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2 transplanted. The seeds put down germinated freely, but during the hot weather
3 about two-thirds of the young trees died; many were also destroyed by field rats, which
4 abound in all our plantations.
5 33. At Mdrasandra 3,000 seedlings were planted out from nurseries, and the whole
6 plantation was sown up as was done at Appasandra. The hot weather killed many hun-
7 dreds of seedlings, but the results were better than at Appasandra.
8 34, At Kurandahalli 23,000 seedlings were put out from the nurseries, and the
9 remaindor of the plantation sown over in hko manner as Appasandra. ‘This plantation is
10 reported on as the best of the newly selected ones.
11 35, At Jadigenahalli, 4,000 seedlings were put out, anda large quantity of sced
12 sown in pits.
13 36. Two new plots of land were selected and obtained during the year, but too late
14 to admit of any thing more being done, than simply to mark them off with a ditch one
15 foot wide, and one foot deep. They are at Nellal in Hosakéte Talouk, and at Kadgédi in
16 Bangalore. This plantation is on the line of rail.
17 37. A total sum of Rs. 9,825-4-8 was spent on the fuel plantations; nearly Rs. 4,500
18 of which were paid for enclosing and ditching. ‘The balance was expended in forming
19 nurscries, in digging wells, in planting out seedlings and in sowing out seed.
20 88. It is now little more than a year since the first of these plantations was enclo-
21 sed, and it is perhaps early to speak of them definitely. ‘The results howevor are not
22 satisfactory. Nurseries have been formed at all the plantations, ond,seeds sown in pits
23 over an area of some 1,650 acres, in addition to which some 30,000 seedlings were plant-
24 ed out from nurseries, but the number of casualties was great. The talooks where fuel
25 has to be grown for railway purposes are, as a rule, blessed with but a scanty rain-fall ;
26 we have no means of irrigating our plantations, and it is of course out of the question to
27 expect to be able to water such large areas by hand. Almost all the land taken up is
28 covered with brushwood and bushes, such as cassia auriculata, sethia indica, dodonea,
29 and small specimens of cassia fistula and some acacias. It is true that if cattlo are
30 rigidly excluded, and the grass cleared away from young trees, the natural reproduction
31 on these lands, as evidenced at the Jadigénahalli plantation, is good ; but itis not sufficient,
32 and it will certainly not do to rely on such alone. The more I look at tho subject the
33 more certain it appears to me, that to grow fuel successfully will entail a far heavier ex-
34 penditure than at first appeared necessary. The ground must be worked eithor by the
35 plough, or by digging sufficiently large holes (not less than 3 feet cube) to ensure the
36 seedlings growing well. Excepting in a small portion of the plantations, it is impossible
37 to work a plough owing to the brushwood on the ground, and to remove this brushwood
38 would entail an enormous expenditure. Ploughs are this year being used wherever
39 practicable, and I shall be able within the next three weeks to lay a special report on
40 these matters before the Chief Commissioner for his consideration and ordors.
41 FIFTH SECTION.
42 Actuau YreLp or Forests, Disposat or Timper, &c.
43 39. Nagar Ranoz—tThe fellings in this range are given below:—
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45 Teak Logs. | Junglewood Bainboos, | Remarks,
46 2,974 | 2,552 | 7,000