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12. The amani system above ghat may be said to have been 

 in fair operation during the last three years. The profits of a 

 year's work are always shown in the year following. So we 

 have for the work 



Of 1857 the revenue in 1858, . . Ks. 59,756 

 Of 1858 the revenue in 1859, . . 147,348 



Of 1859 we have Btock on hand for about 87,592 



The average revenue from the upper forests for the four years 

 from 1853-54 to 1856-57 is little more than Es. 14,668, while 

 the average of the last three years (excluding the value of stock 

 on hand) is Es. 73,490, or five times greater. 



13. The higher receipts are not the only benefit of the new 

 system ; there is also less waste of timber. On looking over the 

 old accounts, it appears that about 20,000 trees annually were 

 sold to contractors. The highest price obtained was E. 1 J, and 

 the lowest only As. 2 per tree. The trees then cut were either 

 small, or if large, only the finest logs were taken, and the rest of 

 the wood was left to burn ; now we cut all that is useful, and 

 collect the odds and ends also. 



14. As remarked above, the receipts have fallen off in the 

 lower taluks, because the contractors either entirely or partially 

 failed to bring timber in time. What we had was principally 

 defective or small, and therefore the deliveries to the Bombay 

 Dockyard have much fallen off. In former years, from Es. 60,000 

 to Es. 100,000 worth of timber was selected ; but during the last 

 two years the value of selected teak did not amount to Es. 30,000, 

 and this year only to Es. 10,000. 



15. Now as G-und is opened up, we shall get large and fine 

 timber in future, and the Bombay Government, instead of going 

 into the market, may obtain their requirements from our depots 



16. The average receipts from the upper and lower forests 

 having been given, I beg to analyse the expenditure in the same 

 manner. 



The following table shows, that in the four years previous 

 to the introduction of the amani works there was very little 

 expense, while all. the. heavy items were incurred below ghat. 

 The expenditure bears a fair proportion to the receipts. Above 



