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Nepal ‘ Sal.’ Figures of actual outturn obtained from Burma, areas 
follows : — 
Name of Circle. 
From Reserved 
Forest, in tons. 
From Unclassed 
Forest, in tons. 
Total, in 
tons. 
Northern Circle .... 
205 
10,284 
10,389 
Southern Circle .... 
9,473 
785 
10,266 
Pegu Circle ..... 
5,600 
18,735 
24,335 
Tenasserim Circle 
2,302 
23,57t 
25,878 
Total 
70,868 
(m) ‘ Deodar,’ Cedrus Deodara. 
The supplies of Deodar timber are mainly obtained from the United 
Provinces, the Punjab, the North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir, 
of which the majority of the sleepers are taken up by the Railways. 
The annual outturn of ‘ Deodar ’ from the United Provinces is roughly 
500,000 c.ft. ; that from the Punjab 4,141,600 c.ft., or 1,361,000 c.ft. 
of sleepers, 1,235,000 c.ft. of logs, and 90,000 c.ft. of scantlings. It 
is not possible to state the exact amount of ‘ Deodar ’available from the 
North-West Frontier Province, though in 1919-20 174,840 c.ft. of 
‘ Deodar ’ were in stock in the sale depots. The Simla Hill States produce 
approximately 311,100 c.ft., while Kashmir produces 3,000,000 c.ft. per 
annum, of which 2,500,000 c.ft. are in the form of sleepers. 
{iv) ‘ Chir,’ Finns longifolia and ‘ KaU,’ Finns excelsa. 
‘ Chir ’ is obtained from the Punjab, United Provinces, North-West 
Frontier Province, Kashmir, the Simla Hill States and Tehri State. It 
is not' known how much ‘ Chir ’ timber is extracted from the forests of 
the United Provinces, as the outturn of Silver fir. Spruce and Kail {Finns 
excelsa) are grouped together with that of ‘ Chir.’ The total outturn of 
these four species amounted to 2,764,753 c.ft. in 1919-20, of which 
‘ Chir ’ made up the greater portion. The outturn from the Punjab is 
also not accurately known ; 74,300 c.ft. of pine logs were extracted in 
1919-20, and 1,872,600 c.ft. of sleepers other than ‘ Deodar,’ a large 
proportion of which were ‘ Chir.’ In the North-West Frontier Depots 
about 28,000 c.ft. of timber were in hand at the close of 1919-20. 
Kashmir provides 250,000 c.ft. per annum and 1,000,000 c.ft. of ‘Kail,’ 
andthe Simla Hill States about 36,300 c.ft. of ‘ Chir ’ and 341,450 c.ft. of 
‘ Kail ’ timber. 
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