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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 21, p. 286.

286 RE WAH STATE is discouraged in consequence. Till 1875 no proper supervision was exercised over the forests, but between that date and. 1902 systematic management has been introduced and some areas are now regularly: 'reserved' and protected. The cutting of certain trees is prohibited of these the principal are the mahud (Bassia latifolia), achdr (B", an- ania ladfolia), kusam (Schleichera.lrijuga), harra (Terminalia Chebula), khair (Acacia Catechu), chhiula (Bassia butyracea), sag or teak (Tectona grandis), and shisham (Dalbergoia Sissoo). Grazing is allowed only within village limits. Lac, rdl (resin of Shorea robusta), and other jungle products are leased out to contractors yearly, the first being an important commercial item. Forest work is done by Gonds, -Kols, and other jungle tribes. The forest income amounts to 4-1 lakhs a year, and the expenditure to a lakh. Rewah is rich in mineral products. The most paying is coal from UMARIA,, of which 193,277- tons, worth 7-5 lakhs, were extracted in Minerals: 1903. Limestone is quarried by a European firm near Satna, a royalty of 4 annas per cubic foot being paid, which in 1903 yielded Rs. x,640. A little corundum is also extracted. In. respect of arts and manufactures Rewah is very backward. Agriculture affords a ready and easy means of livelihood, while the fact that the greater part of -. the State is covered Trade and With jungle has always made communication for communications. trade purposes difficult. There are no arts or industries of any importance. Grain and wood are -the chief exports, large numbers of railway sleepers being exported from the stations between Umaria and Pendra Road. The chief means of communication are the Jubbulpore extension of the East Indian Railway and the Katn -Bilaspur section of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway. The Jubbulpore-lblirzapur, or great Deccan road, from which an unmetalled branch goes to Allahabad, and the Nowgong-Chbatarpur-Panna-Satna road are the chief highways.; but since the opening of railways the former has been little used. In 1864 the State introduced a post carried by runners. In 1884 an arrangement was made with the British Post Office department to open offices in the State. There are now twenty-one British post offices, and three. telegraph offices, at Rewah, Satna, and Umaria, besides those at railway stations. Since the beginning of the nineteenth 'century the State has suffered from three famines. The first was in 1831, when no proper system Famine: of relief was. instituted, and the people suffered so severely that on the fall of any kind of calamity_ it is w usual to recall it. In 068 occurred another famine, which is:stili