Mohal (Mahal)=Quarter of a town or village; a district. Moru oak-Quercus dilatata Muccadum (Mukkadum) = Headman of a village or foreman of a labour gang Mumlutdar (Manlatdar) = Officer in charge of local Revenue charge Peon Orderly or messenger = Pergannah Civil division of a district Pfut or P'foot (Phut)=The musk melon, or a cucumber run to seed and bursting when ripe Pulahi Acacia modesta Pullari=A tax on pasture lands or on a fishery Pullus? Populus ciliata Pun The silver fir = Putwaree (Patwari)=Village accountant; village registrar = = Rukh Waste land (Punjab) Sayer Transit duties levied on goods passing from one district to Simul=Bombax malabaricum Siris Albizzia Lebbek Sirissa or Siris=Albizzia Lebbek Sissoo or Sissu-Dalbergia Sissoo Sudder Station=The chief station of a district Tangili-Ropes or cords Tank Artificial or natural pond, or lake Taroo A man supported on an inflated skin who assists in rafting logs Tehsil (tahsil)=A local Revenue charge Tehsildah (tehsildar, tahsildar)=Officer in charge of local Revenue charge Thakoor (Thakur)=Chief or feudal noble Thanna Police station Thannadar Police inspector Toon or tun=Cedrela Toona Tos Silver fir Toungya Shifting cultivation (Burma) Tuppedar A small local Revenue officer or headman, or a subdivision of a pargannah Tussoos Twentieth or twenty-fourth part of a gaz Wag nuddee=Tiger nuddee or tiger nulla Zayat A rest-house Zemindar (Zamindar)=A revenue farmer INDEX A Admiralty, British, and teak timber Agency to procure teak timber sup- 19, 30, 445 Alexander the Great, position of Alompra dynasty in Burma and the Anaimalai teak forests, 106, 107, 223 Andamans Forests, 48 Anderson, Dr., appointed Conser- vator of Forests, Bengal and Assam, Arabs and the Indian teak market, 1844, 104 Arabs and Indian trade, 21, 22 Assam, forest operations in, 514 Auckland, Lord, on the teak forests Auckland, Lord, on the Tenasserim B Babul plantations, how to form them, Bannu District, sissoo forest of, 474 Beddome, Colonel, in the Anaimalais, 229 Bengal, Anderson appointed Conser- Bengal and Assam, no Forest Conser- Bengal and timber supplies about Bengal, forest operations in, 514 Bhutan, war declared against, 515 Bombay, Bingham's reorganisation Bombay enquiry into teak resources, Bombay forest tariffs, 122 Bombay Forests, Colonel Jervis's de- Bombay Government suggests ap- Bombay, rules for protection of Bombay, start of Forest Conservancy Brandis and Pearson inspect forests Brandis appointed Superintendent of Brandis appointed to charge of Ten- Brandis, Indian Trees, 39 |