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2 6. In Nagar, the settlement of the Ubrani forest was again deferred, owing to tho
3 Deputy Superintendent being still unable to meet the Deputy Conservator to settle ob-
4 jections raised by villagers. This forest, like that at Puradahal, will now, in ail
5 probability, be worked under the District Forest scheme.
6 SECOND SECTION.
7 ReQvumeveEnts OF The PoPuLaTIoN IN THE vicinity or Statu-Foregsts,
8 IN THR MATTER OF Woop, &0., NOW PROVIDED FOR.
9 7. This was sufficiently discussed in the Report for 1869—70,
10 THIRD SECTION.
11 PRoTEOTION oF THE FoRESTS.
12 8. No changes were made in the posting of watchers. Tho establishment is not
13 sufficiently strong to carry out the provisions of the Forest Rules that cach State-forest
14 shall be in charge of a separate subordinate Forest Officer, residing within it, or in its
15 immediate vicinity.
16 9, The Rango Officers complain of thcir inability to report with confidence that
17 the offences in State-forests are but few. I shall take an early opportunity of laying
18 the matter separately before the Chief Commissioner.
19 10. From Ashtagram and Nandidroog no casesof breaches of Forest Rules 7n State-
20 forests arc reported. In Nagar 39 were brought to notice, and 35 proved. The fol-
21 lowing table summarizes this information ; but 1 must promise that the Nandidroog
22 returns are not complete as they should be. The astonishing difference between the
23 number of cases reported in Nagar and Nandidroog, as compared with Ashtagram, re-
24 quires further explanation, which Mr. Macpherson has been called upon to furnish.
25 Number of’ Cases Pending at
26 Range. reported. Proved. Acquitted, cluse of year, Remarks.
27 Nagar ... oe oY 252 2038 49 The highest punishments wero a
28 fine of Rs. 20, or imprisonment for 10
29 Ashtagram on he 2 =«S 11 6 9 days; and the lowest punishment in-
30 flicted was a fine of four annas,
31 Nandidroog kas 150 137 13 |
32 In one case in Nandidroog, 18 individuals were implicated. They were charged
33 with felling more wood than the quantity mentioned in a license granted them. Thirteen
34 of them were fined in a total sum of Rs. 91, in sums varying from Rg. 15 to Rs. 2, and
35 five were acquitted.
36 FOURTIL SECTION.
37 IMPROVEMENT AND Extension oF Forests.
38 11. Inthe Nagar Range no compartment or demarcation work was done. As
39 already stated, the Ubrani forest settlement was delayed, and the Puradahal forest, in-
40 tended to have been added to the State-forests list, will be worked as a District-forest.
41 The Deputy Conservator did not join till July 1871. As soon as the work could be set in
42 hand, he commenced tho new roads in the Lakkuvalli and Hannigore forests. That in
43 Lakkuvalli when completed will run from “Hebbe to Sakularahatti. It was commenced