SIND FOREST RULES. 329 



Weekly statements of the balance of fuel are made to the forest 

 ranger. 



3. The establishment of the forest department consists of 1 

 forest ranger, 2 deputies, 1 inspector, 1 accountant, 1 head 

 munshi, 1 second munshi, 2 writers, 12 forest karkuns, 2 da- 

 roghas, 13 jamadars, 98 peons. The forest ranger has the 

 general management and control over the whole department ; he 

 personally inspects the forests during six months of the year. 

 The deputies are stationed at distant points, and assist in the 

 inspection of the forests, sending in weekly reports of their 

 doings. The inspector also aids in the same duties, and exa- 

 mines carefully the account-books of the forest karkuns. 



Each forest karkun or tuppedar has charge of four or eight 

 forests situated within a distance, from one end of his charge to 

 the other, of from 15 to 50 miles. He travels almost constantly 

 from one end of his charge to the other, transacting business, 

 such as issuing pass-notes for grazing, looking to the preparation 

 of fuel, paying labourers, superintending the cutting of timber, 

 measuring the same, writing his accounts, making advances of 

 money to woodcutters, watching the river banks, and many 

 more things of this kind. Under each forest karkun there is 

 one jamadar, who also travels about through the forests, seeing 

 that the peons do their duty, and making reports to his imme- 

 diate superior. One or two peons are attached to each forest ; 

 there they remain constantly ; they seize any cattle grazing 

 without a pass ; they look after the preservation of the forest, 

 and are in general held answerable for any damage which may be 

 done. The total cost of the establishment is Es. 2199 per month. 



The total extent of forest under supervision is 700 square 

 miles on the lowest computation, and thus the cost of supervision 

 is on an average lis. 3 per square mile per mensem. The total 

 receipts last year, 1858-59, were Es. 72,150, and the net profits 

 Es. 28,994 ; this year, 1859-60, the receipts are calculated at 

 Es. 90,000, and the net profits at Es. 40,000. The net profits have 

 always been a little more than the cost of establishment. It is 

 calculated that this year, 1859-60, for every rupee expended in 

 establishment Government will receive back Es. 2-9-7. 



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