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2 Ns. 10 per 100 head ; from persons residing in other districts, Rs. 15 per 100
3 cows and bullocks, and Rs. 25 per hundred buffaloes. The only other large item
4 of revenue is on account of ics firewood, bamboos, and charcoal, consumed
5 in the station of Mandla or removed from the District.
6 Captain Temple attributes the increase in the revenue to the change from
7 the old systom of leasing the right of collecting forest dues to that of collect-
8 ing by Government agency. The latter system appears to be preferred by the
9 people.
10 103. It appears that dhya cultivation has not been altogether stopped in
11 the Government wastes, though it is believed to have been confined during the
12 past year to an area of 175 acres.
13 104. Forest reports for the districta of Sagar, char Narsinghpur,
14 Bhandara, Nagpur, and Balaghat have not yet reached this office,
15 105. The following is a comparative Statement of the revenue from the
16 unreserved forests of the different districts during the past two ycars :—
17 Disrricrs. 1870-71.
18 1971 72.
19 Aaa ne Nia nl ee is AI meh et gee ec
20 Rs. {A/P| Rs. im P,
21 Jabalpur eee gee ee eer 18,682 14 8; 8,459 3 0
22 Damoh ee a ae we -11,947] 41-7) 13,164) 3] 3
23 Sagar oa re oo eos} «627, 366/11) 2} 27,345] 710
24 Narsinghpur -- re wes 3,37014) & §,693) 3) 3
25 alaghat. ee oe 4 | 15,044 4 8) 17,43413111
26 fandla : see “4 coe} = 19,443) 7/10, 24,695,110! 4
27 Nagpur ie _ oe | 14,230) 3) 7 = 20,728)10; 2
28 Wardha... im - ..| 11,308] 611] 11,824/13) 6
29 Sironcha ws * 7 : 15,528)12 3) 16,860} 9} 1
30 Chanda or ee ‘ . 32,735/11] 8 7,355! 710
31 Raipur see ‘i ve ---| 41,028 111} 26,590! 9 7
32 Bilaspur . wn e- §,438)30! 3) 16,981,115) 5
33 Sri nee ve Cem. Pk Se | Ln ere er
34 etul eos 19,829) 3} 3, 20,046] 5] 4
35 Hoshangabad .. ae 18,550 15,204 4] 6
36 Nimar A ve See ...| £3,506! 8] 2} 47,515/12/10
37 Seoni - ia is | 29,649! 5 4 52076) 3/11
38 Chhindwara ... oor a *.et 15,934 5) 3) I7 631/101 5
39 Bhandara__... a8 ere oo.| 28,204 G| 29,342) 1, 6
40 Tota] receipts aay i 3,98,85 1 i 8
41 a a
42 106. Regarding the system of commutation frequently referred to in the
43 foregoing paragraphs, I would here remark that however remunerative it may
44 be at present, 1t 1s not calculated to ensure the preservation of the most valuable
45 forest tracts. The system is undoubtedly more in accordance with the wishcs
46 of the people than any other, but unfortunately its success is ina great measure
47 dependent on the proximity of the forests to the thickly populated tracts, in
48 accordance with which the value of the forests as sources of supply must
49 chiefly bo measured. All circumstances seem to point to the necessity of the
50 further reservation of forest lands to supply the requirements of the people.
51 With this object in view eleyen blocks in the Betul Sekai have already been sect
52 aside, and Mr. Foster, Assistant Conservator, is now engaged in an examination
53 of the Bhandara forests with the view of selecting the more valuable portions to
54 bo reserved for the same purpose. A report on these forests is shortly expected,
55 and will be submitted with such proposals as may secm necessary for the Chief
56 Commissioner's orders,