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Bija Sal or Venge (Pterocarpus marsupium) attains an enor- 

 mous size, and is used for godowns, &c, at Chanda. 



5. Lieutenant E. H. Beddome, Asst. Conservator of Forests, 

 prepared an accurate and useful list of the timber trees (with 

 native names), which he met with in the Hyderabad portion of 

 the Godavari forests. This catalogue is printed in the " Jury 

 Keports of the Madras Exhibition, 1857 " (p. 46), but detailed 

 information regarding the teak forests in the valley of the Goda- 

 vari is still wanting. 



H. Cleghokn. 



Note. — Subsequent to the visit of Sir C. Trevelyan to the Godavari 

 and to the publication of this Memorandum, which was drawn up imme- 

 diately after, few additional facts have been ascertained on this subject. 

 Capt. Stoddard, however, in a letter to Government, dated October 24, 

 1859, states, that " there is an abundance of the very finest teak grow- 

 ing between the Severi and Indrawati rivers, which might, by European 

 enterprise, be brought down to the Severi," which he considers quite 

 navigable for boats drawing from 5 to 6 feet from June to November. 



H. C. 



