PREFACE. 
T HIS Note was originally written by Mr. E. Benskin, Indian 
Forest Service, while acting as Assistant to the Economist at the 
Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun. It was sent to me for review 
before being printed and was then found to be out of date and 
incomplete. A considerable amount of further information has been 
collected from Divisional Forest Officers and elsewhere, and a new 
map has been made, but a great deal of Mr. Benskin’s original manu¬ 
script is included in the Note in its present form. 
A. RODGER, 
Forest Research Officer, 
Burma . 
Maymyo, 
Dated the 14th November 1916 . 
