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Indian Forester. January 1918

1918

As the road cost in this gorge section was certain to be very high it was decided that the timber should be floated down lashed to dug-outs over this mile and the project was reduced to the construction of two cart-roads (a) Tanakpur station up to water's edge at the bottom end of the gorge and (b) from water's edge at a point half way up the gorge to the end of the Jariakhal forest the two ro [...] It had been difficult enough to obtain labour in the first place but this accident taken in association with the tiger left no doubts in the minds of the hill coolies that both were manifestations of the displeasure of the goddess at the mutilation of her foot. [...] From the moment of the death of their fellows the hill coolies abandoned work on the cliff and even refused to take a band in removing the debris of the fall. [...] 5650 The great difference in cost is of course due to the difference in the character of the cutting. [...] With the exception of the proportion of the expenditure incurred on the European staff (some of us wish it were greater ! ) almost the whole of this also goes straight into the pockets of the people and moreover enables them to earn considerable sums at the very time when climatic conditions prohibit any work on field crops being done.
agriculture environment
Pages
81
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120200
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xviii unknown view
A Case of Remunerative Expenditure
1-6 J. V. Collier view
Loans Versus Expenditure from Current Forest Revenue in Burma
6-10 Peter view
Comparative Yearly Volume-Increments of Certain Indian Tree-Crops
10-16 R. E. Marsden view
Timber of Petthan (Heteropiiragma Adenophyllum Seem.)
17-19 A. J. S. Butterwick view
Imports of Timber into British India During the Years 1912-13 to 1916-17
20-22 unknown view
Atlas Preservative: An Aid to Improvement Fellings and Girdlings
23-24 C. W. Allan view
Growth of the Palmyra Palm
25-26 W. Mcrae view
New Year’s Honours’ List
27-27 unknown view
Correspondence
27-31 unknown view
Extracts
31-44 unknown view
Backmatter
i-xii unknown view

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