty in procuring mahouts 

 and under-mahouts. The pay sanctioned for the former being only 

 five rupees per mensem, and for the latter only three rupees, 

 which is less than half the salary generally given on the Malabar 

 coast, I can only procure men of the lowest description, and they 

 are continually running away. 



18. The Waliar jungle, close to the Anamalai Hills, has been 

 worked systematically this season by Mr Eoss of the Madras Eail- 

 way Co. Trees only of a certain girth have been cut. He has 

 paid Es. 3342 seignorage upon sleepers cut from jungle-wood 

 in this forest. Teak and blackwood are strictly preserved. 



19. A new platform to the large bridge near Colongode, over 

 which all the timber for the Bombay Dockyard is carted, was made 

 this season, at the cost of Es. 179-2-9. 



20. The account-current does not show the actual profit of the 

 year, as only the sums of money which have been actually paid 

 appear on the credit side ; all wood sold and not paid for during 

 the year appears in No. 3 Memorandum. After deducting the 

 sum of Es. 6,110-12-9 that has been paid for the gun-carriage 

 manufactory, and which is being refunded to us, the expenditure 

 of the year, including the pay of the establishment, amounts to 

 Es. 22,383-0-2. The amount of timber sold during the year 

 amounts to Es. 119,701-7-9, which gives a profit for the year 

 of Es. 97,318*-7-7. 



21. The following is a comparative statement of teak timber 



