1 ( 19 )
2 This decrease is probably due to the cancelling of the ner-
3 mit in the Upper Salween Forests, consequent on the breaches
4 of forest rules committed by lessees, and the whole system will
5 probably have to bo revised.
6 58. As regards the timber imported into Burma from
7 foreign territory, on which duty is taken at the Kadoe Depdt near
8 Maulmain, the following is taken from the Conservator’s report :—
9 During the yout teak timber was imported to the following extent from
10 the foresta beyond the frontier :—
11 Loge. Tons.
12 By the Salween River to the Kadoe Revenue
13 Station ace ave 88,417 ~ 81,343
14 Pieces,
15 By the Irrawaddie River eas oe 2,011 and 1,631 ... 1,814
16 By the Sittang River eee ooo 15,229... 118... )§=— 15,252
17 105,657 1,749 98,409
18 Except in one instance, the above figures exhibit a considerable increase over
19 the quantities imported in 1870-71 by these routes into the Pegu and Ten-
20 asscrim Divisions. By th Irrawaddie River there has been a steady decrease
21 in the importation of teak timber since 1868-69; the decrease during the past
22 year, as compared with the importation in 1870-71, amounted to 3,113 tons.
23 f any reliance is to be placed in the reports regarding the extensive resources
24 of the forests in Burmese territory, the falling off in the importation of
25 timber by the Irrawaddie must be attributed to increased difficulties in the
26 extraction of timber from tracts more distant and difficult of access, and to the
27 introduction of a direct system of working the forests in behalf of the King,
28 who has taken into his service a European, under the designation of Deputy
29 Conservator of Forests, for the collection of revenue on timber. An increase
30 of 15,248 logs took place in the foreign timber brought down the Salwgen
31 River, as compared with the quantity imported in 1870-71. This is almost
32 entirely due to the greater vigor cree iene in working the Myneloongyee
33 Forests, the outturn from which exhibited an increase over the previous
34 ear of 14,222 logs. Owing to the rapid exhaustion of the Siamese
35 i oungeyecn Forests, and the unsettled state of affairs in parts of the
36 Karrenec Forests, there can be no doubt that the Myneloongyee Forests,
37 under the Zimmay Chief, will form the main source of supply for foreign
38 timber for several years. The importation of timber by the Sittang River
39 exhibits an increase of 3,262 logs, or 5,020 tons, over that of 1870-71,—the
40 result, doubtless, of extended operations on the part of the lease-holders of
41 the Ningyan forests, the Bombay-Burma Trading Corporation, Limited, of
42 Rangoon, consequent on their having obtained renewal of thgir lease from
43 the King. In converted timber there is a falling off to the extent of 1,323
44 pieces. The subjoined figures exhibit the annual importation of foreign teak
45 timber during the past 4 years :—
46 1868-69. 1869-70. 1870.71. 1871-72.
47 Pa te ee TE a i ee ee
48 Togs. Tons. Logs. Tons. “Tage. Tons. Lage. Tone.
49 By Salween ... 62,6025 57,415 44,262 40,721 73,169 67,315 88,417 81,343
50 » Sittang o 8,337 8,337 6.621 65,621 11,355 10,232 15,347 15,252
51 » Arrawaddie... 29,623 11,151 11,660 6815 17,300 4937 3,612 1,814
52 In ealculating the tonnage, instead of adopting as formerly a general
53 average over the whole, it hus been deemed preferable to fix a separate average
54 for each description of foreign timber.
55 In addition to the foreign timber imported by the Salween, the following
56 timber was also reported for duty at the Kadoe revenue station during the
57 year —
58 ~ From Forests within British territory, 10,382 logs, or 9,551'4 tons,
59 thereby making the total quantity get alia for duty at Kadoe up to 98,799
60 logs. The numbcr of logs which were cleared on payment of duty during the
61 year was 74,399, or 3,231 in excess of the figure in 1870-71, leaving a balance
62 of 55,826 og on hand at the Kadoe Depét at the close of the official year.
63 This large balance is the result of the increased importation of timber during
64 the year, and the unusually large quantity on hand at the close of the previ-
65 ous year. <A fall in the Bombay and Madras markets affected the clearing of
66 timber very considerably at the time, but subsequently the tone of the
67 markets improved, and of the large balance in hand as much as $4,101
68 logs represent timber sold. The past year, on the whole, may be considered as
69 { prosperous one for the exporters of teak timber from Maulmain, owing to ine.
70 creused shipments and the lower prices at which timber was obtained in the
71 local market. Many of the importers, on the other hand, have incurred heavy