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2 Htaindaw Choung rich in large trees consequent on the want of a good ap-
3 proach by the stream and the closing up of former cart tracks.
4 75. Mr. Elsner reports that the destruction of cutch is not confined to large
5 trees; but that among the smaller trecs also (14 foot in girth) immense havoc
6 has been made by the axe of the touwngya cultivators and contractors for the
7 supply of fuel to the river steamers.
8 In places near the Irrawaddie, the combined efforts of cutch manufac-
9 turers and wood cutters have stripped large areas of all but seedlings and
10 young suckers thrown up by stumps; and were it not for the extraordinary
11 powers of reproduction possessed by this species and its hardy character, the
12 resuscitation of many of the cutch Tracts would be a most difficult under-
13 taking if not altogether hopeless,
14 76. The richest Tracts were found in the Pudday district between the
15 Thayet and Kadinmapyat choungs where the highest average was obtained
16 in Mr. Elsner’s surveys, viz 5,238 cutch trees on the 100 acres in the propor-
17 tions of 1 mature tree to 2°9 trees under 4 feet 6 inches in girth.
18 In the North Nawing district the highest average was 5021 cutch trees
19 on 100 acres, in the proportion of 1 mature to 56 smaller trees.
20 77. Full information regarding the several localities examined is noted
21 in statement 1, but pending the compilation of the maps of this part it will
22 not be possible to determine the exact arcas of cutch producing forests in
23 necd of reservation.
24 78. In other localities examined by Forest Ranger Shooay Zan, in the
25 North Nawing and Boolay districts, the highest average obtained was in the
26 former, viz: 4154 cutch trees on the 100 acres.
27 79. Tho mean of Mr. Elsner’s surveys gives the following figures repre-
28 senting the average resources of the Tracts visited, both in cutch and teak in
29 the North Nawing and Pudday Districts.
30 On 100 Acres.
31 Cutch of all sizes “Kt =e is ans on eee ve 3158
32 Teak of first three classes viz: 14 foot in girth and above _... as 284
33 80. Zharrawaddie Division. ‘The work in this division had for its ob-
34 ject,
35 1. The valuation of the resources of the lower hills near, and drain-
36 ed by, the Shoaylay and its main tributaries as far Westward
37 as the Tracts already demarcated.
38 2. To detcrmine the expediency of demarcating the Tract at thie
39 headwaters of the Padingben, Bwet, Kadinthoongzin, Kadin-
40 zouk and ‘Tapan streams not yot included within any line of
41 demarcation although surrounded by the Kokee, Tapan, Bwet
42 and Padingben reserved Tracts.
43 3. To ascertain the position and extent of the toungya or jhoom
44 lands of the hill Karens in the Shoaylay, Shaboung, Toungnyo
45 and Bawben districts and the position of tracts of poor re-
46 sources which it may be desirable to abandon to foungya cul-
47 tivation.