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2 when persons in want of a pole had no hesitation in meeting their requirements
3 from the upper portion of a standing tree, cutting it 10 and 12 feet from the
4 groand.”
5 . 439. During the past year 30,000 trees of this description have been cut over
6 level: with the ground, and it is expected that these will throw out vigorous shoots
7 during the present rainy season. ‘The results will be noted in next year’s Annual
8 Report. Only such trees were cut over, a8 could not possibly improve by boing
9 left standing. The others remained untouched.
10 40. The following measurements of a few of the trees may prove interesting.
11 Their peculiar growth rendered it impossible to make all the measurements at one
12 height :—
13 Height at | Ago calcu-
14 which girth) lated from
15 : Girth. | as mon. ae ReMARKs.
16 & sured. rings.
17 4 ee lee
18 V7 3 161 }
19 2 3' 6" 3’ 49
20 | re 3, 87 These trees were growing
21 5’ 3, 71 in a rich red soil, und on
22 5} 6’ 4" 4, 101 a sloping bank.
23 6; 3’ 4, 29
24 J’ Ay 10 In some cases the ring
25 8) 1’ §” 4 13 were so close, as to lead
26 9 4’ 2" 8 74 one to believe, that a bien-
27 1 6' 10 8’ 121 nial growth had been made.
28 41, ° The above figures are insufficient to enable one to form any very correct
29 idea of the age at which the Mailghat teak arives at maturity, although they con-
30 clusively prove the period to be over rather than under 100 years. Teak grown
31 on favorable soil, however, will be found best fitted to meet local demands when
32 between 15 and 50 years old.
33 42. The felling operations were carried on along the left bank of the River
34 Seepna between Seembadoh and Lubo, a distance of 8 miles, the breadth of the
35 bank averaging from 20 to 150 yards.
36 43. From the sale of the sound wood obtained Rupces 11,924 were realized
37 by the end of March, the value of the timber remaining in hand amounting to
38 Rupees 4,280.
39 44. The total expenditure incurred was Rupecs 1,412, or between 8 and 9
40 per cent. of the receipts. This, however, includes the cost of clearing the entire
41 area from creepers and underwood from which operation free reproduction of teak
42 may be looked for during the ensuing rainy season.
43 45. To enable this wood to be readily exported, repairs were made to two
44 Repairing of roads from Kalumker to lines of road, viz., the one from Pili to Chickuldah,
45 Pili and from Pali to Chickuldah. and that from Pili to Kalumkar, leading into the
46 Nimar District of the Central Provinces.
47 Six miles of the latter were widened and cleared, so as to admit of carts com-
48 ing as far as Pili itself, which is situated almost in the centre of the Byraghur
49 Resorve, and during the past season for the first time, large quantities of timber
50 were exported from here by this means of conveyance, to Boorhanpoor and
51 Khundwa.