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Indian Forest Records. 
[Vol. YJ 
Summary of results of measurements in Divisional Sample Plots. 
Species— ACACIA CATECHU. 
Palamau Division , Bihar and Orissa Province. 
Sample Plot. 
Kerb (A). 
Kerb (B). 
I Kechki. 
All Combined. 
S. Plots. 
Thinned or 
Unthinned. 
Unthinned. 
Unthinned. 
Unthinned. 
Unthinned. 
Descriptive details . 
The plot is situated 
in the same tongue 
of the Saidope Re¬ 
serve as Kerb (B), 
but further west anc 
quite close to the 
outer boundary near 
Boundary Pillar. 
The aspect is S. S. 
W. The soil is stiff- 
er than that found 
in (B) plot, free 
from broken quartz 
fragments and 
the underlying 
sand was not found. 
The subsoil is pro¬ 
bably the same as 
in (B). The plot 
is well drained like | 
(B) extending to j 
the bottom of a dry 
nallah. ' 
The plot is situated 
in a tongue of forest 
about a mile in 
width forming the 
N. E. corner 
of the Saidope 
Reserve and about 
a quarter of a 
mile west of Boun¬ 
dary Pillar No. 20. 
The aspect is south¬ 
easterly. The area 
is well-drained. The 
soil is a sandy clay 
from decomposed' 
gneiss mixed with 
broken fragments of 
quartz. A pit 4' 
deep showed that 
the upper layer of 
2|' is yellow brown 
in colour and be¬ 
low almost pure 
sand gray and 
nearly dry is found. 
The soil is ap¬ 
parently of good 
depth and subsoil 
is hornblende 
schists. 
This plot is situated 
in the Reserved 
forest of the same 
name in the por¬ 
tion lying to the 
east of the Kechki 
Barasand road. The 
aspect is Northerly. 
Soil clay. 
I 
Period of measure¬ 
ment. 
1911 to 1916 
1911 to 1916 
r 
1911 to 1916 
1911 to 1916 
Total number of mea¬ 
surements. 
28 
. 
51 
38 
117* 
R-ate of growth in girth. 
