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2 feet in height, but I have since heard that many of them dicd soon after the heavy
3 rains set in. If this is the case, the gum tree will not do in such a damp climate as
4 the Bhabur.
5 oJ OUNSAR.
6 28. A small quantity of gum seed was sown near Chukrata, but the heavy
7 snow of last winter rotted it, and not one single seedling appeared. However, I fear
8 the gum tree is not suited to that cold and bleak climate.
9 Some experimental sowings of deodar (broadcast and in drills) were made lust
10 November in the forests of Bodya, Mussuk, Kotec, Mangtar, and Kotee. The ground
11 sown is now covered with young secdlings from 2 to 3 inches high. On account of the
12 scarcity of seed, only 7 acres were sown, but this year there is plenty of seed, and
13 I hope to get large portions of all the forests sown wherever it is required.
14 There are lots of open spots in the forests near Chukrata which will be sown with
15 deodar and cheel (Pinus ercelsa) in November next.
16 GORUCKPORE.’
17 29. <A little teak seed has beon sown in all the forests as an experiment to
18 find out if in any, and where, it will thrive. If it growa even only to a small size
19 (there is one fine treo in the station of Goruckpore), it will be a very useful tree. In
20 that district there is very little sale for timber, except to the natives of the place. A
21 teak tree would, I think, attain a height of 30 feet sooner than a sf] tree; and as it
22 grows cleaner and straighter, and a 30-fect tree is large enough for most native build-
23 ings, tho experiment is worth trying.
24 111.—Maps and Boundaries. —
25 30. Mr. Grant was in charge of the Survey Division till the middle of Novem-
26 ber; he then took charge of the Conservator’s office, and handed over the Survey
27 establishment to Captain Bailey, Deputy Conservator of the Dehra Doon, who made
28 over charge to Mr. Brereton on the 6th December.
29 31. Last summer the rains wero very heavy and continuous ; they interfered a good .
30 deal with the survey work. June and July were taken up—lLst, in removing some
31 boundary pillars between Mr. McKinnon’s grant in the Western Doon and the Dole-
32 kote Government Forest, by order of the Commissioner of Mecrut; 2nd, in marching to
33 Jounsar ; 3rd, in building huts, collecting food, &. In August, a contour survoy was
34 made of the large deodar forest on the Tonse between the villages of Kimmarree and
35 Deoota, and a path was commenced through this forest. In Septembor, Mr. Grant was
36 ordered to Deobun to take the place of Mr. Bagshawe, who had gone to Nynce Tal to
37 take charge of the head office, and the survey party were employed during that
38 month and October in continuing the path through the Kimmarree and Deota forests,
39 in collecting deodar seed, and in mapping and plotting work. In November the party
40 roturned to the Doon, and were employed on the unscttled and disputed boundaries of
41 that troublesome division until the beginning of May, when they again roturned to
42 Jounsar to make a valuation survey of some deodar forests, an account of which wil
43 be rendered in next year’s annual report.
44 32. The works done in the Doon were as follows :—
45 lst. —Survoy of the plots of Seesumbara and Humcerporo, in the Central Hope-
46 town Estate.
47 Qnd.—Pointing out and re-survey of certain boundaries in the Eastern Doon,
48 which, although marked on the map, were not traceable on the ground. These boun-
49 daries were between the Government Forests of Scoree, Thannoo, and Nagsidh, and
50 tho adjacent villages and grants.
51 3rd.—Laying down the boundary between the Attic Farm grant and the Dole-
52 kote Government Forest according to Captain Nio holett’s map, and erecting tenporary
53 pillars at the angles.