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AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
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FOREST AREA
According to the data received from the Forest, Department the area under forests in 1955-56 was 58,635 acres. [Season and Crop Report of the Bombay State, 1955-56 gives this area as 46,958 acres. The disagreement in these two figures is primarily due to the fact that the dates of reporting the area figures for annual reports differ in the case of Forest and Revenue Departments; Forest Department statistics are for the financial year whereas Revenue Department statistics are for the agricultural year.] Of this, 56,554 acres were reserved and the rest protected. Nearly 19,653 acres were under the charge of Revenue Department. Besides this there are extensive malki forests in the district. The forest produce, in addition to timber and grass, includes Shikekai (acacia concinna DC.), hirda (terminalia chebula Retz.) etc.
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