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2 88. The small teak plantation of | acre and 36 poles at Badnur has been
3 maintained at a cost of Rs. 75-8-0. The area was considerably overstocked,
4 and 8,000 young trees had to be removed.
5 89. The Commutation system referred to in last year’s report has continued
6 in force during the year under review. The Govern-
7 ment demand has been realized in full and withont
8 difficulty.
9 Damoh district,
10 90. The small teak plantation at Barriakhera, which has been in existence
11 for the last three years, has been abandoned, owing to the soil not being adapted
12 to the growth of teak.
13 91. The revenue for 1871-72 amounts to Rs. 13,164-3-3, or Rs. 1,216-14-8
14 more than that of the previous year.
15 992, Last year’s report showed a decrease in the revenue of this district
16 ee of about Rs. 4,000. During the year under report
17 ipur district. ‘
18 + the revenue realized amounts only to Rs. 26,590-9-7,
19 which is attributed ‘to a change in the system of collecting the revenue. The’
20 collections for April, May, and June, 1871, were made in advance, and included
21 in the revenue for 1870-71, whereas the collections for the same months in 1872
22 will be exhibited in the accounts for 1872-73. Major Newmarch anticipates
23 that the amount that will be realized during these months will almost equal
24 the apparent decrease
25 93. The revenue from the forests of this district sar gical is about =
26 same asin the previous year. As regards the su
27 eat ieee of bamboos and ail building scalie an. this district !
28 perhaps worse off than any in the Provinces, and it is very doubtful whether any
29 of its forest tracts can within a reasonable time be restored to a productive con-
30 dition except by artificial planting. Connected with the supply otf forest produce
31 is the question of the water-supply. The hills forming the watershed in this
32 district have been tearfully denuded, and, as already stated, a considerable time
33 must elapse before under any ordinary system of conservation they can be re-
34 stucked, while the measures that it would be necessary to adopt cannot fail to be
35 attended with a reduction in the revenue. Ifthe question of affording shelter
36 to the hills in which the small streams flowing through the district rise be set
37 aside, [ am inclined to think that the establishment of artificial plantations
38 would be the surest, and in the end most economical way of meeting the requirc-
39 ments of the people.
40 94. The small experimental plantations attempted in this district have not
41 been successful, but this can only be attributed to want of proper management.
42 95. There has been aoa fall in the revenue of this district, from
43 a ee Rs, 32,735-11-8 in 1870-71, to Rs. 27,355-7-10 in 1871-72;
44 it is chiefly on account of the sale of mohwa, and is attri-
45 buted to purchasers being discouraged by the loss sustained by them at the
46 high rates paid in the previous year.
47 96. Major Smith writes hopefully regarding the results that may be
48 attained in presorving some of the better portions of the forests by inducing
49 villagers, in consideration of certain minor privileges to be granted them in the
50 forosts, to keep out fires and cattle from them. The idea is a very practical
51 one, and I have no doubt that Major Smuth will be able to carry it out.
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