. American engineer and railroad journal . in the Government forests of Assam. Owing partly tothe reckless method of working adopted by contractors andtheir agents, and partly to the depredations of illicit tappers,there has been a serious falling off in production. The un-protected and inaccessible situation of most of the rubbertracts enables the neighboring hill tribes to illicitly tap thetrees and import the rubber into Assam free of duty as foreienproduce. It is stated that the Government forests on thefrontier are overrun with foreign rubber tappers, who comedown systematically by night
. American engineer and railroad journal . in the Government forests of Assam. Owing partly tothe reckless method of working adopted by contractors andtheir agents, and partly to the depredations of illicit tappers,there has been a serious falling off in production. The un-protected and inaccessible situation of most of the rubbertracts enables the neighboring hill tribes to illicitly tap thetrees and import the rubber into Assam free of duty as foreienproduce. It is stated that the Government forests on thefrontier are overrun with foreign rubber tappers, who comedown systematically by night in separate gangs, each undera sardar, and tap nearly all the trees growing within a fewmiles of the border. The leases to contractors have, however,now expired, and a scheme for the better protection of theforests is now under consideration. On the average aboutRs. 30,000 has been derived anhuallj from this source duringtlie past 10 years, and under an effective system of adminis-tration the revenue could doubtless be largely o o o BO IB o o Q O KOli. d Dca•n Eh a ?:o o & Q oast year California x\venue was extended from Alleghenyto the edge of this valley to a point about half a mile distantfrom the place where Jacks Run empties into the OhioR
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