328 SIND FOEEST BDLES. 



imprisonment, by the Superintendent of Forests, the person so 

 sentenced shall be forwarded without delay to the officer in charge 

 of the district within which the offence was committed, together 

 ■with a copy of the sentence, and the said officer shall forthwith 

 proceed to execute it. 



By order of the Commissioner, 



D. Brandis, 

 Supt. of Forests in Pegu. 

 Rangoon, Is* Jan. 1857. 



FOEEST RULES IN SIND.* 



1. None of the Sind forests are rented out on contract. Tim- 

 ber is felled under the immediate supervision of the forest kar- 

 kun. The parties requiring timber make a written application 

 to the forest ranger, stating the name of the forest, and the sizes 

 and kind of timber required ; an order to the forest karkun to 

 cut the timber is endorsed on 'the application. The receipt, 

 along with actual measurements, is forwarded to the forest 

 ranger's office, where the bill is made out and forwarded to the 

 forest tuppedar for the recovery of the sum due. No timber is 

 allowed to be cut without a written order from the forest ranger ; 

 and at the time of its being cut, either the karkun or a jamadar 

 is present. As one or two peons are attached to the forest, 

 valuable timber cannot easily be carried off clandestinely ; at 

 least such cases are extremely rare. 



2. Fuel and timber are sold in the same manner as any other 

 commodity. Fuel is sold by retail only at one place, leading 

 from the forest to the town of Sukkur ; it is there weighed, and 

 the money paid to the karkun stationed there ; this karkun is 

 under the supervision of the forest karkun. Fuel sold to public 

 departments, the railway, the Indus Flotilla, &c, is paid to the 

 forest ranger direct, the bills being made out according to the 

 receipts forwarded by the forest karkun to the ranger's office. 



* From a Report by N. A. Dalzell, Esq., Forest Ranger, containing 

 replies to queries forwarded by the Collector of Coimbatore. 



