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2 206. Timber for P. 1. Department. To meet the requisitions of the
3 Department Public Works, the special efforts of the Officers in charge} Tharra-
4 waddie and Rangoon Divisions were directed throughout the rains to the selec-
5 tion and delivery of 1,160 logs of superior timber at various places on the
6 Prome road, for the construction of bridges and Bungalows.
7 207. Eaperiments with timber. Towards determining the minimum peri-
8 od within which teak felled green will be sufficiontly seasoned to admit of re-
9 moval by water, 10 trees, I class size, were felled green in the dry season of
10 1871 in the Shaboung District near the Western boundary of the Kokce Re-
11 serve, and dragged to an open spot for exposure to the sun.
12 The Divisional Officer considers that it will be possible to float some of
13 this timber to Rangoon this season. |
14 , 208. Woods of other kinds. Specimens of 21 different varieties of rare
15 woods obtained from the Tenasserim Division have been presented to the Phayre
16 musoum Rangoon.
17 209. Resinous and other Forest products. In accordance with tho orders
18 of Government, samples of the following oils and resins have been collected for
19 the Chambers of Commerce, at Bombay and Calcutta, as also for the Department
20 of Agriculture, Revenue and Commerce.
21 Thingan, ...... (Hopea odorata),
22 Bestns... oo. ve Timgyoo, ... ... (Pinus Khasyana; Pinus Massoniana from the
23 Thoungyeen, and hills Kast of Toungoo).
24 Thayet... ...... (Mangifera Indica),
25 FONG os: nape seamen (Dipterocarpus tuberculatus),
26 OFS cinvn enter Kanyin......... (Dipterocarpus alatus),
27 Thitseo......... (Melanorrhoa glabra),
28 Padouk. ... ... (Pterocarpya dalberyivides),
29 Yaythama.. ... erie
30 Lxudations..... | Toungthapen (Ficus lanceolata),
31 Toungthalay... (Garcinia cowa).
32 210. Teak sced, On the requisitions of the Superintendent Botanical
33 gardens, Calcutta, and Conservator of Forests Bengal, 89 baskets of teak seed
34 were forwarded to Bengal in April. Small supplies of teak seed and hill _
35 were also collected for despatch to Superintendent at Port Blair, and a small
36 quantity of teak seed for the Depnty Commissioner, Akyab.
37 211. Changes in the Executive Establishment. On the 20th January tho
38 Department lost the services of a young officer of promising attainments, in the
39 decease, at Prome, of Mr. Charles Bligh, Assistant Conservator of Forests,
40 who succumbed to a relapse of fever contracted during the rains, in the
41 Tharrawaddie Division,
42 212. Captain Douglas, Deputy Conservator of Forests, 1st grade, and Mr.
43 L. Rind, Assistant Conservator, transferred to this Province from Berar and
44 the N. W. Provinces in P. W. D. Notifications No. 37 F. dated 20th June 1871
45 and No. 31 F. dated 1st June 1871, reported their arrival at Rangoon respective-
46 ly on the 5th and 30th August 1871.
47 Two trained Officers, Messrs. Ferrars and Gamble, Assistant Conservators
48 Srd grade, arrived from England under covenant with the Sccretary of State,
49 and reported their arrival at Rangoon on the 5th December 1871 and 2nd Janu-
50 ary 1872, respectively.