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raised on the most exposed situations, now averaging 3 feet in 

 height and one inch round the collar. In the Kota-shola success 

 has been attained on easier terms ; we have there 36,000 hard- 

 woods, comprising Halay, Kalangu, Bachani, Halluni, Narsippi, 

 Nakalu, and other varieties, pitted on 11 acres of clearing bared 

 by the wood-cutting parties; yet in both instances the young 

 trees are, of their age, the largest and healthiest I remember to 

 have seen (even in America), unstimulated by manure, which I 

 have always found produces soft heart and sometimes premature 

 decay. 



" 4. Money Received and Expended. — Of the Es. 7500 placed by 

 Government at my disposal, I have spent Es. 5640-10-10 as 

 follows : — 



" 5. Proposed Management. — The prospects of the plantation are 

 such, that if, owing to the present financial pressure, Govern- 

 ment should not feel disposed to make a further grant of money 

 before May 1858, I can manage to carry on fencing, pitting, 

 nursery beds, &c. on a reduced, but still safe and efficient scale, 

 for the next 9 months, when I expect to have one lac of young 

 trees ready to set out. By that time funds will probably be avail- 

 able. 



John Campbell, 



10th Augiut 1857. Capt. 1th L. Oavy." 



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