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Dhur; and these I have made into reserved forests, under Chapter II of
the Forest Act. The rights in these blocks are much the same as in
Kotkhai ; half or one-third will be closed, and in the rest the zamindars
have free grazing, grass, &c. The Vice-President and the Secretary of
the Committee, Messrs, Hume and Goad, express themselves as satisfied
with this adjustment. The management rules embodied in the Settlement
record relating to the 477 acres waste included in village bounds are as
follows :—
1. Trees are the ownership of Government, except those on cultivated
fields and on field boundaries.
2. The zamindars may cut and sell underwood. In this term the
following shrubs are included :—
Kashmal,
Bhekal.
Kainth.
Tbalta.
Aireh.
Bushmold.
Kuja.
Other trees they may not cut without permission. Grass and grazing
belong to the zamindars. But it should be understood that the zamindars
cannot sell this waste nor the rights which they enjoy in it. These rights
are appendant to their cultivation, and will endure only so long as the
cultivating tenure and the payment of revenue to Government survives.
3. No fees will be charged for trees taken by the zamindars under
permit for the following purposes:—
(i) building or repairing their houses ;
(ii) making agricultural implements, or burning charcoal to be
used in making those implements ;
(iii) for burying or burning a corpse ;
(iv) for marriage feasts, or funeral feasts.
But the wood to be given free for such purposes will only be so much
as is suitable to each man’s position as a cultivator. If a cultivator follows
another calling besides agriculture, he is not entitled to free wood in respect
of the requirements of that calling.
4. Cultivators may lop the trees in their cultivated fields as they like,
but on waste lands the practice will be as follows: —
(i) Deodar trees may not be lopped ;
Oat, (ii) Ban, baras chil, and kail may be lopped
Rhododendron. to half their height, or if the tree is a large one,
Pinus longifolia. then it may be lopped only to twice the height
Pinus excelsa. of a man fr0m the ground.
5. Cultivators may cut wood for torches from the stumps of felled
trees, without making any application to authority.
78. There remains the question of future management. First, as
Future management of regards the Kotguru and Kotkhai forests, I
Kotkhai and Kotguru do not think it is desirable to alter existing
forests- arrangements in any material degree. The
tahsildar's duties are very light; and he with his establishment
and the patwaris, should be required to look after the forests. I would
allow the Deputy Commissioner's controlling charge to continue
associating with him the Deputy Conservator of Forests, Sutlej Division,
who should advise him and also act as his executive. If it is proposed
Dhur; and these I have made into reserved forests, under Chapter II of
the Forest Act. The rights in these blocks are much the same as in
Kotkhai ; half or one-third will be closed, and in the rest the zamindars
have free grazing, grass, &c. The Vice-President and the Secretary of
the Committee, Messrs, Hume and Goad, express themselves as satisfied
with this adjustment. The management rules embodied in the Settlement
record relating to the 477 acres waste included in village bounds are as
follows :—
1. Trees are the ownership of Government, except those on cultivated
fields and on field boundaries.
2. The zamindars may cut and sell underwood. In this term the
following shrubs are included :—
Kashmal,
Bhekal.
Kainth.
Tbalta.
Aireh.
Bushmold.
Kuja.
Other trees they may not cut without permission. Grass and grazing
belong to the zamindars. But it should be understood that the zamindars
cannot sell this waste nor the rights which they enjoy in it. These rights
are appendant to their cultivation, and will endure only so long as the
cultivating tenure and the payment of revenue to Government survives.
3. No fees will be charged for trees taken by the zamindars under
permit for the following purposes:—
(i) building or repairing their houses ;
(ii) making agricultural implements, or burning charcoal to be
used in making those implements ;
(iii) for burying or burning a corpse ;
(iv) for marriage feasts, or funeral feasts.
But the wood to be given free for such purposes will only be so much
as is suitable to each man’s position as a cultivator. If a cultivator follows
another calling besides agriculture, he is not entitled to free wood in respect
of the requirements of that calling.
4. Cultivators may lop the trees in their cultivated fields as they like,
but on waste lands the practice will be as follows: —
(i) Deodar trees may not be lopped ;
Oat, (ii) Ban, baras chil, and kail may be lopped
Rhododendron. to half their height, or if the tree is a large one,
Pinus longifolia. then it may be lopped only to twice the height
Pinus excelsa. of a man fr0m the ground.
5. Cultivators may cut wood for torches from the stumps of felled
trees, without making any application to authority.
78. There remains the question of future management. First, as
Future management of regards the Kotguru and Kotkhai forests, I
Kotkhai and Kotguru do not think it is desirable to alter existing
forests- arrangements in any material degree. The
tahsildar's duties are very light; and he with his establishment
and the patwaris, should be required to look after the forests. I would
allow the Deputy Commissioner's controlling charge to continue
associating with him the Deputy Conservator of Forests, Sutlej Division,
who should advise him and also act as his executive. If it is proposed