The said Act 26 by section 2(f) provides, inter alia, as follows: "(f) "private forest" means (1) in relation to the Malabar district referred to in subsection (2) of section 5 of the (Central Act 37 of 1956) (i) any land to which the Madras Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949 (Madras Act XXVII of 1949), applied 446 immediately before the appointed day excluding (A) lands which are gardens or nilams as defined in the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 (1 of 1964): (B) lands which are used principally for the cultivation of tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber, cardamom or cinnamom and lands used for any purpose ancillary to the cultivation such crops or for the preparation of the same for the market.