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2 “The comparfinents wont bo sclected according to their productive power,
3 and consequently they would not necessarily be of equal area. In demarcating
4 them, natural boundaries, such as réada, rivers, nullahs, chffs, &e., would be utilized
5 to the utmost extent ; afid where these were not available, [ would recommend that
6 all trees falling in thé direct line of boundary be encircled with a broad ring of red
7 auticorrosion paint—a description of paint, which is particularly cheap, and which
8 is oxpressly manufactured for use in exposed situations. Red too being the sacred
9 colour of the Koorkoos, the boundsry trées would be held in great respect, and
10 there would be little fear of their being cut, or in any way injured.”
11 “This system of demarcation will cost little, and will at the same time, I
12 believe, prove thoroughly effective.’’
13 ** It also possesses three great advantagesa—
14 1st,—The paint will, while being clearly discernible, in no way damage the
15 trees.
16 2nd.—The paint can be renewed without difficulty, when necessary.
17 3rd.—The lability to create confusion in altering boundaries, which almost:
18 every other system would involve, will be entirely avoided, and that the
19 boundaries hereafter will require to bo revised, is by no means unlikely.
20 The sucvesaful working of a system, such as I now advocate, would necessitate
21 these forests being placed under a rtricter conservancy than has hitherto obtained.
22 Neither dhyas, nor collecting of teak leaves, nor irregular cutting eould be
23 allowed in any block after the tenk had once been coppiced. Such restrictions,
24 huwever, would hardly be left, as they would only gradually be introduced over
25 the whole area of the open forests in a period of 15 years.
26 Further, it would be necessary during the first two years to tako special
27 measures in each block for the keeping down of fires, and exclusion from grazing
28 of all cattle belonging to villages other than those situated within the’ block. I
29 limit the period to two years on account of the expense, and in the hope that
30 during this time, the people would themselves see the necessity of such measures,
31 and would gradually become interested in the care and protection df their forests.
32 For the cutting of the teak and other reserved trees, the following are the arrange-
33 ments I would propose.
34 In the block that was being worked, [ would have a small protective estab-
35 lishment, whose duty 1t would be to see that the toak and other troes were cut
36 in the manner prescribed, and that after they were felled, tha stools were left as
37 clean as possible, su as to prevent the lodgment of water, and their consequent,
38 liability to decay.
39 This establishment would further require to guard against the felling of all
40 trees growing on the tops and ridges of hills.
41 These would have to be left as standards for seed to assist in the reproduc-
42 tion of the forests.
43 With a view téthe successful introduction of these arrangements, I would
44 make it imperative upon every one wishing to cut wood to take out passes before
45 hand from some member of the establishment, for the number of * Krass”’ or other
46 loads required.
47 On taking out the passes, which would be granted freo of charye, the rules
48 regarding the felling of wood would be explained to every one persoually.
49 These passes would serve as a check against wood being cut any where out-
50 sile the opon block, as they would afterwards be delivered to the Carkogn in
51 charge of the bazaar, where the wood was taken for sale. They would further
52 afford most valuable data as to the annual yield of the forests. This protective
53 establishmont would also be able to guard against fires entering or breaking out in