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2 Collections at Depots and sales.
3 Collected. Sold. eee .
4 . sn omarks,
5 Depots.
6 Branch Branch Rupees
7 Teak. 3 ungle. lane Teak, 3 ungle. area Bamboos. p
8 Fraserpéte ..| ... 102 12 6 36 21,850 703 | Teak sold in cubic feet
9 Cartloads. measured 13,055 at un
10 Tittimalti ... 3 12 ar 33 12 nes 808 average of Rg. 0-13-9
11 per foot. Bamboos sold
12 Munasiru eco 563 45 vee 747 12 eee 11,657 : Rs. 22-4-0 per 1000.
13 24. There was sold on license, timber to the value of Rs, 2,659—-8—1, and
14 bamboos to tho value of Rs. 774—2—5, at Rs. 6 per 1,000.
15 25. Wood of sizcs, and teak poles cut by the Public Works Department in clear-
16 ing roads, and by the Forest Department in making demarcation lines, was sold, and
17 realized Rs, 1,546—6—10, which was all credited under head II, “Sale of timber re-
18 moved by purchasers.” There 1s still wood left unsold in demarcation lines.
19 26. The 8th Regiment, Madras Native Infantry, was given timber and hamboos to
20 the value of Rs. 2,67 1—4—, which, though not shewn as realizations in treasury, must
21 appear as yield of forests. As I objected to the removal of this wood by contractors,
22 as was done on previous occasions, the Cluef Commissioner sanctioned my domg the
23 work departmentally, the Commanding Officer of the Corps advancing the necessary
24 funds. Much waste and theft of wood was thus saved, and the work done in good time.
25 The quantity supplied was 263 feet of timber, 1,050 poles, and 20,000 bamboos.
26 97. Sandalwood.
27 Collection in
28 7 Cost. | Tons sold. | Rate | Amount in Rs.
29 ‘ons.
30 62 36—5—2 | 60 456—10—8 | 27,400 |
31 Remarks.
32 Besides the above, the white wood, inferior chips, and a number of branch jieces were
33 sold in lump for a sum of Hs. 571.
34 When Mr. Ring took charge in September 1871, he found but 1} tons in store,
35 owing to Mr. Hunter's carelessness, on winch I remarked in the report for last year.
36 That the wood was coliected in time does Mr. Ring great credit, and he did it at Rs.
37 4—7—0 per ton less than last year, which charge will again be reduced this year. Tho
38 selling rates were higher than in any previous year (boing Ks, 456 per ton, against Rs.
39 349 per ton in 1870—71), and also ngher than at any of the Mysore Depots. The
40 pales were two months later than in Mysore, and there was a brisk demand for tho wood
41 and a keen competition. I can only state the fact bul can give no reasons. Last year I
42 wrote to the Editor of the Indian Kconomist, but he could give me no information on the
43 subject. The Chamber of Commerce at Bombay also could give no information, and ac-
44 cording to the merchants in Mysore, they had lost heavily by their ventures in Mysore,
45 a “fact” which 1 disbelieve as the prices at the later sales in Coorg were so Ingh.
46 28. ‘The old roots in two talooks were sold for Rs. 7,500, the purchaser to remove
47 thom at his own cost, the contract running from July 1871 to July 1872.
48 29. Stock in hand at close of the year is returned at— Rs
49 Teak logs 1,007 value a4 ie 7 13,091
50 Jangle logs 1,109 me =, a a 8,87%
51 Branch pieces 105 S he a 150
52 610
53 Total Rupees... 22,753
54 Sandalwood, tons 2