"التقرير العام لإدارة رئاسة بومباي، لسنة ١٨٦٩-١٨٧٠" [و‎‎١‎٨‎٢] (٤٦٣/٣٦١)

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FOREST DEPARTMENT.
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Ankola Plantation.—This is about 20 acres in extent. The total
number of plants growing upon it amounts to 26,650, of which 6,155 were
put down during 1869-70, and the expenditure to Rs. 3,257-8-5, of which
Rs. 374-l-o were for the planting in 1869-70. Here, again, the operations
are less expensive by a good deal than during the previous years, the number
of plants per Rupee being 18J to 7. In this plantation are also about
10,000 seedlings in the nursery. The plants growing on the plantation are
from 1 to 18 feet in height. The soil is not, however, good, and it is not
thought advisable to extend this plantation, as the trees are not likely to
grow into large timber.
Sooloogherry Plantation.—N qm this village, adjacent to the Kalanuddy,
are 3 plantations, on which there are 20,800 young trees from 35 to 50
feet in height. The trees are in good order, but the plantations require
thinning, so as to let in light and give greater room to grow. These
plantations were formed from 10 to 20 years ago.
Carwar Firewood Plantation. —This plantation, which is near Carwar,
and running parallel to the line of beach, was begun in 1868-69, and is
about 10 acres in extent. Since its formation large numbers of plants of
various kinds were put down, and there are now growing upon it about
12,824 plants of habool, mango, kurunj, and oondee. The cost up to 31st
March 1870 has been Rs. ],408-2-2. As the appearance of the young
plants is not satisfactory, the Deputy Conservator intends to try the experi
ment of thickly sowing the plantation with Casnarina before abandoning it.
Dharwar Collectorate.
An extension to the hahool plantation at Gongreekope in the Dharwar
Talooka was made ; 22 additional acres were planted ; this brings up the
plantation to 32 acres, being all the land available ; no further extension can
be made; 6,300 young babool are growing therein ; those from seed sown in
1868-69 average over 14 inches in height; the present year’s plants are from
6 to 8 inches ; the cost incurred on the plantation amounts to Rs. 255-2-8 ;
it has been enclosed by a strong aloe fencing, backed with a live habool
hedge, which will offer an impenetrable barrier against the inroad of cattle.
Eight thousand nine hundred plants, 6,000 of these being teak
and 2,900 apta, were added to the Hultikote plantation, but a number of
these died, only 4,000 surviving at the close of the year ; extensive
casualties have also taken place among the old plants; their number is
reduced from 17,253 to 8,000. These added to the new year’s seedlings
show 12,000 as contained in the plantation on the 31st March ; the expense
incurred during the year amounts to Es. 232-2-0.
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