134 KUMARI CULTIVATION. 



" 44. The Board see no reason to alter the system, except that 

 as the taluk does not contain any valuable timber, they would 

 recommend that the prohibition against cutting within certain 

 distances of rivers and the sea may be withdrawn by the collector 

 at discretion. 



" 45. In the other taluks of S. Canara, Mr Fisher would allow 

 one acre of Kumari for every J rupee of shist paid, the Bekal 

 system being introduced, and the people confined to certain plots, 

 portions of which they must cut periodically if they cut at all. 

 Of this suggestion the Board approve. 



" 46. In the Payenghat taluks of N. Canara, the collector pro- 

 poses to allow each wargadar an acre per annum for every rupee of 

 shist paid, but he would exclude from their possession ' tracts pro- 

 ducing the more valuable kinds of timber, and such positions on 

 the banks of our numerous rivers as would, under proper care, 

 produce valuable plantations of timber suited to. sbip-building 

 and domestic purposes,' and would settle all claims made on 

 these ' by exchange of ground, or such other means as may 

 hereafter be decided upon.' Of this proposition, also, the Board 

 approve. . 



" 47. In Supah and Yellapur, in the balaghat of North Canara, 

 which contain the most valuable timber, Mr Pisher would con- 

 tinue the present system of remitting the Kumari shist and 

 prohibiting the cultivation, " except in such portions and to such 

 an extent as the Bevenue officers may determine," where he 

 would allow it on the Bekal system. The Board approve. 

 " (A true extract.) 



" J. D. Sim, Secretary. 



" To J. D. Bourdillon, Esq., 



" Secretary to Government, R. £>." 



Order of Madras Government. 



1st June 1859, No. 787. 

 1. Before passing a final order on this paper, the Governor in 

 Council resolves to transmit a copy to the Conservator of Forests 



