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2 3. PROTECTION.
3 23. Tharrawaddie Division. Turing the working season the boundaries
4 of all the Reserved Tracts in the Tharrawaddic Division were inspected by Mr.
5 pea Assistant Conservator, accompanied by Forest Ranger, Moung Myat
6 Joon.
7 No trespasses are reported except one case of cutting yas in the Bawben-
8 Choungwa Reserve. One out of four defendants was fined 5 Rupees.
9 43 Boundary marks in the vicinity of frequented roads were found des-
10 troyed or injured.
11 24, Prome Division. In the Prome Division, during an examination of
12 the Reserved Tracts finally demarcated, Mr. Elsner, the Divisional Officer, found
13 Cutch manufactorics established in two parts of the Gwaycho Reserved Tract.
14 As the proclamation prescribed by Rule, XIV, Forest Rules, appeared not to
15 have been promulgated by the subordinate Kevenue Officer of the District, the
16 Divisional Officer was under the necessity of addressing the Deputy Commis-
17 sioner again on the subject. Only two instances of destruction of Boundary
18 marks were discovered.
19 25. The proposals noted in para 33 of last year’s Report for increasing
20 the strength and improving the pay of the Subordinate Conservancy Establish-
21 ment, have been deferred in consequence of the inability of Divisional Officers
22 to estimate the exact increase required before further progress has been made
23 in the demarcation of Forests.
24 26. With a view to facilitate supervision on the part of the European Of-
25 ficers, it is under consideration to erect a series of Rest-houses on the main lines
26 of communication with the Reserved Tracts. The completion of one, contigu-
27 i to the Bawben Reserve, is reported by the Divisional Officer ata cost of
28 s. 341-11-0.
29 4. MANAGEMENT AND [MPROVEMENT,
30 27. Prome Division. An attempt has been made by the Divisional Officer
31 to plant a portion of the Gwaycho Reserved Tract with Teak, with the aid of ya
32 cultivators. An area of 33 acres is reported to have been covered with plants,
33 there being on an average 800 plants to the acre, but the difficulties of super-
34 vision over scattered patches thus planted are great, and as lax views are likely
35 to be engendered by this system, regarding the prohibition against toungya
36 cultivation, it is not deemed advisable to continuo these experiments.
37 The expenditure incurred is estimated at Rs. 156 or Rs, 4-12 per acre.
38 28. Saleen Division. A similar experiment, but on a much smaller
39 scale, has been attempted in the Tsinzway Reserved Tract; by locating tho
40 District Forester in that part, and instituting a system of periodical and fre-
41 quent inspections on the part of the Forest Ranger or Assistant Conservator at-
42 tached to the Division, better results are looked for. It has also to be noted
43 that in a large portivn of this Reserve the trees were freed from creepers, under
44 the immcdiate supervision of the Assistant Conservator.
45 29. Exclusion of fires. It is satisfactory to record that, with the aid of the
46 Karens of the adjacent villages, the District Forester has succeeded in exclud-
47 ing fires two seasons from the Tsinzway Reserve, although embracing an arca