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Unsound teak below 3 feet in girth . 
11,006 
Sound teak above 7 feet girth . 
31,523 
Sound teak 6 to 7 feet girth 
18,114 
Sound teak 44 to 6 feet girth . 
42,768 
Sound teak 3 to 44 feet girth . 
. 101,737 
Sound teak IJ to 3 feet girth . 
. 150,910 
Pyinkado above 7 feet girth 
43,377 
Pyinkado 3 to 7 feet girth . 
. 147,901 
Cutch above 3 feet girth . 
3,832 
Padauk above 3 feet girth 
17,123 
Myinma above 3 feet girth 
931 
Thingan above 3 feet girth 
738 
Kanyin above 3 feet girth . 
2,952 
Ingyin and thitya above 3 feet girth . 
96,928 
In above 3 feet girth 
10,804 
All others above 3 feet girth 
. 906,152 
The number of sound livmg trees above 3 feet in girth per 100 acr^s for 
the area of 84,022'2 acres is therefore : — 
Teak 
Pyinkado 
Ingyin and thitya 
Padauk 
In 
Cutch 
Kanyin 
Pyinma 
Thingan 
All others 
231 
228 
115 
20 
13 
5 
4 
1 
1 
1,078 
Total . 1,696 
The only large outturn from these forests during the first period will be 
teak timber, and the most important object therefore is to obtain the largest 
regular outturn of teak that the forest can yield without deterioration, while at 
the same time the value of the forest should gradually increase. The capital 
must not be encroached upon and the forest must be brought into a normal 
state. It is probable that a certain amount of cutch, pyinkado and padaitk 
will also be extracted, but these wall be dealt with separately. 
In forests of this type containing a scattered growth of valuable species, 
among many others which at present have little or no value as they stand, the 
selection method must be adopted. 
Teak timber sells best when of large size, the lowest limit for first class 
timber being ordinarily regarded as 6 feet girth. 
Except in very dry forests, no teak is, as a rule, girdled unless it has attained 
a, girth of 7 feet measured at breast height. In the forests under report there 
are a number of dry ridges on w'hich teak, if it grow's at all, will rarely remain 
sound until it has reached a girth of 7 feet, and wdll sometimes die before then. 
In such localities the exploitable size is 6 feet. These areas are misftii un with 
the teak forest proper and have not been separated in calculating the growing 
stock. No sharp line of division exists and the girdling officer must determine 
