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5. In Mysore, it is stated, Kumari has been wholly pro- 

 hibited ; and it has been very nearly so also in the forests of the 

 Bombay territory.* It is matter for consideration in the opinion 

 of Government whether it may not properly be so in Canara 

 also. 



6. Dr Cleghorn will also be requested to inform Government 

 whether the kind of cultivation in Malabar called Purtam re- 

 sembles Kumari in respect to the temporary and successive 

 clearing and abandonment of land, or whether the land is there 

 cultivated more permanently. If the latter is the case, it would 

 seem to afford an additional argument for putting a stop to 

 Kumari. 



J. D. Bourdillon, 



Secretary to Government. 



From Conservator of Forests to Secretary to Government. 



nth August 1859, No. 755. 

 1. I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of the Pros, of 

 Government, 1st June 1859, No. 737, enclosing Ex. Pros. Board 

 of Eev., No. 1350, 16th April 1859, and calling for an opinion 

 as to the sufficiency of the means proposed by the Board for 

 checking the practice of Kumari cultivation. I would have 

 replied sooner, but have just received an interesting letter from 



* The following are the rules in Belgam : — " 1st, Kumari cultivation is 

 absolutely prohibited, except within 2 koss of the ridge of the ghats in 

 the Bidi taluk, and within 1 kos of the ridge in the Padshapur taluk. 



" 2d, Within the said limits, i.e. within 2 koss of the ridge of the ghats 

 in the former, and 1 kos in the latter district, no timber trees, whether 

 large or small, are to be cut down for clearing Kumaris, and no ground 

 within the said limits is to be cleared for Kumari without the written 

 permission of the district officers." 



In Dharwar collectorate it is stated to have been stopped entirely. See 

 letter from Captain Anderson to the Military Board, Bombay, February 6th, 

 1855, among the papers received with letter from Bombay of 9th April 

 1855, No. H62. 



