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2 were spent than was estimated for, chiefly from the work on roads being unavoidably
3 delayed, owing to the changes during the year in the supervision of the ranges.
4 Under B, there was a total saving of Rs, 964, the expenditure under salaries and
5 travelling allowances being rather less, and under contingencies rather more, than was
6 anticipated.
7 53. The results for the Ashtagram Range are now shewn :—
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9 Receipte, sti Actuals, | Expenditure. es imates| Actuals,
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11 T. Sale of timber brought to Depdts.. as 1,268,100, 1,09,57 A. Conservancy and Working.
12 II, Remove! by purcha ers .. a ..| 4,000 826
13 VI. Sale of minor forest. products dea eae 8,090 1,571 I. Timber exp-nses One 48,350; $2,794
14 VII. Sale of contseated wood ... ae ae 100! II. Purchase of tools oe on 350 911
15 VILL. Fines and forfutures —... itn eS 100 79) IIL, Feed an! keep of elephants ove v4 300} = 1,128
16 IX. MisceHaneou, .. _— wey | 3,000) 2,083) LV. Reut of leaned forests ... a o 600 30
17 V. Changs connected with the collection of reve-
18 Total ..| 1,41,300! 1,13,620 nue on gras ... aie ee “i 500 185
19 Deduct Expenditure... 79,770} 59,551) VI. Plantations me wi — ..| 2,500 2,499
20 nore VIL. Forest work... - ae a | 2,000; 161
21 Balance ..| 61,380, 54,069) VIL}. borest survey ean 7 | 1,500 eh
22 I\. Experiment to test the value of timber vn 500 740
23 Add— X. Communications, building, &c ... wee] 4,400 898
24 Value of stock at closo of 1871-72 ... Rs, 91,280 Total A..., 61,000) 38,931
25 tetandings cen eee 8,753 ] ,00,033
26 ‘ 1,54,102
27 Deduct— | B. Establishment,
28 Value of stock at close of 1870-71 ... Re. 1,11,667; I. Salaries a ate F 16,600 16,556
29 Out-t in lings “a ae = 12,210 I]. Travelling Allowances... ea we 700, 3,183
30 Diftetenc2 between Ass'ts and Linbilities LIT. Contingencies... au wee fas 610 831
31 at commencement and clue of 1871-72 5,577! ceemeaemee
32 Total B...|" 18,870} 20,620
33 Net Revenue Pe ins 24,648 Total A & B.. | 79,970) 59,552
34 56. MRece?pts—Under these, there is a total falling off of Rs, 27,680. Under head J,
35 sale of timber at depdts, Rs. 16,530, owing to the bad sale of timber. This range has to
36 contend with the competition raised by the proximity of the Madras forests, worked by that,
37 Forest Department, and by private individuals. ‘The imports during the year amounted
38 to 6,662 logs of wood. No small portion of this wood was sent in by private individuals
39 who either hold, or have leased, forests over the border, and it is a difficult matter to fix
40 on the probable results of our sales while we have no means of estimating the probable
41 imports. Under head II, wood removed by purchasers, the receipts were less by Rs.
42 3,674, No licenses were granted for any wood in State-forests, but I have reason to
43 believe that licenses for felling reserved wood in District-forests are granted by Deputy
44 Superintendents, and the amount realized through a mistake credited to land revenue
45 instead of this Department. One case of the kind came to my notice, in April last, while
46 on my way to Coorg, viz, a quantity of small teak having been sold by the Revenue authori-
47 ties out of District-forests without any corresponding realization being credited to us.
48 The introduction of the District Forest scheme will gradually put a stop to these mistakes
49 which frequently arise, no doubt, from oversight. The realizations by sale of V, minor
50 forest products, are much lower than the estimate, and I think the reason is the same
51 as that given by me for the decrease under the same head in Nagar. (Under heads VII,
52 and VIII, sale of confiscated wood, und fines and forfeitures, estimated cach at Rs. 100,
53 there was a decrease respectivoly of Rs. 89 and Rs. 21. Under miscellaneous Rs..937 less
54 than the estimates.
55 97. Expenditure.—Under A, conservancy and working, the estimates were not nearly
56 worked up to. Jkupces 61,000 were allotted, and Ks. 38,931 only spent, or Rs. 22,069
57 under the cstimates. Under head I, timber eapenses, there was a decrease of Rs, 15,616. In
58 Ashtagrain we are entirely dependent on the forest-Kurubars for our felling and loading.
59 During the three busiest months of the working season the whole of these men were taken
60 off all other work, and put on to fell sleeper wood for the railway then contemplated,
61 and the felling of timber for the wood-yard was thus stopped. The railway has since been
62 disallowed, and the work done will be reported on under head General.