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THE INDIAN FOREST RECORDS. 
Vol. Ill] 
1911 
[Part I 
A Note on Some Statistical and other Information 
regarding the Teak Forests of Burma,, 
By R. S. TROUP, I.F.S., F.C.H., 
Imperial Sylviculturist. 
INTRODUCTION. 
ORKING-PLANS operations commenced in Burma in December 
1883, the forest dealt with being the Thonze reserve in the Tharra- 
waddy Division. The working-plan, which was prepared by Mr. J. W. 
Oliver, was completed in June 1884. Since then working-plans opera¬ 
tions in the teak forests of Burma have proceeded steadily, and up to 
the end of June 1910, 44 working-plans for forests containing teak have 
been sanctioned. As may be imagined, these working-plans are mines 
of information, and the main object of this paper is to present in con¬ 
venient form the gist of this information, containing as it does many 
important facts regarding the constitution of the natural teak forests 
of Burma, the rate of growth of teak, statistics of outturn and other 
matters. 
It should be noted that nothing but natural teak forest is dealt with, as 
statistics regarding teak plantations must of necessity be treated quite 
separately ; also the forests concerned are only those under working- 
plans, unless the contrary is mentioned, since other teak forests have as 
a rule not yet been sufficiently examined and reported on. 
Acknowledgments are due to Mr. J. H. Lace, Chief Conservator of 
Forests, Burma, for having kindly furnished some excellent photographs 
of types of teak forest, two of which (Plates II and III) are reproduced in 
this publication. Acknowledgments are also due to Mr. J. W. Oliver, 
late Conservator of Forests in Burma, for Plate IV, taken from a photo¬ 
graph of his in the collection of the Imperial Forest Research Institute, 
Dehra Dun. 
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