of a highly trained scientific body of Forest Officers-work which has proved most beneficial to the people and the country, whilst it enabled the Forests of India to play their part in a striking and efficient manner during the Great War. In concluding this review of the history of the forests down to 1864, Indian Forest Officers would wish to have recorded their indebtedness to the Superintendents of Botanical Gardens and other officers of the Medical Service in India. For these Officers did much, by inspecting and reporting on the forests, preparing lists of forest trees and drawing attention to the destruction which was taking place, to pave the way for the introduction of proper Conservancy. END OF VOLUME I GLOSSARY OF INDIAN WORDS Ainee or Ayni=Artocarpus hirsuta Akbari Department Land Revenue Settlement Department (Excise Department) Anundar Pinus longifolia Bar land Land watered by rain Beega (Bigha)=§ acre Beega (Bigha)= }} acre (Bengal) Belas Alluvial land thrown up by river (waste land or jungle) Betla Coppice Biar Blue pine (Pinus excelsa) Bibla Biba (?)=Semecarpus Anacardium Darogha Sub-inspector of police; Chief police officer of a village Dhák-Butea frondosa Dhya Shifting cultivation (Central Provinces) = Dullee Shifting cultivation (a form of); Dalhi (Marathi)=Arable land or acclivities, inaccessible to the plough Enan land Inam land=Rent-free land Fanam A silver coin of the Karnatic; the fanam of the Tamil race (not now current)=1 anna 3 pies. Gall-Ravine carrying a timber slide Goung Forester Goung-gwai Forest guard Gurul (Goral)=Cemas goral Hath=1 feet Hedoo Adina cordifolia or Stephegyne parvifolia Inamadar A holder of a rent-free grant of land Jaghir Land grant Jagur (Jagir) A free grant of land with its revenues to an individual Jamum Eugenia Jambolana Jaur (Jwar)=Indian millet Jemadar Indian native commissioned officer Kamavisdar-Chief Revenue officer of a district under the Mahratta Kooty kumum=Stump money. Right to sell teak trees at a certain rate per tree (usually Rupee 1) Kulum? Adina cordifolia Kumri Shifting cultivation (Madras) = Kutchna Bauhinia racemosa = Kyoung A public shed or caravanserai for accommodation of travellers; or a Monastery Lullow? Phyllanthus emblica Lumberdar Village headman Malik Village headman Maund 80 lbs. Mohal (Mahal)=Quarter of a town or village; a district. Muccadum (Mukkadum) = Headman of a village or foreman of a labour gang Mumlutdar (Manlatdar) = Officer in charge of local Revenue charge Munshi Clerk 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 Punga Pongamia glabra Putwaree (Patwari)=Village accountant; village registrar Pyinkado Xylia dolabriformis 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 Tamarind Tamarindus indica 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 Thannadar Police inspector 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 |