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6. Sample Plot in Tharrawaddy Division. 
1. Plantation No. 87 of 1896, Comp. 9, Konbilin Reserve. 
1. Description of the Sample Plot. 
Growth. —The plantation (area 4*4 acres) is one of several close 
together formed in 1890-1898 after the flowering of bamboo. All are 
much reduced in area by the encroachment of the surrounding forest, 
and are also very patchy within their boundaries. Eight sample trees 
were analysed in Plantation No. 87 near the western edge of the Reserve 
on flat ground forming the flood-plain of a small stream. The soil is 
of fairly good quality, a stifflsh loam inclined to be somewhat water¬ 
logged but, according to Mr. H. R. Blandford, Divisional Forest Officer, 
not first-class soil for teak ; similar localities would now be planted, 
with Pyinma, L. Flos-Beginae or some other species more suited to the 
locality. In the forest near the plantation, outside the reserve, there is 
practically no teak. 
Undergrowth. —On the whole dense and high, extending up to 2-3rds 
of the bole length, representing encroachment and infiltration early 
in the life of the plantation. The principal woody species are Millettia 
Brandisiana , Dolichandrone arcuata , Ficus glomerata, Dysoxylum binectari - 
ferum, Stephegyne diversifolia with the bamboos Cephalostachyum pergra- 
cile and Bambusa polymorpha. In many places these form part of the 
canopy and occasionally occupy parts of the plantation area to the 
complete exclusion of teak. 
Past History. —Mr. Blanford informs me that fire protection was 
probably started in 1876 and certainly from 1888. The plantation 
or the surrounding forest was burnt accidentally in 1897. Protection 
was abandoned from 1916 south of the plantation, but an accidental 
fire occurred in 1918 just north of the plantation. The sample trees 
were selected near the edge of the Reserve, outside which the forest is 
burnt annually. In 1910-1911 the sample plot and the neighbouring 
plantations were lightly thinned. 
2. Results of Analyses. 
Number of Trees Analysed —8. Date of Analysis. —17th-22nd June, 
1918. 
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