OCT. — MAE. 18,59-60.] 



On Timber in Cuddapah. 



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XIH. On Timber in the neighbourhood of Cuddapah. By Capt. 

 J. H. M. Stewart, District Engineer. 



( Communicated by Government.) 



I have the honor to inform you, that the difficulty experienced 

 in procuring good Timber in the neighbourhood of Cuddapah, and 

 its consequent high price, having frequently been forced on my at- 

 tention, I determined on examining a range of Hills, on which I 

 had reason to believe, that a variety of useful Wood was to be 

 found. The range to which I allude, stretches due East and West, 

 between the Cheyair and Paupaugnee Rivers, reaching from the 

 town of Nundaloor in the Chitwail Talook, a distance as the crow 

 flies, of 45 miles. 



2. It was to the Eastern portion of this range that I directed 

 my attention. I commenced at Goolcherroo, and spent 4 days on 

 the top of the Hills. In the valleys near Goolcherroo, I came upon 

 a large number of fine trees, principally 4 Muddy' and * Yepi.' In 

 one of the lowest valleys, and nearest to the Goolcherroo Ghaut, 

 several ' Muddy' trees had been felled some years ago, and shaped 

 into beams, with the intention of taking them into Cuddapah. This 

 however in the absence of any track, along which wheels could be 

 drawn, was found impossible, and the beams are still lying where 

 they were felled. 



3. From a careful examination of the valleys, and of the cattle 

 tracks which lead Westward from them, towards Trunk Road No. 

 XI, I am certain that excellent wheel tracks, for the conveyance of 

 Timber, might be opened out at very small cost. The wheels which 

 I would propose to make for dragging out the Timber would be 

 about 2j feet in diameter, and about the same distance apart, so 

 that a track of sufficient width could be cleared at very small cost. 

 By clearing a track of about 7 miles in length, several excellent 

 Timber valleys would be brought within easy reach of the high 

 road, 



4. I enclose an Estimate amounting to Rupees 650, which pro 

 vides both for this and for the construction of 4 pair of wheels, 



