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2 SECTION V.
3 FINANCIAL RESULTS.
4 56. Receipts during the year were as follows :—
5 Rs. <A. P.
6 Head JI.—Timber Sales at Depots, ... sea 49,014 10 6
7 uA 11.—Timber Sales in the Forests, ae 41,378 6 3
8 » I1L—Duty on Foreign Tunber, ... : ave
9 » 1V.—-Permit Fees, ... ee P ona
10 » +V¥.—Grazing Dues,... a es Ae 35,758 11 4
11 » VI1.—Sale of Grass, Fruits, &e., ... oe 5,185 3 5
12 » WII.—Sale of Drift Timber, ae te 1,215 13 11
13 » VI1LI.—F ines, wes ‘a ees mre 260 1 10
14 » iL1X.—Miscellaneous, ae oe ee 4954 0 4
15 Total, ... .. 1,387,766 13 7
16 Deduct Expenditure, .. 1,26,681 3 4
17 Actual Surplus, ay 11,085 10 3
18 Add difference between assets and liabilities a
19 the commencement and close of the year, — 6,990 15 10
20 Total Surplus, one 18,076 10 1
21 57. The prescribed annual statements are annexed, forms 21 to 28 in-
22 clusive, which show the cash and stock transactions in the several divisions
23 during the year under review.
24 58. 1,168 logs were sold at depdts during the year, principally by public
25 Pscuests of Uagbec salen et sie auction, and realized altogether Hs. 39,055-12-3,
26 which gives an average of about Hs. 33-7-0 per
27 log, or 13 annas 4 pie per cubic foot.
28 59, The proceeds of timber and wood sold in the forests, which amounted
29 to Rs. 41,378-6-3, were collected almost entirely
30 a aaa aa ae a by Departmental Agency, and as the Chief Com-
31 missioner has sanctioned the continuance of this system, there is every prospect
32 of a large annual revenue under Head II, and a probability of a steady increase
33 for many years.
34 60. In Oudh, the chief difficulties in the way of obtaining the full
35 Obataclen to an increase of forest reve. Annual yield, and the lereeet possible revenue
36 she from the Government forcsts, are the compara-
37 tively small demand for house building materials by the population, and the
38 competition with other and better sources of supply. Owing cither to custom,
39 poverty, or the insecurity of their tenure, the peasantry generally live in hovels,
40 und it is only in the cities and towns that many of the mbabitants build or
41 occupy better houses.
42 61. Itis probable that the first mentioned obstacle will be gradually
43 Future propects of increased demand for Yemoved by greater industry and thrift, on the
44 Ouuh Foreat timber. part of the people, if aided by a new Rent Law,
45 under which the agricultural population will able to obtain longer leases of
46 land, and secure their fair share of the profits of cultivation. By economy, they
47 will then be able to free themselves from debt and accumulate wealth, while
48 their more secure tenure will furnish greater inducement than they have at
49 present to build substantial dwellings.
50 62. In the meantime it is no doubt, the duty of this Department to
51 Duty of this department to supply sniagy el house building materials and wood
52 wood for the use of the agricultural popu- for 1 1
53 ets ab the chongest acral popu. tor domestic and agricultural purposes, PEE as
54 in the Government forests, to all applicants for
55 their own bond-fide use, at the lowest price which will cover the cost of forest