1 10 MUDBMALAl FOREST. 



now working there bo removed *to Utakamand and made over 

 to the Mudumalai and Sigur Forests. The great drawback to 

 the sale of timber on the Mlgiris is the want of sawyers. If the 

 timber were sawn in Utakamand, the P. W. D. there could be 

 readily supplied, and the surplus sawn timber disposed of by- 

 auction. 



Sandal Wood. — The sandal wood cutting is proceeding re- 

 gularly. A large number of the trees cut are decayed and fetch 

 little in the market ; if these trees had been cut in their prime, 

 much loss would have been avoided. I propose a regular cutting 

 of all trees which have made heart- wood and show signs of decay 

 in their tops. The value of the sandal-wood is decreased some 

 twenty or thirty per cent, by heart-shake. The stealing of 

 sandal-woodf by Mapilas is now suppressed ; the vigilant mea- 

 sures pursued in Malabar and Mysore have contributed to this 

 end. 



W. E. Morgan, Captain, 

 In charge o/Sig&r Forest. 



Utakamand, ZOth April 1860. 



APPENDIX (E). 



, MUDUMALAI FOREST. 



Supply of Wood. — During the past year, the supply of wood 

 delivered at Wellington has amounted to 41,079 cubic feet ; this 

 contrasts favourably with the former year, when the supply was 

 only 13,279 cubic feet, owing to my having been removed from 

 the forest and another officer placed in charge. In addition, 

 6244J cubic feet of wrought timber from G-undalpet workshop 

 were delivered at Wellington. If this wrought timber had not 

 been required, the delivery from the forest would have amounted 

 to nearly 60,000 cubic feet, the carriage having been diverted to 

 Gundalpet workshop. 



Boads. — The forest roads have been much improved from 



* The removal of the steam-saw-mill, as suggested, may hereafter be 

 advisable, but the services of an engineer would be indispensable. — H. C. 



t The suppression of the illicit trade in sandal-wood is highly satis- 

 factory. — H. C. 



