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2 20. The four Tharoo villages inside the Government Forest of the fourth
3 Four Tharoo villages allowed toremain Section, Gonda Division, which were made over
4 inside the Gonda forests on aunual leases. = tg this Department as part of the agreement en-
5 tered into with the Mahirdjah of Bulrampur, have been allowed to remain on
6 annual cultivation leases, as these Tharoos being attached to this department, are
7 very useful in giving information of any timber thefts, perpotratod in that neigh- —
8 bourhood, and it is probable, that they will render good service to this department.
9 21. The lease of grazing and minor forest produce in tho Tulsfpur
10 Cattle grazing prohibited inthe Tule. Forests, held by the Maharajah ot Bulrampur, till
11 pur Government Forests. the permanent settlement of his estate having
12 expired on the 14th January 1872, cattlo grazing has been prohibited in the
13 Gonda Forests, and in the 8th Section of the Bharaich forests in accordance
14 with the terms of the agreement made with the Muahsrdjah.
15 22. In the 2nd Sub-division of the Bharaich Forests, 22 miles of
16 Line cutting and road making in the forest division lines 50 feet broad were cut and
17 Bharaich Division, cleared through tho 5th, 6th, and 7th Section at
18 a cost of about Rs. 11 per mile, and 22 miles of boundary ditch round the 5th
19 Section excavated at Rs. 36 per mile. These rates are exclusive of the cost of
20 permanent forest establishment chargeable to these works.
21 The cheap and thorough manner in which these works were executed, is
22 greatly due to the close supervision exercised by the late Forest Rangor, Shadee
23 Lal, whose sudden death from cholera is greatly regretted.
24 23. In tho lst Sub-division of the Bharaich Forests, about six miles of
25 forest division lines were cut, and 44 miles made driveable, at a cost of about
26 Rs. 55 per mile,
27 24, The boundary of the 5th Section which had been erroneously de-
28 Re demarcation of the 5th Section of the Marcated, and was disputed by the neighbouring
29 Bharaich Forests. Tialukdidr, was demarcated by the Settlement De-
30 partment, and has now been permanently fixed and marked by the erection of
31 posts, surrounded by mounds of earth.
32 25. Over three hundred maunds of Khair and thorn seed were collected
33 Formation of athorn hedge round the 1n the Bharaich Division, with the viow of form-
34 5th Section of the Bharaich Forests, ing a thorn hedge along some of tho forest bound -
35 aries, which are indisputably defined, such as tho 5th Section. The seed has
36 been sown since the rains set in.
37 26. Inthe Kheri Division, the important line, seven miles long, cut during
38 rsa ets uk MEE cca 1870-71, from the centre of the 2nd Sub-division
39 to Khyregarh, was cleared of stumps and grass,
40 and made into a good drivable road, 15 feet wide, at a cost of Rs. 90 per mile.
41 27. The main Bhadee Tal Linc has been cleared of grass, and made into
42 a drivable road from Doodooaghat up to Sonareepur, where the Khyregarh
43 line branches of at Rs. 29-12-0 per mile the length being seven miles, ‘The ap-
44 proaches to Nalas on this lino have been cut down, so as to make the slopes on
45 both sides gradual, at a cost of Rs. 157-7-0.
46 28. Four miles of the main Mussan Khum line which crosses the forest
47 from the Sohelee at Dodooaghat to the Mohan river has been cleared of grass,
48 and made drivable, and two miles have been cleared of stumps and grass at a
49 total cost of Rs. 37-5-5 per mile
50 29. The main Gwaree ghat road has been cleared, repaired and extend-
51 ed to within one mile of Kecrutpur, at a cost of Rs. 36-6-7 per mile. The dis-
52 tanco is 17 miles, and the expenditure includes the cost of up-rooting the stumps,
53 and levelling the ground along four miles of the road.