184 PLANTATION OF AUSTRALIAN TREES. 



trees (where practicable) along the Utakamand to Wellington, 

 and Avalanche to Sispara roads,. and the planting of 10,000 trees 

 in the vicinity of Utakamand for ornamental purposes at a cost 

 of Es. 1350. 



5. The Government attach the greatest importance to the pre- 

 servation of the woods on the Nilgiris, and resolve to com- 

 municate a transcript of Dr Cleghorn's suggestions relative to 

 improvements in the system of conservancy to the Collector of 

 Coimbatore, who will, in communication with the Conservator, 

 frame a set of rules based on those suggestions, and submit them 

 to the Government for approval. The proviso respecting the 

 non-removal of dead timber seems highly necessary. When the 

 wants of the Forest Conservancy Department on the hills in the 

 way of an establishment have been fully considered, the Govern- 

 ment will be prepared to make the necessary application to the 

 Government of India for the entertainment of the additional ser- 

 vants required. In reporting further on the subject, the present 

 system of licensing or renting the woods should be accurately 

 detailed, and a table of receipts and disbursements drawn up, 

 showing the items from which income is drawn, and the chief 

 heads of expenditure. 



6. The Government readily sanction the small sum of Es.1350, 

 requested by Dr Cleghorn for the ornamental planting of 10,000 

 trees in the neighbourhood of Utakamand, under the superin- 

 tendence of Mr M'lvor, under the conviction that the outlay is 

 trifling in comparison with the advantages to be derived from 

 the proposed plantation, even in an economical point of view, and 

 that it is highly desirable that an example of successful planting 

 should be placed before the residents on the hills in each of the 

 chief places of resort, as an encouragement to others to engage 

 in an enterprise which, while it will be generally beneficial, will 

 also be individually remunerative. ***** 



W. H. Batlet, 

 Secretary to Government 



