Exploitation
of Forest Resources-4
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History
of British Rule/Administration over Kumaun and Garhwal (1815-1947) -122
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History
of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -959
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One of various steps for reforming
forest administration by Kumaon commissioner Captain Henry Ramsay was forest
protection.
Atkinson called Ramsay as first conservator of
Uttarakhand.
Ramsay stopped offering old system of
offering forest on contract and started new system. Henry Ramsey stopped farming inside forests. Ramsey
offered land to those were farming in hill forests in Bhabhar or Haridwar to
Baramdev region. That was first appreciable step in protection for forests.
By 1867, Ramsey displaced Goth (a temporary
camp for animals) from forest of Haldwani to Sharda River.
Ramsey desired for displacing all ‘Goth’ from Garhwal forests.
Ramsey started branding / indentifying by
the officials the trees to be cut by contractors. The government officials used
to hammer on trees to be cut. By
displacing Goth from forests was also for decreasing forest fire in summer
season. By that there were difficulties for Goth masters but was fine for
forest protection. Ramsey started cultivating new tress too. There was increase
in forest revenue and there was net saving for Rs 15 lakhs in 1867-68 after all
expenses (Atkinson page 853).
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History
of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -960
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History of British Rule/Administration over British Garhwal (Pauri,
Rudraprayag, and Chamoli1815-1947) to be continued in next chapter
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(The
History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)
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References
1-Shiv
Prasad Dabral ‘Charan’, Uttarakhand ka Itihas, Part -7 Garhwal par British
-Shasan, part -1, page- 287-312
2- Atkinson, Himalayan Districts, Vol.-1 page
840-915
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History
of British Rule, Administration , Policies, Revenue system, over Garhwal,
Kumaon, Uttarakhand ; History of British Rule , Administration , Policies
Revenue system over Pauri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar Kumaon, Uttarakhand;
History of British Rule, Administration, Policies ,Revenue system over
Chamoli Garhwal, Nainital Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule,
Administration, Policies ,Revenue system over Rudraprayag Garhwal, Almora
Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies ,Revenue
system over Dehradun , Champawat Kumaon, Uttarakhand ; History of British
Rule, Administration, Policies, ,Revenue system over Bageshwar
Kumaon, Uttarakhand ;
History
of British Rule, Administration, Policies, Revenue system over Haridwar,
Pithoragarh Kumaon, Uttarakhand;
