1 ( 13 )
2 Girth at 6 ft.
3 height. Height.
4 ( Maximum ......cccecceee Me oskeelee ceases oy" 31"
5 140 Trees. Minimum ..,.........<... ne eeeoenen ere 9’ :
6 ( Average..ccccsccccscoscc. LO ee 13” 3h
7 Trees developing straight regular stems 67 per cent.
8 112. Plantation of 1868; 35 acres. The treatment noted in the previous
9 year’s Administration Report of cutting back a large proportion of the plants
10 injured by fire has had the desired effect ; and the portions injured by fire have
11 to some extent revived.
12 Operations during the year sere limited to a partial pruning, clearing of
13 ages and removal of creepers. Tho expenditure incurred was Rs 276-13 or
14 8. 7-14-2 per acre.
15 113. Measurements conducted equally in four different parts of this plan-
16 tation gave the following results in June last.
17 Girth at 6 ft. Height.
18 Maximum ....cccccccvecs 4 are Peace meter en 30°
19 134 Trees{ Minimum ............... ed tte ee ee » 10°
20 AVGIURG vssisasesentven DET coeseycnnsnnies 16°7°
21 Trees developing straight regular stems 63 per cent.
22 114. Compared with the measurements noted in para 187 of the previous
23 year’s Administration Report, these results exhibit a satisfactory increase in
24 growth ; but it is evident that this plantation is being outstripped by that of
25 1869, which has not suffered in like manner from fire.
26 115. Control and Protection. The plantations of the Rangoon division
27 have remained under the control of Mr. Nepean. The establishment was as
28 follows :—
29 1 Overseer on ine ve ey nee Rs. 7
30 2 Burmese writers on Rs. }5 and 8 tau » so
31 2 Goungs on Res, 15 and 10 a ~~
32 § Peons at Rs. 12 oe » 60
33 Total Rs. 183 per mensem.
34 CRS
35 Although the general duties of the plantations have been satisfactorily
36 performed, the Conservator has been under the necessity of noticing a want of
37 that care and attention to details which formerly characterized Mr. Nepean’s
38 chargo of the plantations.
39 116. Lxperimental Cultivation; Coffee. The expcrimental cultivation
40 of coffee with teak has not been attended with good results. Several hun-
41 dred vigorous seedlings were set out between the teak plants in 1870 planta-
42 tion ; but a very large percentage of them succumbed to the exposure during the
43 dry season and the subsequent thick shade and heavy drip from the teak trees.
44 __ it is extremely doubtful whether any but deciduous plants can be found to
45 withstand the sudden transition from dense shade in the rains, to complete ex-
46 posure to the sun in the dry months,
47 Interspersed between plantain trees, the coffee plants appear to thrive well.