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Es. 15 per mensem. The second would be arranged by floaters, pro- 

 curable in the towns of Busselconda and Surada, or Ganjam. 

 The third must be left to coast traders. The depot should be 

 at Ganjam, where there is a salt agent and subordinate of the 

 D. P. W. The rafts would come down early in the monsoon 

 (July or August), and the timber remain in store till the close of 

 the rains, when ships arrive. A sufficient quantity to meet the 

 demand of the season should be sent by the first freshes^ as 

 cartage is expensive. The timber should be put under cover, as sal 

 suffers much injury from exposure, splitting and warping. When 

 there is a sufficiency of timber, an advertisement might be in- 

 serted in the Tort St George Gazette, intimating that a ship 

 might obtain freight. 



Note. — The sanctioned amount allowed for the fixed establishment of 

 the Forest Department being all but expended, I am unable to propose any 

 definite arrangement at present. I feel certain that it would pay well to 

 have overseers for G-umsur, Karnul, Kotagiri, and Salem. 



APPENDIX (H). 



RULES EOR THE PRESERVATION OP JUNGLES IN THE DISTRICT 

 OE COIMBATORE. 



1. No timber exceeding 12 inches in diameter, nor any of the 

 trees specified in par. 8, are henceforth to be felled in any of the 

 jungles the property of Government. 



2. The villagers may cut fuel and firewood for domestic pur- 

 poses in low jungles and brushwood, without taxation, as hitherto, 

 but not for sale. 



3. Charcoal-burners may only cut in such places as may be 

 assigned to them, and are not to cut the trees noted in par. 8, 

 whether in those places or elsewhere. 



4. The land to be assigned for cutting fuel, &c, shall, in all 



