Working Plan for the Forests of the Damoh Forest Division, Northern Circle, Central Provinces: For the Period 1899-1900 to 1928-29 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Working Plan for the Forests of the Damoh Forest Division, Northern Circle, Central Provinces: For the Period 1899-1900 to 1928-29 The preparation of working plans for the forests of the Damoh Division was first taken in hand in 1894 by a Ranger, styled Working Plans Assistant, under the direct orders of the Conservator. These working plans were each for small areas selected here and there, where a demand was expected. After a year's trial they were replaced by plans each framed for separate ranges, but, like the original plans for the forests of the Hoshangabad, Narsinghpur, J ubbulpore and Betul Divisions, these were based on principles which were not found quite practical. Accordingly, in January 1898, I decided to undertake, with the help of the Work ing Plans Assistant, to draw up a single plan for the entire Division. While the work was in progress, Mr. Hole, Assistant Conservator, who had been on special duty with me for the preparation of working plans, was fortunately posted to the charge of the Division in Septem ber of the same year, and I at once made it over to him. He knew all my ideas on the subject and his daily contact with the forests was a guarantee that no local conditions or requirements would be overlooked. The rough draft was ready by the following November and the plan was at once put into execution as the best test to which it could be subjected before submission for sanction. The result of one season's experience (1898-99) established its practical character. It would have had the benefit of yet another season (1899-1900) of trial, had not the present famine unfortunately intervened to keep its provisions in abeyance owing to the free forest concessions granted to the starving labouring classes and to the straitened circumstances and consequent greatly reduced purchasing capacity of the people of the Damoh and surrounding districts. This circumstance need not, however, delay the sub mission of the plan, for the demand on the forests for wood is even in normal times so limited, that it is certain that a second year of trial would not affect the general frame-work of the plan. Mr. Hole, who had in the imeantime been transferred to the charge of another Division, was good enough, in spite of his heavy current duties, to collaborate with me in preparing the final draft for publication and Part I, except for a little editing, is his share of the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.