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2. The two first items on the credit side are for timber sold in 

 1858 and 18S9 to the Bombay Dockyard. The next item, viz. 

 Es. 52,657-1-0 is for the teak planks cut last season, and which I 

 handed over to the dockyard agent last February. In addition to 

 this, the sum of Ks. 15,033-0-7 has been realised during the year 

 by the sale of timber at public auction, arid by private sales to 

 the P. Works and Eailway Departments. These sums added to- 

 gether give the amount of Ks. 67,690-1-7 as the receipts of the 

 year, whilst the expenditure has been Es. 12,592-12-9 exclusive 

 of the pay of the establishment, which amounts to Es. 9891-12-7 

 making in all an expenditure of Ks. 22,484-9-4 



3. Owing to the impossibility of procuring many axemen in 

 the past season, very little timber has been felled ; this, however, 

 has been advantageous in one way ; it enabled me to employ 

 the elephants in getting out much of the old timber lying about 

 the forests. The sum of Es. 15,001-0-11, above alluded to, has 

 chiefly been realised by the sale of logs, heads, and butts, that 

 have long been outlying in the forest. In addition, an enormous 

 amount of seasoned logs have been brought to the head of the 

 timber slip, and to the various depots at the sides of the cart 

 road, including all the large logs that were outlying between 

 the cart road and the bungalow station of Tunacadavu. 



4. Eegarding the items on the expenditure side of the account, 

 I have to mention that the rate of cart hire above ghat this 

 season has been increased from Es. 2 to Es. 2-8-0 per plank ; 

 the particulars of all these items have been reported from time 

 to time in my monthly reports, and I have nothing further to 

 add respecting them. The Malsars have commenced sawing in 

 the forest this season ; they are as yet rough at the work and 

 irregular in their attendance. I hope, however, to induce some 

 of them to become permanent sawyers. They are, as you are 

 aware, a wild, unmanageable race ; and when they have earned 

 a few rupees, they generally refuse all work until they have 

 spent them. 



5. A peon has been trained to planting at Nellambur, and I 

 hope to commence the formation of a small teak plantation im- 

 mediately. The want of labour will be my chief difficulty. 



6. Memorandum No. 2 has been carefully prepared as regards 



