'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎251r] (85/150)

FORESTS.
3 -—Southern Circle.
49 cnap. IV.
PBODTJCTION
AND
DISTBIBUTION.
t. The area of reserved forest rose by inc sauare miles f r -
fell through conversion into the former by igi'squarem'ileT 65 ’"' 1 ’ 116 that ° f rP rotected forest Area.
2. Four thousand and seventy-six acres of forest land were settled anrl ^ • u o i
notified under section 4 of the Indian Forest Act. a d P rov isionally Settlement
3> Ninety miles of outer forest boundary were demarcated at a cost of Rs r rno r a •
d with 67 miles demarcated at a cost of Rs 1 268 in K > 03, Boundaries.
d- r /r^ ~ ^ ^ u ^ury were aemarcated at
compared with 67 miles demarcated at a cost of Rs. 1,268 in 1909-1910.
4 . An addition of 117 square miles was made to the. area under Working Plans in Working Plans.
Kanara.
.tea^aCtTfoSo 68 InThI WCTe C ™ Structed in th « Kdnara Working Co mmunicalion ,
rldi area at a , . ,1. f’ S20 - ” the same forests 3 rest-houses, 12 subordinates’ house? and buildings.
an d 3 wells and in Dharwar one subordinates’ house were constructed and cost Rs 10 r a n
Th e tohd expenchture on new works and repairs was Rs. 45,066 compared with Rs. 23,488 fn
Boundaries.
plan area
at
The
the previous year.
6. The total number of forest offences increased from 3,418 to 3,710, the increase offences
occurring in prosecuted cases by 22 in compounded cases by 76o and in undetected cases
by no. The percentage of acquittals was 12-6 against 16-6 and the amount of compensation
ssfes .i““» .ur" Th ' ““ h " ->
,„J;n
8. The value of produce allowed free was Rs. 7,092 against Rs. 8,184 in 1909-1910. Free grants.
Rs ra JgaVandRs s'nTref and Rs. 8,84,73! compared with Revenue and
Rs. I 4 , 54 i 345 a ^- s * ^> 3 °i 595 respectively in the previous year. expenditure.
4.—Sind Circle.
1. The area of reserved forest decreased by n square miles and 567 acres and Area
amounted to 1,113 square miles and 213 acres at the close of the year. TherewL no change '
!“ area of P rot ' : cled forests, which stood at 585 acres at the close of the year. Under reserved
orests an area of 26 square miles and 570 acres was gained in the shape of fresh alluvial
ssnsfcvr 39 "” 1 “ * nd ■ ,8 "*• ‘"f h > ^
„„ 2 ; External boundaries were artificially demarcated during the year to a length of
2o« n S '| and xt PairS 1° P re " ousl y existing boundaries were carried out over a length of
n'-’r 11 'o ' vor ' was done by free labour in exchange for certain privileges granted bv
ennU. of ,? eP 4 T Inte f rnal boundaries consisting of rides 20 feet wide were cut over a
en b m of 25 miles and 2,310 feet at a cost of Rs. 528.
6 .Qo'acrls:^ f W ?L ting F ° re f S , ett i ement at the commencement of the year 1910-1911 was
Acfwhhe . d fUrthe r r are f ° f I,6 ° 6 acres was notified und er section 4 of the Indian Forest
notkd unLr CreS r ref ° Un T m u eXCe f Swhen thelands in the Mir P u r Bathoro Taluka were
underaoino- spffi SeC 10 f 1 ? °/ R he Indian Forest Act. There was thus a total of 8,003 acres
leavinaan^^ T^^ 1 ^-^ the - 1,622 acres were dec5ared reserved forest during the year,
raung an area of 6,380 still awaiting settlement. S ^
temporarih^L ? I ] 0Vlsl( ? n Working Plans in the Jerruck and Hyderabad Divisions was again
wood onlv 3 T fL n ab ^ a nce and the forests of both divisions were worked by exploiting dead
c °upes and U 1 n bukkur Dlvlsl on only coupes were exploited, while in the Naushahro Division
erosion cfrlrf ^ ma n a 1 rea 1 ^. dd2 a cres of dead wood were exploited. Besides these areas, some
n P s m all the divisions were cleared of tree growth.
resulted in T” 8 - year under rep0 . rt 89 cases were f" 681 by the Magistrates, of which 77 cases
l2 'i in the nvic ^! ons and 12 cases in acquittals, making the percentage of failure 13-5 against
compounder] 31 eC J mg F ? ar ‘ Including cases of illicit grazing the number of forest offences
compensatio ^ 61 ^ cbon °I I ke Indian Forest Act was 2,993 and fhc amount recovered as
Jpoo-iOTf, n T Wa j 1 . .* 5 HI 4 compared with 2,899 offences and Rs. 5,197 compensation in
in addition to this 21 cases were let off with warningfs.
5 -ph &
haversed by 6 !' 6 120 dres dur ing fhe year against 260 during the previous year, the area
> r es being 4,584 acres and 19,442 acres respectively.
The area "flooded re P roducdon dur ing the year under report was on the whole satisfactory.
^production ,^ d was . 5 0 7 ^co acres against 427,112 acres in the previous year. Artificial
[airly satisfa^ 08 caride ; d on with and without the aid of cereal cultivation and the result was
k'ank areas 01 J' and seeds were broadcasted in felled coupes as well as in
AVere also'Jna^ 1 ' z dchds ) but the seedlings were damaged to some extent by frost. Efforts
g ^ e 0 ex fend tali [Dalbergia sisso) plantations wherever facilities existed.
Settlement.
Working Plans.
Forest offences.
Forest fires
Natural and
artificial
reproduction.