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2 No. 2, “ Mynagooree” Toondoo forests is from Durlah to Juldooa, and covers an area
3 of £1,737 acres. It is principally flat land with small nullas here and there, and has a good +tock
4 of very stunted half burnt sd/ on it with very few of any size: in fact, no tree fit to cut. Itisa
5 very large tract, high and without swamps, and no doubt would have good timber on it if
6 jungle fires could have boen kept out, but it is burnt year after year and all young Sal killed,
7 and the half grown trees so injured, that many of them die and some become sfuufed and grow
8 up with a lot of little branches all round the tree; very often the leading shoot is killed when
9 very small, which makes the tree almost useless.
10 I went twice through this tract on elephants,—once through a part with the Conservator.
11 I would recommend two lines or roads being cut through this tract,—one from Teesta through
12 No. 1 tract, from west to east, or to the head of the Juldvca, and one from near Ramshi
13 Haut to foot of hills, south to north.
14 No. 3—This is a patch of Sissoo on the banks of the Juldoca. It is a small blotk and
15 has very little mature timber on it; some 50 logs might be got off this patch, but not more.
16 Sissoo on these streams never come to much, as the rivers are continually changing their course,
17 and the timber does not get time to grow. I do not think much can he done to improve this
18 Strip of Sissoo, and do not think grazing doos much harm. Junglo fires do not go into it.
19 After passing tract No. 3 a small patch of Sissoo and Khair is met; it is of no value, and
20 is not marked in the maps. Thore is no maturo timber on it.
21 No. 4, ‘‘ Mooraghat forests.””—This is by far the best forest now held by the Forest
22 Department; it covers an area of 28,8334 acres. Tho soil is very rich, of a dark color. Here
23 and there it is stony and sandy, but not very much so; it is very woll drained, and for thie
24 most part well stocked with 861 and a few Challownee. There are many mature or full grown
25 timber on this tract, which should be cut. I should say not less than 500 to 600 trees might
26 be out this coming cold weather, but it is a large undertaking, such a number. There is much
27 heavy grass jungie in ono or two pieces, also many croepers. The best timber on the tract is
28 down the Noonio river, towards tho Fallacotta road, to the south end of the block. This forest
29 would supply yearly about 250 logs of good size if looked after and jungle fires kept out,
30 which would be very easy if there were (say) three watchers placed on the tracts for January,
31 February, March, and April, as it is dotached and has many creepers and jungle almost all
32 round it, which does not harm.
33 No. 5, “ Liuckeepore.”—This is all Sissoo forests, and covers an aren of 4,033 acres. There
34 are on this a few well grown trees, but very few; not more than 200 could, I think, bo found
35 of mature timber. The soil is sandy, as all these Sissoo barrees are. It is on the banks of the
36 Rehteenuddy and some othor small streams There is also some Khair, but of no size. It
37 could not be estimated what this tract or tracts would give yearly, or any of this kind of
38 forest, as the rivers change so often and carry away large patches of Sissoo yearly.
39 No. 6, Borojhar Latalie S&l forest, is a very large tract of forest or land held by the
40 department, but not much more than three parts of it contain timber. The area is 28,862
41 acres; it is flat land with low, damp patches here and there. The soil is of a heavy reddish
42 colored clay, looks rich, and is not very sandy. The Sal trees look stunted and unhealthy in
43 arts, and in other parts very healthy. Tho west end is well drained and also the eastern end,
44 ut about the middle it ig » little swampy. There are many old Sal trees on it of good size,
45 but of a bad kind; they aro knotty with large branches. They are also very crooked. I
46 should say this forest would give about 500 full grown trees, which should bo cut. I went
47 through this forest twice in the past year.
48 No. 7, ‘ Buxa forest.” —This forest includes the following 12 blocks or patches :—
49 1. Pomalgooree Chotomale. 7. Chooapur Jajanghee.
50 2. Meetur Domohonee. 8. Raimotong.
51 3. Minagaon. 9. Natabarree.
52 4, Suniasee Jhar. 10. Ateabarree Dhaldobree.
53 5. Boromalee. 11. Oodlagooree,
54 6. Panbarree. 12. Patkapara.
55 The soil is rich of nearly all the 12 blocks, is dark in color, and sandy below the surface ; there
56 are a few swamps, but not muny to speak of. Asa rule, it is well drained by nullas and small
57 streams; it contains Sal timber mostly, with a fow Sissoo, Khair (Champ), Magnolia, also
58 India-rubber trees mixed with many kinds of common jungle trees. There are large patches
59 of heavy grass where there are no Sal or timber trees. Much of the fine timber was cut
60 before it came under the British Government; it yet contains a large supply of timber of
61 mature size, both Sal and Sissoo and a few Magnolia,—the latter near the foot of the Buxa
62 hills on the sloping ground. Area 103,690 acres, Theebest timber is met with on the
63 northern parts of the tracts. It would be impossible to say what quantity of mature timbor
64 these tracts would yield, as I have not been able to go carefully through them tract by tract,
65 but they would yield a large number of logs.
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